European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                S new a and to see i Walt Morrissette staff writer i he pro football fan in Europe who wants to follow the world league of american football on television this Spring has a variety of sources. They include military stations eur Gosport theall sports sky Channel available ail Over Europe tv3 Cataluna in Spain and Tele 5 in Germany. All plan to carry some or All of the games from the new Jea Guc. In addition Britain Schannel 4 will have a one hour weekly highlights show. Selected Olaf games will be sent via satellite by the armed forces radio and  dec broadcast Center in los Angeles. Most serv ice members in the persian Gulf w Ith television Access get arts directly and will get those games. A Bui elsewhere the decision on what games to televise will be up to the local military affiliates an to in Germany and the l nil cd kingdom Southern european broadcasting in Italy and saudi Arabia among others. Arts sports director George Balamaci said the first world league game the network w ill Send via satellite w ill he the March 31 game Between the new York knights and the London monarchs at Wembley stadium. He said the network must bypass the world. League s opening weekend because of conflicts with the Mcaa men s basketball tournament. Arts will also have to a pc Harry pick Quot around conflicts in the coming months to gel Olaf games in Balamaci said. A a we la run into a lot of conflicts in april Quot he said. A once we get out of the Mcaa basketball tournament the final four is set for March 30 and april Well have baseball plus the nil playoffs. And the Aba playoffs Start in mid april. A a Well spot games in live where we can when there a not a conflict wit i games of equal or More important value Quot he said. So world league games will be tape delayed when they come up against the National Basket  or National i toe key league playoffs or the final round of the masters Golf tournament april 14. The picture though is much brighter on Cable and satellite  sky network s Ems port Channel will show All Home games of the Frankfurt Galaxy and London monarchs live plus several games from the states involving the Quot lean teams. Euro sports a schedule starts with the Galaxy s Home opener with London from Wald stadium on saturday night. Spain a tv3/catalunya will show live All Barer a Iona dragon games including stateside Road. Trips. Munich based Tele 5 will show Galaxy games on a tape delayed basis usually of sunday . A a a a a a a a -. A. A a a a Quot a v. A. A a a s4s Jim do rho in the logo of the new International league As shown at a recent Frankfurt news conference. But the Best option for a real Olaf Enthus. Sisal is eur sport which requires Access  a a or the a fico Skot for the 2-Fodt Astra satellite dish and Var sized terminal. The dish though. Can provide Access not Only to euro sports a football baseball and Tennis lineups but also to rival Channel scarce sport s live and tape delayed Aba and Neil telecasts and notre Dame football. These networks often pick up the feeds from esp or Turner network television a which make watching stateside sports on Astra the next Best thing to being Home. One final caution a Cable and satellite Are broadcast in the european pal system not the stateside a tsp system used by an. The viewer will need a dual system television to pick up both As Well As a dual system Var to tape games. Stats a yes already a and facts about Olaf found the cymbals and beat the Drums the phenomenon of the world league of american football almost is upon us. The world league is notable Orfea luring three european teams and a Canadian team among its 10 franchises and for being shades of the United states football league a Spring league let us consider some facets of the Enterprise the teams new York new Jersey knights Barcelona dragons Frankfurt Galaxy London monarchs. Montreal machine Birmingham fire Sacramento surge san Antonio riders Orlando Thunder and Raleigh Durham sky Hawks. The players a ragtag Bunch of never cases with a Smidgen of Home based players on each european team. Brent Musabi Irger who will work the games on Abc said a i was delighted to see the East German track team has found work Quot to innovations the world league anxious to be a to hit is giving extraordinary leeway to the telecaster. There will be heightened audio i. Crop ones on a Back judge and a Center Piek up of coaches sending in signals to wired quarterbacks and cameras in the locker rooms. The to schedule stateside All s3 games in the 12-week schedule will be televised one Way or another. Abc will televise 12 straight sundays starting with the new York Jersey knights at Barcelona dragons game March 24, and ending with a playoff week and the world bowl on june 9. Usa Cable will show 34 games on saturday and monday nights. The future in this crazy to a Drivon world of a sports i think the prospects Are Good at least in the United states because the world league is a child of the powerful nit. The nil has set up a mechanism for controlling salaries. And this league will not try the foolishness of competing with the Nejl there is a Large enough segment of fanatics crazy for football who May Well give the world league the modest to ratings the networks desire. Stan Isaacs new York news Haymarch 17 1991 sunday a a a Page 11