European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 13, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23commentarythey done tall play for millions Good for Don Mattingly and his $19.3 million five year contract he oked monday. Hurray for Jim Kelly and the $20 million seven year Deal he signed last month. Cheers for Michael Jordan Wayne Gretzky Ayrton Senna sugar Ray Leonard Ivan Lendl a the Fortune five. Its Good to see the greats in sports make great Money. Not the Best Money mind you. These Guys Are entertainers. In the world of entertainment Bill Cosby makes $60 million. Per year. Sylvester Stallone collects $38 million Jack Nicholson $34 million. I done to hear anyone berate movie and to actors for hauling it in. Maybe that a because for every Cosby reams of budding comedians and dancers Are scraping by in new York shacks. Which is exactly Why fans should quit crying whenever a Patrick Ewing signs for $4 million. For every Ewing loads of would be dunkers Are looking for a Buck. Where Are starters from recent Mcaa champions a Villanova a Gary Mclain Louisville a Herbert Crook Indiana a Daryl Thomas Kansas Milt Newton a today not in the Aba. Maybe those Guys Are living Well. Then again Ost football players leave the nil injured and destitute 49ers�?T consultant Harry Edwards told me two years ago at the London game. And those Are just the Guys who make the nil. Think about that when Joe Montana passes Kelly As pro footballs highest paid player soon. I thought about that huge Gap upon meeting a couple of pro athletes in the last week. There was Boomer Esiason quarterback of the Cincinnati bengals touring Heidelberg tuesday. The Man makes $1.2 million per year. He a driving around Europe in a rented five series Bow set up by Proser the sports management firm. Esiason lives like most done to. He walked into the Heidelberg shop sport Bredl and bought five Hugo Boss suits in 15 minutes. I wont buy five Boss suits in 15 years. Esiason was with Steve la Belle a Rugby Friend living in Heidelberg who asked if he was an impulsive buyer. Boomer answered a no i kind of like to buy  Fox Boomer and his wife Cheryl were heading for Monaco. Just in time for the Monte Carlo open which runs april 21-29. They will Hook up with another Proser client Yan Nick Noah who has them set up at a luxury hotel. If the Esiason prefer they have reservations at the Loews which easily goes for $500 a  get the idea. Boomer Esiason Isnit starving. Yet in that same Monte Carlo in that very Loews hotel i met a pro athlete last week who is fighting for survival. He a Kevin Daigle a Boxer who will fight for the if super welterweight Belt saturday night at the Loews but can to afford to stay there. Daigle is shooting for Gianfranco Rosie a Crown. And the decent Money that comes with it. Daigler Strainer and manager Terry of Brien put it this Way a a you be got to Kevin Daigle get on television to make any Money. It All boils Down to this fight. The whole nine  Daigle and of Brien plus other americans connected to saturdays fight card were at a press conference in a Loews conference room last Friday. They had just arrived from a trans Atlantic trip and looked Haggard. I was the Only newspaper Guy there and by Accident. This was a vacation but a tourist official tipped me off to the boxing shindig. So Daigler a Landing did no to exactly ignite Monte Carlo. He a 28, fights out of Bedford ky., sporting a 21-8 record and ranked 12th by the if. The Roulette wheel at the Loews Casino got More attention than Daigle. Who would Gamble on Daigle stealing the title from Rosi right under the noses of his italian fans Daigle for one a a in a not Here to lie Down. In a Here to win the  of Brien for two a put it this Way these people Are in for a  not just italians and French. Try americans who need an Ultra satellite dish to pick up italian to and see Daigle s upset try. At least americans could see Buster Douglas Shock Mike Tyson even if no one believed that was possible. A i hated to see it a Daigle said of busters bomb a because it was the same plan i had for this  but Daigle admitted a that kind of opened up the boxing  a it showed the underdog can win a said of Brien. A and he a Gonna  that would be quite the Jackpot for a Guy who hitchhiked to training Camp after school in Granville . He grew up there and with prodding by his dad he won a Golden gloves title in 1983. He quickly turned pro struggled at 1-4-1, then started winning. His Streak of seven technical knockouts or Kos within six months in 1989 helped punch his ticket for saturdays title fight. Still you can see that Daigle is no sugar Ray. No millions. No Limo. No entourage. As soon As this interview ended he went to Bor Dighera Italy to train. Forget the expenses at Monte Carlo. I asked How he planned his life. Daigle answered a you plan on winning the  and when his boxing Days end he can read about or. Million Mattingly and dream. The stars and Stripe Cayton further sealed exile with letter to Tyson by Wallace Matthews new Day in boxing some Guys just done to know when to quit. For a change however we re not talking about a fighter. This one who refuses to hang Mem up is a manager and a Well heeled one at that. Last week Bill Cayton sent a letter to i