European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 1986 stars and stripes Page 23 of commentary despite drug juror pros have rights one Day in december Walter Davis of the Pho enix suns scores 43 Points a career High and the following Day says that he has a drug problem and is sent to a rehabilitation Center for six weeks. One Day in january the new England patriots lose a game to the Chicago bears 46-10, while half a nation watches and the following Day the coach says that several players on the team have had drug prob in each Case the observer wonders what significance if any the aspect of drugs had on performance. We wonder what arc we watching this is a major problem for the businesses that arc sports. To maintain the integrity of their game and the integrity of their image is essential. It is their Selling Point. It has not been determined conclusively How much drug taking can affect or impair performance or in the words of physicians psychomotor  and arc the effects different from the alcohol that babe Ruth imbibed or the admitted hangovers Mickey Mantle suffered before hitting for the Cycle nonetheless each of the three professional leagues that have had headline drug problems has had a collective bargaining agreement with its players associations in regard to drug abuse. Generally these agreements have followed the lines of Many prominent organizations beyond sports such As ism and the United mine workers and those even in such crucial professions As teachers and safety and health related occupations such As airline pilots. There is As a Rule no routine or random drug testing in those Fields. When an employee indicates some problems in regard to health and safety or performance that is when there is probable or reasonable cause then he or she is sent to a doctor usually an impartial doctor not one on the company payroll to be tested. And if a test is Posi Tive a period of rehabilitation is usually agreed upon. Trabert Qew questions of probable or reasonable cause arc essential to morale. It May not be that random or forced on the Job testing is a violation of the fourth amendment. The fourth amendment unless a local privacy statute has been enacted deals almost solely with government intervention a police officer can t rum Mage through your Bureau drawer looking for stolen stockings unless he has a warrant from a judge who has determined reasonable  however private employers can generally get a More sweeping compliance from employees unionized or not. The private employer sets the guidelines and the employee or prospective employee agrees or does t agree. If he does t agree he looks for another Job. Difficult to do in the monopolistic sports professions or the unions negotiate terms to the Best of their strength. Some private companies give blood tests for alcohol abuse and some test randomly for drugs. But there Are limits. When an employer forced an employee to vomit to seek evidence of chemical sub stance abuse this was found by the supreme court to be unreasonable search and seizure. Now there is a collective bargaining agreement signed in 1982, Between the nil and the nil play ers association. The agreement stipulates that there is to be no random or spot drug testing unless a player volunteers that he has a problem or that there is reasonable cause to suspect it. The new England Patriot players have recently voted to sidestep this stipulation. After the super bowl coach Raymond Berry be Lieving there was a drug problem on the team an opinion that met with Complete disagreement by the team psychiatrist had a team meeting and 90 per cent of the players agreed to voluntary random drug testing. The nil players association filed a grievance Over this with the National labor relations Board citing unfair labor practices after the patriots embarrassing defeat. Under threat of the coach re signing the players were in effect coerced into agreeing to testing. All to the Good according to the general run of nil management people. Tex Schramm president and general manager of the Dallas cowboys says that when an athlete signs to become a professional he gives up Many rights of privacy. This is True but what Are the limits is random drug sampling one what about lie Detector tests Secretary of state George Shultz who is in a somewhat More vital Posi Tion than the Middle linebacker for the cowboys was asked on general principles no reasonable cause to submit to a lie Detector lest for administration officials with Access to highly sensitive information. Shultz said in effect if you Don t Trust me fire  and if athletes Are role models then to what extent do youngsters take drugs because they hear that athletes do most Young people Start to take drugs As a curiosity or because there is some problem at Home or at school said Michael ships director of the Pioneer House the adolescent and Young adult treat ment Center in Plymouth Minn. I pc never heard of anyone taking drugs because a prominent athlete  though sports is much More visible than say Coal mining and though athletes May appear on Cereal boxes and Coal miners Don teach is still a citizen of the country not a thing apart. What s Good for Coal miners and for teachers and for airline pilots and for a Secretary of state should be equally appropriate for a nose tackle too. Sports fans should t expect anything More from our athletes than what reasonable cause provides to new Vork Tutti Aba from Page 21 scored All the remaining Points taking the Lead at 110-109 on a Basket by Curton with is seconds to play. The pistons sent the game into overtime on a three Point shot by Joe Dumars with 14 seconds remaining. Kelly Tripucka and Dumars scored 19 Points apiece to Lead Detroit while Thomas and Cureton added 16 each. Hawks 100, Pacen 85 Indianapolis Dominique Wil Kins scored 32 Points As Atlanta led almost the entire Way in beating Indiana. Indiana scored first but Atlanta soon gained control and went on to open a 20 Point advantage. 