European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 c the stars and stripes Friday april 17, 1992 laettner diary Deal might spell trouble Winston Salem . A Duke Center Christian laettner May have violated Mcaa rules when he agreed last summer to write a diary for go Magazine a newspaper reported thursday. The Deal could Render laettner ineligible and make Duke subject to sanctions that Range from a letter of reprimand to forfeiture of All games including the Mcaa championship the Winston Salem journal reported. Laettner the leading scorer for Dukes championship team signed a contract last August before his senior season to write for the Magazine a go editor and former editor said. Laettner is to be paid upon completion of the Story in october or november said go managing editor David Granger and his predecessor Eliot Kaplan. Mcaa rules say a student athletes eligibility is jeopardized if he makes an agreement for professional services or promotes a product while still eligible. Tom Butters Dukes athletic director said he did not know that laettner was writing the diary. Chris Kennedy Dukes compliance director said he knew about the diary but thought it posed no problem. A was far As 1 know there was no contract a he said. But Kaplan said laettner signed a Standard writing contract and Mcaa official Rick Evrard said any agreement could violate Mcaa bylaws. Laettner made no secret of his Deal with go. He told reporters at an informal March 9 news conference that he agreed last summer to make weekly tape recorded entries for go and would be paid after publication. A a in a just making tapes one entry a week a laettner said. He was asked a can they pay you for that a laettner replied a they pay you when the article comes out Duke sports information director Mike Cragg said thursday that University officials were aware of laettner a agreement with go but did not believe it violated any rules. Cragg said he had discussed the agreement with Kennedy. A we checked into All this stuff before he agreed to do it a Cragg said. He also disputed the report that laettner signed a contract. Quot i just know he did no to sign a contract and no Money has been discussed about it a Cragg said. Kennedy said he was informed of laettner a involvement with the Magazine by an acc official in the fall. Kennedy said he did not inform the Mcaa after consulting with the conference office. A a that a our usual procedure a he said. A we go through the conference office. Wed looked into that. As far As i know there Wasny to any contract which would be a violation. I done to think there a any guaranteed Duke s Christian laettner. A just making tapes Uva boots boosters in loan Flap by the associated press Charlottesville a. The University of Virginia in the Wake of an internal investigation into interest free Loans to athletes has asked two longtime athletic fund raisers to end their relationship with the school. The investigation also has been expanded to include the athletic departments oversight of a Booster group. Joe Mark reached a settlement with the University on wednesday and was expected to resign before the end of the week As senior executive Field Secretary of the Virginia student Aid foundation his attorney told the Roanoke times amp world news. Negotiations also were taking place with Ted Davenport who with Mark was an executive director of Vesaf during the past decade when approximately three dozen Loans were made to student athletes graduate assistant coaches and some non athletes. Marks attorney William Rhodes said Mark will not receive full salary for the remaining 27 months until he turns 65, but the final settlement was better than Virginia a original offer. Mark and Davenport were the first casualties of an 11-month inquiry. The Richmond times dispatch reported in a copyright Story that the investigation of the Vesaf now includes financial Perks offered to coaches. Also included is a six figure loan to then athletic director Dick Schultz the current executive director of the Mcaa the newspaper reported. Texas pan am admits wrongdoing Edinburg Texas a the University of Texas pan american has admitted to three of eight alleged violations in its basketball program being investigated by the Mcaa. In a response to an Mcaa letter of inquiry the school admitted that an athletic Booster had helped basketball players obtain a rental car for a trip to Houston that a loan was made to the Girlfriend of a former athlete and that an athlete was Given a Jersey during Al recruiting visit. Non deals paying off for pacers by Hank Lowenkron Indianapolis apr in the Case of the Indiana pacers the Best Trade seems to have been no Trade. Management decided to keep the club intact despite a 15-28 Start rejecting All