European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes sports thursday August 4,1994 in. Shuler ends his holdout Carlisle a. A the Washington redskins and quarterback Heath Shuler the dub s top draft pick agreed tuesday to an eight year $19 Mil Ion con tract ending a 13-Day holdout. Shuler arrived at training Camp tuesday night after driving from Washington. He was expected to sign in practice wednesday said Shuler s agent Tom con Don who arrived with his client. The Deal largest in redskins history includes a signing Bonus of $5 million also the largest the team has Ever paid. Free agent linebacker Ken Harvey got a $3 Mil lion Bonus when he signed this Spring. Shuler a 6-foor-2, 220-Pounder from Eim Essee was selected third in the draw. He is the Centrepiece of coach Norv Turne s plans to rebuild the a 4-12 record last year. Despite appearing in several minicams in the Spring Shuler is far behind the rest of the team in learning the team s offence having missed two weeks of twice a Day practices and daily team meetings. Turner said he was anxious to get started practising with Shuler and did nor Rule out the possibility Shulter could be ready to Start for the opener on sept. 4 at Home against Seattle. Turner said he would try to give Shuler quarterback Heath Shuler right followed by Scott Cohen of the Washington staff arrives at the redskins training Camp tuesdays it of on zsiday of i n a c ?Jki--.?, the fails of a by to la Al a a Fry title games will rotate and fiesta paper says Miami a commissioners of col lege football conferences have decided to unanimously recommend that the Orange bowl sugar bowl and fiesta bowl rotate a National championship. Game after the 1995 season the Miami Herald reported tuesday. The decision must be approved by the conferences athletic directors. The ath Letic directors have veto Power but the commissioners do hot expect them to use it the Herald quoted unidentified sources As saying. The final decision could be announced thursday the news paper said. ?/-\7 \. Keith Tribble executive director of the Orange bowl committee said tuesday he was not aware of such a selection. An advisory Council for the Orange bowl committee said tuesday it will recommend to committee members that the be moved from the Orange bowl stadium in downtown Miami to Joe Robbie stadium in North Dade county after the 1996 game it s Clear to us that Only one Bow ill be selected in the East and we need to address our Competition Orange Bow committee president de Williamson said. The leading candidates for Selec Tion All Host their games in state of the Art facilities like hrs. In order to ensure the 60-year tradition of Orange bowl football classics incur Community we must compete of the same level in All aspects of the the fiesta bowl Phoenix bid $118 million the sugar bowl new Orleans " bid $108 million and the Orange bowl bid $105 million the Gator bowl Jack Sonville made the second highest bid $116 million the Herald reported. The current bowl Alliance includes the Orange sugar and fiesta bowls plus the Cotton bowl Dallas. The Cotton bowl bid $100 million the newspaper said. The Herald quoted sources As saying that the Orange bowl was chosen Over the Gator bowl despite the Gator bowl s higher bid because the Orange bowl has produced six of the past 11 National champions and includes a Jamous Parade. ".-,.".-.,. ". 7" it was very tight Between the Orange bowl and Gator bowl the Herald quoted an unidentified commissioner assaying. But nothing will be final until the athletic directors approve it. I Don t think there will be any violent Donn Bernstein spokesman for the bowl coalition said he could not confirm the newspaper report. He said the com missioners had met last weekend in dal Las but he did not know the results of that meeting. 4---� the newspaper said the bids Are based on a six year period in which each bowl twice would get to select the top two teams available to the bowl Alliance. " the commissioners making the Deci Sion Are from the Atlantic coast Confer ence the Southeastern conference the Southwest conference the big eight an the big East. The big ten Pac-10 and notre Dame also agreed to the selection of the three bowls the Herald said. Big East commissioner Mike Trang be decline to comment on what he will recommend to big East athletic directors. We sent a letter out to All the bowls a very carefully worded letter Trang hese said. We told the bowls that we would not necessarily pick the three High est by s Arm Bojoh Mossman the associated press for nearly two seasons John Walsh dodged criticism like so Many Onrush ing defenders. Then he played two outstanding games and was immedi