51-31. With 1 25 left in the second  Wittman scored 18 Points for Atlanta and Kevin Willis had 15. The pacers Steve Stipanovich scored 16, Vern Fleming added 15. Jazz 119, Kofe Fca 101 Salt Lake City Adrian Dantley scored 20 of his 36 Points in the third period to Lead Utah Over new York. Thurl Bailey added 24 for the jazz and Karl Malone had 19 As Utah grabbed the Lead Early in the second Quarter and breezed to  Bannister and Trent Tucker came off the Bench to Lead the kicks in scoring with 17 Points each Louis Orr added 15.03. Richfield Ohio Charles Barkley scored 14 of his 23 Points in the fourth Quarter helping Philadelphia turn Back  Victory snapped the 76ers three game Road losing Streak and was Only their third Triumph in the last seven games. Mavericks is Trail Blazer 111 Portland Ore.  scored a game High 29 Points to Lead the Maverick a. Over portend. In Reggie Adrian Dantley. Scores 36 Points. Thus scored a game High 23 Points and added 10 assists to Lead Sacramento Over Seattle. Suns 116, clippers 104 Phoenix. Ariz. Larry Nance scored 29 Points and Walter Davis added 20 As Phoenix held on. The clippers Down by 20 Early in the third period used eight Points by Marques Johnson and six by Cedric Maxwell to Cut the deficit to 88-81 entering the fourth  clippers never got closer than nine Points despite 24 Points from Nixon and 23 from Johnson. Phoenix winning its third straight got 14 Points from both Alvan Adams and Jay Humphries. James Edwards had 12 and Mike Sanders 11. College from Page 21 ranked Michigan wolverines capitalized on a five minute scoring drought by Purdue in the second half to Edge the boilermakers and hold onto first place in the big ten conference. Michigan was leading 59-54 when the boilermakers took their Only Lead of the second half with a seven Point Streak. Todd Mitchell who led All scorers with 21, made a free throw following a technical foul to tie the score 59-59 with 10 45 to play. He made a pair of free throws with 10 34 remaining but the boilermakers then failed to score until a Mitchell Basket with 5 10 left. Garde Thompson tied the score 61-61. Gary Grant s three Point play broke the tie with 8 37 left and Michigan was never caught. Duke 77, Virgin. 65 Charlottesville a. On a night when Johnny Dawkins was in foul trouble and Virginia defense was keyed on Mark Alarie David Henderson was More than Happy to till the scoring void for the Duke s no. 4 Blue devils. Henderson a 6-foot-5 senior Forward scored 12 of his 20 Points in the second half including Duke s final four baskets As the Blue devils Defeated the Cavaliers in Atlantic coast conference action. Old Dominion 74, Western Kentucky 61 Norfolk a. Kenny Gattison scored 22 Points and had 12 rebounds to Lead old Dominion to a Sun Belt Confer ence Victory Over the 19th-ranked Hilltop pen. Old Dominion blew the game open in the first half and the Hill toppers got no closer than 11 Points in the final 20 min utes. Army 74, Lona 71 new Rochelle . Mark Michaelsen made a foul shot with three seconds left and Kevin Houston scored 20 of his 32 Points in the second half As army rallied past Lona in metro Atlantic athletic conference action. Army snapped a three game losing Streak and raised its record to 8-11 Overall and 4-5 in the conference Lona which led by As Many As nine Points in the first half fell to 9-14 and 5-5. Indiana 78, Wisconsin 69 Bloomington ind. Steve Al Ford had 16 of his 23 Points in the second half and Daryl Thomas had nine of his i after the break to Lead no. 18 Indiana Over Wisconsin. The hoosiers who Defeated the badgers for the ninth consecutive time at Assembly Hall trailed 34-31 after a first half that included seven Lead changes and 10 lies. Nary 81, carte Mason 68 Fairfax a. David Robinson scored 33 paints and grabbed 20 rebounds thursday night As Navy pulled away from George Mason in the second half in route to an 81-68 colonial athletic association Victory. Kylor Whitaker scored 14 Points for the midshipmen and Vernon Butler added 13, including ii in the second half to help Navy improve its record to 18-4,9-1 in the league. Arihara 67, Florida 65 Auburn. Ala. Auburn s Chuck per son scored 28 Points including a pair of free throws with 5 seconds left to my the tigers 67-65 Southeastern conference basketball Victory Over Florida thursday night. Person s two successful foul shots gave Auburn a 67-63 Lead. Florida s Ronnie Montgomery tossed in a Basket As the clock ran out for the final score. Nevada Las vegas 92, Pacific 73 Las vegas. Nev. Eldridge Hud son scored 12 of his 20 Points in the first eight minutes of the second half to help no. 9 Nevada Las vegas pull away fro Pacific. After Pacific closed to within 45-42 in the opening minute of the second half Hudson led univ on a run that left the rebels with a 68-53 advantage with 12 06 to play. The rebels were not threatened after that