Trade offers a that took a lot of guts for management a said Reggie Miller one of the key players who have taken the pacers into the Aba playoffs for a team record third straight year. A they were getting so much heat. To break this team up. No one liked Chuck person. Quot everyone thought Chuck and i did no to like one another that det detlef Schrempf play with Chuck and me. It was ridiculous we knew we were screwing up. It took a lot of guts not to break up this team. I think it would have been a big now the pacers face a new Challenge a advancing past the opening round of the playoffs for the first time since joining the league in 1976. A this team is not satisfied just by making the playoffs. We know that we really screwed up this season. We know we should have been much higher a said Aguirre won t play for Mexico Auburn Hills Mich. Apr Detroit Piston Forward Mark Aguirre will not play for Mexico in the summer games an olympic official says. Aguirre left off the . Team had been considering a spot on the mexican squad because his father and Grandfather were born there. Aguirre was born in Chicago. But that is a a dead Issue a Boris Stankovic Secretary general of basketball a International ruling body told the Detroit free press. The mexican basketball federation had asked the 6-foot-6 Aguirre to play and a spokesman said the federation still believes Aguirre is eligible. Aguirre 32, said he does no to want to get involved in what he Calls a political dispute. Miller whose 20.7-Point average has put him on the verge of leading the team in scoring for a third consecutive season. A a we be overcome a lot of adversity this season a he said. A i think that a going to work in our favor because i think a lot of teams Are going to take us for granted. A a. I think we have a lot in store for a lot of people because when we re the underdogs we play much better. Those Are the kind of Odds we Millers 3-Point accuracy is one reason the pacers have reached the playoffs he a made at least one 3-Pointer in l1 straight games and is 43 for 91 in tha Span. But Miller says the teams self examination and Faith in themselves were Thi keys. Quot we started looking at ourselves in Thi Mirror instead of pointing fingers think that was the key a he said. A everyone in Here was to blame. Think 12 Guys really pulled it skate past capitals by the associated press Pittsburgh Troy Loney and Jaromir jagr scored 36 seconds apart Early in the third period and the Pittsburgh penguins playing most of the game without the no la a two top scorers beat the Washington capitals 4-1 wednesday night to Clinch third place in the Patrick division. The penguins ninth consecutive Home Victory and the new Jersey devils 7-0 loss to the new York islanders set up a Pittsburgh Washington matchup in the first round of the Patrick division playoffs beginning sunday. In the other fourth place new Jersey will face the new York rangers who have the Best record in the nil. Pittsburgh a 5-1 loser monday to the devils trailed new Jersey by two Points entering the game but clinched third under the no la a tie breaking system with 39 victories to the devils 38. The devils finished with a 38-31-11 record and the penguins Are 39-31-9 entering thursdays season finale at the rangers. Pittsburgh beat Washington for the first time at Home this season even though nil scoring Leader Mario Lemieux was out with a bruised shoulder and no. 2 scorer Kevin Stevens was ejected at 17 36 of the first period. In other games wednesday islanders 7, devils 0 Uniondale . Several new York islanders reached personal milestones including coach Al Arbour in a rout of the new Jersey. With the game Arbour coached his nil record 1,438th and gained his 705th Victory As the islanders ended their season with 79 Points an improvement of 19 Points Over last Leafs 4, rangers 2 Toronto a Peter Zezel and Mike Kru Shelyski scored first period goals to Start Toronto to a Victory Over new 4, sabres 3 Buffalo . Greg Paslawski scored his 27th and 28th goals of the season As Quebec closed out its season with Only its second Road win of the year. The Victory which left the nor piques with a 2-29-9 Road record kept Quebec from tying the nil record for Road futility in a 4, flyers 3, of Philadelphia Andrew Cassels goal with 1 38 gone in overtime lifted Hartford to a Victory Over Philadelphia in the last Reg ular season game for both teams. The whalers beat the flyers for the seventh straight 4, canadians 4 Montreal a Mike Keaney a Power play goal with 3 47 left in regulation gave Montreal a 4-4 tie with Boston in the final regular season game for both 4, Sharks 3 Daly City Calif. Sergei Makarov scored a goal with 5 17 to Plav to snap a 3-3 tie wednesday night As Calgary Defeated san Jose. Nil