s wayward heavyweight Mike Tyson. It was not a love letter. As has been Well documented Cayton and Tyson have seen estranged for most of the past two years for various reasons if you believe Lyson. Or if you believe Cayton for one reason a Don King. Cayton seeing an opening to perhaps Nove Back into an Active role in Tyson a career now that he has lost his title to bus Fri non cited off the letter dated april balt copies of it sent a everywhere Mike Tyson could possibly  including Kings office of course i did not Send it to Don King s office a Cayton said. Be Ore we get into the specifics of the j3 c0py of which was obtained Byyo bears repeating that As a r Cayton has yet to be proven anything except exceptional a a j old say excessive a compe not a Tyson King sued Cayton Tel or a break the managerial ,n8 thievery Cayton produced a mints accounting for every Nenny taif on ends accounting for every Penny to Quot in and paid out in every one of to sons Jas up to the Spinks bout inn a a 8 said done to let that fool you we have proof that Cayton is a thief y have yet to produce one scrap of it. Utas a human being Tyson has said boxing notes Cayton is lacking something. Cayton is not a warm fellow despite his somewhat awkward attempts to be one. When Tyson was beset with personal problems Bill Cayton was not the Man the then-21-year-old Felt he could turn to for emotional support. King was Only too willing to provide same even if his sincerity was no More genuine than Cayton a. Which brings us to the letter. It was intended to Patch things up. But it is perhaps one of the finest examples Ever written of a How to further alienate someone who already thinks you re a  Here is the opening line a dear Mike what does it take to Wake you up a it is Tough to imagine Mike Tyson getting past that. He probably Tore the paper into confetti at that Point and sprinkled it around the room or the car or the nightclub or wherever he happened to be. Nothing like being called a nitwit right off the Bat. If somehow Tyson delved any further into this correspondence he would have read the following a that he was backstabber by King who has Cost Tyson More than $50 million Between the loss of the title and subsequent endorsements and to commercials. A that King is trying to Rush him Back into the ring without the proper medical examinations and that his Only interest in a Douglas Tyson rematch is to Cement a relationship with Douglas. A that Cayton would prefer Tyson to fight Alex Stewart in june Renaldo Snipes in september and a a particularly appropriate opponent in november or december before meeting the Winner of the proposed september Douglas evander Holyfield fight in Early 1991. A Call was put in to the Catskill ., House in which Tyson grew up and to which he has returned since the Douglas loss. Remember that Tyson has not spoken with new Day or any other paper a with one glaring exception a on a regular basis since King took Over. This time was no exception. Tyson a Friend and come Man Jay Bright relayed quotes he said Tyson dictated to him Over a car phone. The full text of Tyson a reply according to Bright a the letter Speaks for itself. The Content and intent is degrading and insulting As if i would run Back Tail Between legs because of what happened. Bill has neither the mind nor the imagination to deceive me into that slave master mentality. He a pompously dangling what he perceives As bait. Let him direct that pimping mentality somewhere else to someone More Gullible who finds it a Little less offensive. A and in boxing some Guys just never change. King always Quick to scream racism when it suits him used some of the most racially insensitive blather in discussing his absent lightweight Azumah Nelson at a news conference last week to announce his upcoming bout with Permell Whitaker. A the True reality is we Are african americans a King said. A but this poor kid Whitaker Only has the seeds of the heritage. He a up against a real animal out of the Bush. A terrible Warrior from Ghana. Azumah a running through the Jungle right now with a Loincloth. He s wrestling tigers. Tyson Nunn Azumah will eat him up like a Well done Steak or raw piece of  nothing like keeping alive those degrading stereotypes when there a a Buck to be made is there Don a last week it was written Here that the Aba wac and if make no accounting of what happens to the exorbitant Sanction fees charged for their title bouts. Wednesday Gabriel i. Pc Nagari Cano the wac general counsel sent a letter that provided some of the answers the Money he said is used to fund a continuing boxing medical research project at Urcla and to help indigent families of former boxers among them the three teen aged children of former lightweight Champ Esteban Dejesus who died last Vear of aids. A middleweight Champion Michael Nunn who broke from longtime manager Dan Goosson and Trainer Joe Goosson in a contract dispute will fight welterweight Champion Marlon Starling saturday night in Las vegas with former pro welterweight Cassius a a boy Green in his Comer ably assisted by Donny Dothard Nunns Best Friend from Davenport Iowa who has never worked a fight Corner in his life. Incidentally the Odds favouring Nunn have dropped from 7-1 to 5-1. Any connection