6B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8. 2006
FOOTBALL
NFL owners to vote on proposal
BY DAVE GOLDBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GRAPEVINE, Texas — The extension of the NFL's labor agreement is now up to the owners. That's exactly what the players have been expecting all along.
The owners began meeting Tuesday at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport to vote whether to accept the latest proposal given to them by the NFL Players Association.
But to make it financially acceptable, they will have to agree first among themselves on expanded revenue sharing, just what Gene Upshaw, the union's executive director, has been saying in more than a mere worth of it.
spread the wealth."
year's worth of talks.
There was an early note of optimism as the executive committee of the NFLs Management Council — the owners' committee that deals with labor issues — began bargaining. It came from an unlikely source: Dallas owner Jerry Jones, who has been strongly opposed to additional revenue sharing.
My gut is we're going to come up with something,but it's still up in the air.It's going to be long and drawn out and tough."
Still, this is the first time it has come up during these negotiations.
Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys owner
"We want to play football," Jones said as he entered the meeting. "We have an obligation
"I think it's playing out exactly like we thought it would," said Kevin Mawae, the New York Jets' union representative until he was cut Sunday by the Jets. "We said as a union that in order for free agency to go off without a hitch, the owners would have to figure out how to divide up the revenue. It's not necessarily the percentage that we're asking but how they
to everyone, particularly our fans.
"My gut is we're going to come up with something, but it's still up in the air. It's going to be long and drawn out and tough."
The contract
The contract doesn't run out for another two years, though this will be the last one with a salary cap. Without an agreement, there will be no cap next year. But there also will be no minimum figure for expenditures, which could lead to the kind of imbalance with high-revenue and low-revenue teams as in such sports as baseball and European soccer.
Low-revenue teams such as Cincinnati and Indianapolis say high-revenue teams — Dallas and Philadelphia, for instance — should contribute proportionately to the player pool.
MLB
Players, fans mourn Twins star
Nation pained by death of Kirby Puckett
Minnesota Twins outfielder Torii Hunter, center, along with coaches and teammates observe a moment of silence in honor of Kirby Puckett before an exhibition game against the New York Yankees Tuesday at Legends Field in Tampa, Fla. Puckett, who played his entire career with the Twins, was part of the team that won two World Series and was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame, died Monday.
Robert F. Rukutv/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BY DAVE CAMPBELI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS — In the middle of a steadily growing memorial to Kirby Puckett, outside the Metrodome and right alongside a street named for the beloved Hall of Famer, one cardboard sign stood out.
"There IS crying in baseball," the message was written, in red ink, bannered over a couple of old Puckett baseball cards taped to the corners.
All around the game, people who were close to the roly-poly outfielder who led the Minnesota Twins to two World Series titles — and even those who only watched him on TV — were saddened Tuesday by Puckett's death.
"This morning, when I got up and took a shower and watched the news, tears started coming out," said Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, one of many contemporaries who spoke about the man whose energy, enthusiasm and exceptional skills captivated baseball fans throughout a 12-year career cut short by glaucoma in 1996.
Puckett died at 45 in a Phoenix hospital Monday afternoon, a day after having a stroke in his home.
"This is a great loss for baseball," said former Baltimore Orioles great Cal Ripken, who with Puckett was one of the
few stars of their generation who never switched teams. "Puck was one of my favorite people to compete against on the field and to be around off the field. I will always remember how Kirby played the game with joy and how he brought a smile to your face just by saying hello."
A memorial service was in the works. Funeral arrangements had not been finalized Tuesday afternoon.
"We'll take our time and go there, pay our respects and then come on back down to
spring training," Twins general manager Terry Ryan said before Minnesota played the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla.
March is for games that don't matter, mere tuneups for the regular season, but Puckett's teammates and opponents always remarked how he never loafed — even in meaningless exhibitions.
"He was a tremendous ambassador for the team. I think Dave Winfield said the right thing: He was the only player in the history of baseball everybody loved," said Guillen, who
used to kiddingly call his son,
Oney, "Little Puck" because he was a bit chubby.
Perhaps the most poignant marker of Puckett's impact on people was outside the Metrodome, thousands of miles from those sunny spring training sites, where dozens of fans shuffled around during the noon hour on a dreary, chilly day.
There were bouquets. There were orange Wheaties boxes, commemorating the Twins' championships. There were bobblehead dolls. And plenty of personalized messages.
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