European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Major league baseball a. A 4 Quot egg a fat pacts loaded with no nos by Ronald Blum the associated press new York a Roger Clemens can to take part in a Jai Alai game. Will Clark can to crawl in caves. Wayne Gretzky can to lift a Lacrosse stick. Jose Rijo can to play Polo. As salaries increase players recreational options dwindle. Teams done to want their High priced property getting Hurt. A it Herrick is so much greater a said Lou Gorman Boston red sox general manager who stopped outfielder Mike Greenwell from driving a race car. A when you guarantee that contract Foro two three four years its a tremendous risk. By putting in prohibitions you re protecting him and the Ball club in the Long  in baseball no nos Are negotiated _ and specified in a Ose each guaranteed Deal and go Well beyond the prohibitions in the uniform contract. Willie Mcgee for instance is banned from Jujitsu karate and Whitewater  $9 million three year contract would lose its guarantee if he is Hurt hot air ballooning or hang gliding. A they put in literally anything you can think of a agent Doug Baldwin said. A if you were to read this literally you a come to the conclusion they done to want these Guys doing much of anything in the  Thurman Munson the new York Yankees Catcher was not banned from piloting his aircraft. It was the last negotiating Point in the four year $1,547,500 contract he signed before the 1978 season. He died in his air plane during a crash on aug. 2,1979. A it was going to be a Deal Buster a Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said. A but i  afford to lose Thurman. I fought it like a Tiger. I said a Thurman in a giving you the Best advice i can done to Fly. I know a Little bit about  but they insisted. Dick Moss Munson a agent said Thurman would not sign a contract with that  accidents happen in the strangest circumstances. Pitcher Danny Frisella then with the Milwaukee Brewers was killed in a Dune buggy Accident on Jan. 1,1977. Oakland third baseman Carney lans Ford has missed the entire 1991 season because of a dec. 31 snowmobiling Accident a an activity not prohibited in his guaranteed $5125 million four year contract. A whenever something bad happens to somebody some teams want to Start to including prohibitions against it in contracts a agent Tom Reich said. �?o1 can understand  general managers admit they re cautious because of previous accidents. Clark the san Francisco giants first baseman is prohibited from 54 activities including Wood chopping ice boating not a popular activity in Clarks Hometown of new Orleans and spelunking the sport of Cave exploration. �?oa1 Rosen has been known to test the negotiating acumen of agents by flagging spelunking As one of the prohibited activities in a guaranteed baseball contracts a said Clarks agent Jeff Moorad. A being a Veteran Cave explorer i was Able to avoid the pitfall.�?�. Rosen the giants general manager said he was serious about the spelunking ban. A a number of years ago i read an article about three people who had gotten lost in the Luray caverns in Virginia a Rosen said. A it just occurred to me with All the free time ballplayers have they might find that to be something they want to do. To me that has an element of danger to it. Now the big sport out Here is Rock climbing so in a going to have to include that in the  Clark did t seem to mind the restrictions in Exchange for the $15 million Over fou years. A wok i won t go in a Cave a he said. Football contracts Arentt As detailed. They merely say players shall not a engage in any activity other than football which May involve significant risk or personal  a what is significant risk a agent Leigh Steinberg said. A hang gliding obviously May be one but How about basketball the most common sport players play in a the off season outside of playing Golf a Young men in their Early 20s believe they will live forever and feel that they re at the top of their physical form. And since they be been Able to physically master every activity in the world there is nothing that has a significant risk of phys Ocial injury in any activity they engage  several Steinberg clients have been Hurt playing basketball including Houston oilers quarterback Warren Moon. A i sit at Home at night a Steinberg said a and wait for that terrible phone Call which always starts a Leigh i done to know How to Tell you this. I was skiing playing basketball water skiing body surfing skate boarding playing racquetball and All the rest of  a the nil and the Aba have Standard clauses in most contracts. Hockey players Are prohibited from football basketball softball Lacrosse boxing wrestling or a other athletic  however Gretzky likes to play baseball softball and touch football so those bans were deleted from his contract. Strangely there a no specific prohibition in hockey contracts on skiing a sport that disrupted the career of former Boston red sox Pitcher Jim Lonborg following the 1967 season. A several members of the Edmonton oilers and the Calgary flames who live in proximity to the Canadian Rockies have been known to ski during the season. Some with the knowledge of the club some without a said Mike Barnett Gretzky a agent. A it at depends. If you get Hurt then its probably a reasonable risk. If you get Down the Mountain safely its no  Aba contracts prohibit professional boxing wrestling motorcycling moped Riding Auto racing sky diving and hang gliding in addition to baseball football hockey and Lacrosse. They also specify that Golf Tennis handball swimming hiking softball and volleyball Are of. In some cases there Are ways to get around the prohibitions. Clarks guarantee could be ended by a Hunting Accident so he took out his own insurance against a Hunting injury. As in most cases the rest of the clauses done to really apply. A partial list of Clarks forbidden sports include Auto racing baseball unauthorized basketball bicycle racing bobsledding boxing fencing Field hockey flying single engine football handball hang gliding harness racing horse racing horse Riding Hunting ice boating ice hockey Jai Alai judo. Also Jujitsu karate kayaking Lacrosse luring martial arts any for Motorboat racing motorcycling Mountain climbing pad Leball parachuting piloting Polo racquetball and Rodeo. A the main thing in be got to worry about is the Hunting a Clark said. A a in a not going to be playing any Jai Alai or anything like  As players salaries increase their recreational options dwindle. Roger Clemens too can t join a Jai Alai game and will Clark Bottom can to go spelunking