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Page B2-The Chronicle, Thursday, July 5, 1984 mshB I >v ^ ^ #>' t? !*'**?' j***PaINflH^^^^H^^^HI -W? Byj^ "* > * * * The Sign, The Windup And The P Mother Nature rained out Saturday's Twin City ship game between the Cubs and Braves, but no Black College Sports TV ruling: The rich; , * " } By BARRY COOPER networks are going after any Syndicated Columnist black schools, or any of the other , * smaller colleges. Next year's When the Supreme Court, in a television schedule will be loaded 7-2 vote, ruled recently that the with all the super powers. NCAA could not control college football television rights, The small schools will be Shockwaves rippled throughout relegated to tape-delayed show _ I I __ j J . | II I 1 r-> r* C /AM l/A/*nl r r? 1 /-k O 1 C smaii ana preaominanuy Diack l,l&3 ?^a| ?i?uvins -- u mai colleges. much. The court's ruling means The reaction to the court's rulpredominantly black schools like ing was varied. Grambling, South Carolina State, Winston-Salem State and Said Grambling football coach Florida A&M may never appear and athletic director Eddie on network television again. Robinson: "We have a lot of fine Furthermore, the schools will coaches and a lot of fine teams in no longer ' reap the financial our league. It's unfortunate that rewards network TV offers. For a lot of people won't have a example, FAMU had earned chance to see these people play more than $1 million from the anymore. It's going to affect our TV networks over the last 10 enrollment. It's going to give (the years. Grambling, another larger schools) more advantages highly-televised school, had earn- in recruiting and more financial ed a similar amount. . advantages. Those of us who do But those schools were placed not have the opportunity to apon netwoxl/ television only pear (on TV) are going to be at a OMCa l~\ f nr* K1 f~~* A A A -1 . . . ? ' ' ulcuujc?en?an??i cqun e-ucmciiuuus uisau v aniage. ment that forced the networks to Said James Frank, former spread the wealth, in essence, to president of the NCAA and now make sure the smaller schools got commissioner of the a piece of the pie. predominantly black Now, without the NCAA in Southwestern Athletic Concontrol of things, individual ference: schools are free to make their "It's a fight for .survival. Obown deals. And guess what? No viously, this means more com?*I!!bep v* I? <1111 *rf < . T-?v " t * ^B8 .' % ; *m '*% '~y KlAy^ffU * < *?* %''-& 'iKj * ! ?*.,". y*,?. >-'... ^ sf *,<. . ^r* \*k * hI9'VV5I I TiCS 1M.. >:.-A . _ . ? ? jl^ ?' *^i? JaA '' ^%t2iM^U^''' '-i'' iii"' V^L^_ , V", jj % "kj^j y ''^s^^^..'&. ^P ??v55k 0 ? rW*?5! il^Mi^lii jiit iiT 'tfrOTf>iii^? liiibw i .rUiiiiiy^F^Wyi^ii^id Vvvdvll 11 tlV/Uva* f ^ V'j, ,.;^-r-'.,'^si rlvW Wi9^" l^TM ; JC/IlC^ Nell %? '' ; 8?EJ^p llvJl '-.>? frwEviy gtSsT*w '.?5f;*35! T^rPPICsPKSiMBp round the C ?6 a renlacement for^'jricinjt ccntcf disostchcd to f' *^- ;; *-^> * -vh*^ V- v ptted only a 4*5 - i '*\' . I / SportsWeel Scores, Standings, Columns, Features HPP9IIHPiVHHPMP||RP JHl KMu PGjr Br J| F n^,w4 j| M^nfiHP ?.?y <r v- v ;->?- ,v itch Medley got the char Little League champion- Twin City League A1 t before Cub pitcher Eric Parker). are going to get rich< petition, more people out there the game on a Thursday or trying to strike (TV) deals -- not day night, if necessary, to a only the big boys, but us small conflicts on what is expectc ones as well." he a crowded Saturday The predominantly black schedule, schools weren't the only ones Grambling is . talking a singing the blues. Middle Ten- having its home games show nessee State Athletic Director some Louisiana stations. Fit Jimmy Earle, whose school's A&M, which is among se enrollment is predominantly schools talking of forming a white, says smaller schools face conference, is thinking c disaster in the wake of the court's regional setup that would actjon ? games shown on local statio