European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 28, 1992player-owner from wire reports Washington a a Flea executive director Gene Upshaw said a labor agreement Between the a Fly a players and owners is closer after separate talks saturday with commissioner Paul Tagliabue and los Angeles raiders president a1 Davis. Davis is one of four holdout owners considered Likely to agree to the tentative settlement Between the players and the owners. A a we re really closer a Upshaw said As he left the Frk stadium press Box late in the raiders 21-20 Victory Over Washington saturday. A a we be made some Good Progress  Upshaw declined to elaborate on what advances had been made. Davis has been holding out because he wants at least two players exempted from free Agency not just one As the tentative settlement Calls for. The agreement needs the vote of four More team executives to be ratified and Davis has been targeted by the Union As one owner Likely to switch sides. He voted against the pact at league meetings 10 Days ago in Dallas. Four others who voted a a not in Dallas but Are expected to switch Are John Shaw of the los Angeles rams John Kent Cooke of the redskins Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steeles and Mike Brown of the Cincinnati bengals. The tentative agreement which would bring expanded free Agency to the nil would allow players to Market their talents after playing five years in the league it would also set a salary Cap if player salaries reached 67 percent of a teams Revenue and reduce the current College draft from 12 rounds to seven. There would also be no salary arbitration process As currently exists in major league baseball. At least one player a designated a a franchise property would remain exempt from free  hike ticket prices Atlanta a Success has its Price and fans of the two time defending National league Champion Atlanta braves Are being asked to pay it. Not All Are Happy about it. Some fans Are complaining that the team raised ticket prices and discontinued a 20-game ticket package that allowed about 9,000 people to see the team for $200 or less in 1992. The package also gave fans an option to buy playoff tickets. For 1993, the least expensive package being offered is the 41-game half season plan which runs from $369 to $410. Half season subscribers will have an option to Purchase seats for postseason games but the braves will determine seat location. A full 82-game package which includes an april 3 exhibition game against the Boston red sox runs from $738 to $1,230.Auburn staff adds Trickett Auburn Ala. A Auburn coach Terry Bowden announced saturday that Rick Trickett would join his staff As offensive line coach. Trickett has been offensive line coach at Mississippi state for four years and before that was offensive line coach and assistant head coach at Memphis state. A the was my Choice from the beginning to coach our sports pact nearer a nil players association director Gene Upshaw offensive line a Bowden said. A the is a Veteran of the Southeastern conference wars but still has that Youthful enthusiasm. Rick is regarded As one of the toughest offensive line coaches in the business not to mention he is also an intense hard nosed  Bowden said Trickett had a Tough decision to leave peach bowl bound Mississippi state. A Morgantown . Native Trickett grew up in Semmes and played football at Mary Montgomery High school and Glenview state College in West Virginia. Besides Mississippi state and Memphis state Trickett served on coaching staffs at West Virginia Southern Illinois Southern Mississippi and new Mexico. Bowden has filled five positions on his new staff including Wayne Hall Tommy Bowden Joe Whitt and James Daniel retained from former coach Pat dyes  games poll favourable Atlanta a georgians approve of the Job being done by olympic organizers and think the theme of the 1996 games should emphasize the Centennial of the modern olympics according to a new poll. An Atlanta journal Constitution poll released saturday found that 69 percent of georgians surveyed said they approve of the Way the games have been represented through such portrayals As the closing ceremonies at the Barcelona games the Mascot and olympic symbols and logos. The poll of 773 adults was conducted earlier this month by the Center for Urban policy research at Georgia state University. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 , 40, eyes 4 minutes new York a Eamonn Coghlan the world indoor mile record Holder will try for another Milestone a to the stars and stripes b Page 27says Upshaw become the first 40-Ycar-old to break 4 minutes for the mile a at the millrose games on feb. 5. Coghlan who turned 40 on nov. 21, became the Only runner to break 3 50 indoors when he set the world record of 3 49.78 at the Meadowlands in 1983. At the millrose games in Madison Square Garden where he has won the Wanamaker mile a record seven times Coghlan will compete in the runners world masters mile. Kenyans Wilson Waiswa holds the masters world indoor record of 4 13.05, set at the 1991 millrose games and the outdoor masters record of 4 05.39, set in 1989.beckenbauer opposes byes Hamburg Germany a Franz Beckenbauer who coached the German National soccer team to the world cup title in 1990, says defending champions should not qualify directly for the final round in future tournaments. Beckenbauer in an article for the sunday edition of the Welt am sonntag newspaper said he realized direct qualification for the world Champion was an Honor. A but during four years a team goes through fundamental changes a he said. �?o1 think it would be a Good thing if the defending Champion is not Given a Bye. A this raises the danger that the world Champion is unable to defend its title but a team unable to gain qualification does not deserve to play in the elite final  under the current format the defending Champion and the Host team Are Given direct berths in the 24-team final round while others must go through qualifications to reach the quadrennial  opposes giants Deal san Francisco a a citizens group began a petition drive saturday aimed at reversing $15 million in stadium lease concessions for the new owners of the san Francisco giants whose bid saved the team for the City. About 40 people turned out for the Kickoff of a month Long signature gathering drive organized by the committee to Stop the Giveaway. Organizer David Spiro said the group needed about 19,500 valid signatures to qualify a referendum for the november ballot and hoped to collect about 27,000. The group was formed in response to the five year candlestick Park lease package cutting the giants annual rent to $1 from $750,000 and turns Over to the new team owners revenues from parking and scoreboard advertising. The concessions arc Worth $3 million a year. In addition the City will continue to pay for All utilities and stadium Upkeep. A higher rent would have to be paid if the giants draw More than 2.5 million people in a season something the team has never done. Spiro called the concessions a a stick up of san Francisco taxpayers. Sports on the air Central european time an seb television pro football a Detroit at san Francisco 3 . Tuesday. To an to . 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