European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 acc can be says by Dave Walczak staff writer Germany Bradley Faircloth is looking for a few Good when he says a he Means supervisor of football officials for the Atlantic coast is on the Lookout for a handful of men to serve As replacements for the 49 who regularly enforce the rules saturday afternoon on acc Job openings on the conferences seven Man Crews Are rarer than roughing the kicker theres no age limit for an official no mandatory retirement one of our officials is 58 years when a Man reaches age Hes usually thinking about so we have to have people to take their said a 1952 graduate of Duke Faircloth said the conference will need three firs year officials this year and probably four in each of the following two that Doest leave much room at the top for hundreds of applicants trying to break into the eight team Confer ence that spans five states along the at it want Long said that i had to Tell a id like to have but i just dont have any place to put you right i Tell officials not to get i can see it in their acc Bradley Faircloth still misses officiating because it happened to i saw conferences take officials that i knew i was better i wanted to quit but i for 17 ending in Faircloth spent his saturday afternoons in the fall refereeing tar Cavaliers or Wolf pack football in he officiated the Cotton bowl in when Texas Defeated Alabama that same Faircloth got a Call from league commissioner Bob the Call that was to finish hair cloths stint As an Active he called and asked if i wanted to take on the supervisors Job said i found it was too big a Job to do we had a talk after the and i said if he wanted someone just to schedule i could do it if he wanted someone to supervise the entire then hed need someone he i quit officiating sooner than i but i could still do i work out three or four times each although i Haven been Able to that since Ive been Here in Europe referring to his tour of Safe bases that began june 23 and was to end tuesday at a native of who resides in said he misses the camaraderie among acc offi we have really Fine people in the acc football officials we have even an Fri he was told he keep the Job because Fri agents Arent allowed to have Par time so he didst take his fee and continued these Are dedicated he pointed people dont officiate for the except in the when i took this nil supervisor of officials Art Mcnally contacted me and asked if 1 hid any objections to his people looking at our said 1 said id help him any Way 1 a pro is the ultimate in being an if a Guy Doest have higher aspire id have to wonder about him any id say the pro officials arc the they get More detailed training they have films that focus Only on officials we dont have the pros spend More Money on officials than colleges but were getting Faircloths shift from onto Offield duties has brought him close to league something that didst happen often when the former Duke defensive end wore a striped i have a lot of conversations with the in trying to find out just How the officials can do a better i Haven heard too Many objections from the once the season Faircloth spends a Good Deal of time attending acc foot Ball that when he wishes he still was making Enfield decisions instead of evaluating his former Peers from do i miss officiating he every time i go to a football get i can see it in their Wolpack football in he e wide split on a Survey finds players divided on Wisdom of a strike by Darrell Christian a sports editor new York a major league baseball players Are divided Over whether to strike this despite frustration and bitterness Over Lack of Progress in negotiations with club an associated press Survey the conducted Over the last two weeks among 516 players representing All 26 also found widespread Dis agreement about when a strike should be if there is there Are about 700 players on major league including those on the disabled of players 160 said they wanted to keep playing indefinitely while negotiations continue and 150 called for setting a strike Date As a minimum seven favored a Boycott of the Allstar game and 199 refused to offer an opinion or would not comment at Many play ers who opposed a strike said they nevertheless would go along if the Union called suggested strike dates ranged from immediately after next weeks Allstar break to the playoffs and world the most common was mid Tolate the players Union and team owners have been negotiating since november on a contract to replace the Basic agreement that expired and the unions executive Board is scheduled to meet next monday i Minneapolis to set a strike players with All 26 teams have voted overwhelmingly to give Union leaders strike the a How indicated a far sharper split in strike with fears that fans who re member the 56day strike in 1981 would turn away from the game and blame the i think people Are getting tired of All said san Francisco giants second baseman Manny who wants to play until there is an in the end the players will get All the blame but other players said the owners Arent Rick Dempsey Terry Kennedy taking them they said they will lose their bargaining Power if they play the rest of the season without a if we dont set a Well be playing until 1990 before we get this thing set said Terry Kennedy of the san Diego if we continue to work until they Ham Mer it never get it said Detroit tigers Pitcher Frank there also were Calls for players As Well As owners to be More the problem is that both sides Are being said Vance Law of the Montreal somebody has to give up i think the players Are the ones that should be they ought to lock both sides in a room and Tell them not to come out until theres an said Pittsburgh pirates outfielder Steve and they should put it on people would watch they they ought to see what goes on in the several players warned that nobody could win in a theres no Point if we ruin things for because everyone will lose in the Long said the strike really Hurt baseball in and i suspect it will damage the game even More if we strike this said Cleveland indians player representative Brett but the onus is on the own the fans get added Louis cardinals outfielder Tito and How Many More times Are they going to keep coming Back to the Parks after a strike Baltimore orioles Catcher Rick Demp most valuable player in the 1983 world said the owners May be try ing to goad the players into Are they trying to Rush us in the Hopes that Well panic and make a mistake in quite sure we wont panic and make that Dempsey dont people realize How much it Cost both sides and the fans in the last strike Dempsey Lee expressed Confidence that baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth would intervene to avoid a although Ueberroth has said he has no authority to do Ueber who was named time magazines Man of the year for running the los an Geles stepped in during his first few weeks As commissioner and help Settle the umpires strike during last seasons he has solved so Many problems in the world of sports that i dont think he cant solve this one Lacy if any body can pull the two groups he i can t believe he would go from Man of the year to strike Man of the Chicago cubs Pitcher Rick Sutcliffe also was in not in favor of anything that keeps us from said last years National league by Young award win i want surprised at the strike last i would be surprised if there is one this if there the Survey indicated the players would want it later in the either As the Pennant races begin to heat up in August or As the playoffs and the world series approach and More to reve nue is at wed be foolish to strike during the sea son because then we get said san Diego third baseman Graig he said a postseason strike might Only Hurt 100 players instead of i would recommend october 1 or the end of the regular said Phillies player representative Shane we have to get an agreement at any Cost in the Best interest 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