Georgia, Alabama and Flor "The ruling could kill us," he _, _ , .... said. "It's great for the powers Thfe ^ League wh.ch is. but, for the mid-majors like us up of ?mal1' but nchj!5chools and the small schools, it's a signed a contract to have ma: t ,, its games aired on public t< Some small college officials sion this Jfhe league si . # ... expects to find five corpora continued to express optimism _ K .... / . , ,. c . , that are willing to donat despite the court s ruling. Said .... , . Florida A&M Athletic Director mill,on ?ch in return for Roosevelt Wilson: commercial acknowledgmt "This obviously shuts us out of uring t e games, any kind of national package, but Innovation will indeed b I think there is still potential for a word for the smaller sch regional package." However, except for mayb Apparently, that is the route Ivy League, there will be many small schools will try to money to be made. For sn take. The SWAC, with Commis- schools, cable and regional t sioner Frank leading the way, is sion likely will offer onh already trying to find a cable TV posure, and few big payche company that will telecast one All that is reserved for thi SWAC game a week. And Frank time schools ? thanks tr said the SWAC is willing to pla> Supreme Court. ~ &X^Tiiir * gj By ROBERT ELLER p Chronicle Staff Writer %r Thirty-eight members of track club advanced to the ' r Junior Olympic track and fie I for July 6 and 7, by virtue of the North Carolina Junior track and field competitio ^ ? T ? ?' m Mate university in Kaieign . Leading the way for the te R Simpson, were Randy Jones Jones, competing in the In I sion, won first places in be and the 400-meter hurdles. In addition, he placed foi clearing the bar at 5-10 to q Woods came away with HI both the 100- and 200-mete Girls with impressive times seconds, respectively. Other team members wh than one event by finishing event were: sonya 1 V. ' f c I Atf'fcitr !? >-A? .- ^ > I M ^ jjj^B^BBHpP^- .? - Vjjf y^ i|^L| ^ifl- (tJ,a pv^ h >..w.- M| 4? ice to show his form. Medley also pitched in Sunday's 1- Star Game at Ernie Shore Stadium (photos by James ft- lf? A long Way Up cks. ? big- Budding supcitstar "BdbM Pettigrew perfects his shot on a > the 20th Street playground while buddy Danny Titcus looks on (photo by .l?nu?? Parker).. ""Zl. ... . ... I i .11 ii .11 nil i )imtiiiii. iv':"?.... . ??.?.? r ^^aaaf.i^sr^.. :.-w. . , . , . _ rit qualiiy tor regional meet termediate Girls Division, and Madofiia Ceasar f, who, in the Youth Girls Division, placed second in the 200-meter run and fourth in the 100 meters. Torre Jessup placed fourth in the Youth Boys tatiiqa 100-meter run to qualify there while Jabbar Benegion I T AC-US neU quaiifjecj jn t^e 200-meter run with a secondild championships, set place finish their performances in Nicole Bell earned a spot in the Region III Olympic TAC-USA 200-meter dash field for Youth Girls with a n at North Carolina fOUrth-place finish. lune 22 and 23. Rounding out the individual qualifiers for the am, coached by Virgil meet were Midget g0y Michael Jones, who took and Jerryean Woods. third place in the 400 meters, and Youth Girl termediate Boys Divi- Micheala Fair, who was fourth in the same event ith the 400-meter run Ill 1IV1 U1 T IJIV/ll* ....... In addition to the individual qualifiers, seven irtn m the high jump, Road Runner relay teams qualified in the ua 1 y in t at f^ent. 4X100-meter relay, paced by the Youth Boys team irst-p ace inishes in Lenell Johnson, Marcus Poindexter, Delano r riJns or * c Midget Banner and Torre Jessup, which won the event of 13.43 and 27.52 wjt^ a tjme Qf 49 54 Two teams of Bantam Boys qualified in the o qualified for more event, as did the Bantam Girls foursome. The in the top four in the Midget Boys and Girls teams also qualified, with both taking second-place finishes. second in both the leter hurdles in the In- Please see page B5 * 9
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