European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday september 14, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35nfl players to share $30 million by John d. Mcclain Washington a about 1,300 nil players soon will share $30 million in pay lost when club owners barred them from games after the 1987 strike. The National labor relations Board said the Back pay settlement Between the National football league players association and the nil management Council was the largest in the Agency a 59-year history. It also includes lost bonuses and interest. The award which the owners of the 28 teams had put into a Trust in january 1993 As part of an antitrust settlement had been held up by several court challenges. Both current and retired players who participated in the 1987 season will share the Money. A we Are very pleased that the players who risked their jobs and sacrificed their salaries during the 1987 nil players strike will be receiving $30 million in Back pay bonuses and interest a Gene Upshaw the unions executive director said. The Norb said the checks for lost games will Range Between $3,000 and $100,000 per player plus interest. Amounts due by team Range from $917,959 by the Chicago bears to $336,687 by the Arizona cardinals. The management Council attempted to play Down the settlement saying the award a was part of the $195 million Overall settlement that the nil reached with its players Union in january 1993.�?� a the Norb never officially recognized the settlement a nil spokesman Joe Browne said. A now its sprinkling holy water on but Norb spokesman David b. Parker said a the settlement discussions have been ongoing. There have been stages of the Norb said it still was in the process of deter mining procedures for distributing the Back pay checks. A the Back pay distribution is expected to occur within the next couple of months a Norb general counsel Fred Frinstein said. The settlement resulted from an Norb decision that the Council and nil teams had unlawfully refused to allow returning players to participate in games immediately after the strike oct. 15. A the Board found that the denial of the returning strikers the right to play or be paid As Well As other acts by league management such As withholding game checks for certain injured Reserve players constituted unfair labor practices in violation of the National labor relations act a Frinstein said in a statement. The strike began on sept. 22 after the players association and management Council were unable to agree on several issues including free to award defensive Heisman world notes by the associated press Charlotte . The Charlotte touchdown club will present a new National College football award that sponsors Hope one Day will rank second in prestige Only to the Heisman trophy. The organization will Host the recipient of a still unnamed National defensive player of the year award club president Bob Brown announced monday. The award was created by the football writers association of America in Art attempt to give defensive players a parallel to the Heisman which has gone to offensive players since its inception in 1935. -. A we see this As a twin award to the Heisman a said past waa president Bob Hammell of the Bloomington ind Herald times. A a we la really think it la become the next Best award to the Heisman and it la finally give special recognition to players on the defensive Side of the Hammell said winners of other specific defensive position awards such As the Butkus award linebacker Jim Thorpe award defensive backs outland trophy usually Interior linemen and Lombardi award linemen automatically will become finalists for the defensive player of the year award. Brown said the touchdown club will present the award for 10 years beginning in 1995 and would Host an annual ban a not in Charlotte to Honor the violation reported Boulder Colo. Colorado violated an Mcaa regulation by allowing a recruited freshman to participate in football practices before his transcript and High school course work had been approved by the no aah a Clearing House the Rocky Mountain news reported. Athletic director Bill Marolt and George Hoey director of academic services recently met to draft a letter self reporting the violation to the Mcaa the news reported in tuesdays editions. Mcaa rules say that if a walk on a non recruited student athlete has not registered with the Mcaa Clearing House when practice begins he or she May practice with the team for up to 45 Days while the certification process is being completed but recruited athletes have Only 14 Days to Complete the process. The Clearing House reviews a prospective student athletes transcript and nigh school courses to certify that he or she meets proposition 48 requirements. Running Back Lendon Henry was not approved by the Clearing House until last Friday but has practice since aug. 9.lions lose Carter Pontiac Mich. A a broken Collarbone will sideline Detriot Lions wide receiver Anthony Carter for six to eight weeks. A a. \ a Quot a. A. Carter broke his Collarbone and Scapula during sundays 10-3 loss at Minnesota. It was Carters first Home game with Detroit after nine seasons with the Vikings. A v a. .,49ers Dent sidelined Santa Clara Calif. A defensive end Richard Dent one of san Francisco a most important of season acquisitions Tore a knee ligament during a fourth Quarter pileup in sundays 24-17 loss at Kansas City. Dent was expected to undergo surgery on his right knee As Early As tuesday Ana could miss most of the year according to 49er coach George suffers broken jaw new Orleans la. New Orleans saints running Back Mario Bates the teams second round draft pick this year will miss up to six weeks alter having his jaw broken by teammate Lorenzo Neal. The incident at a lounge owned by former Saint Rickey Jackson followed new Orleans loss to Washington on sunday. Saints coach Jim Mora said monday he did not know exactly what prompted Neal to hit league picks Geo new York the world league of american football scheduled to resume next april after a two year hiatus appointed Marc Lory As its president and chief executive officer monday. Lory a native of France with More than 20 years of International marketing experience was chosen after a worldwide search that took six months. The Olaf which debuted in 1991 with seven teams in the United states and three in Europe ceased in 1992 because of poor attendance in the . The new version will have Only six teams with the Amsterdam admirals Rhein fire and scottish Claymores joining the Holdover Barcelona dragons Frankfurt Galaxy and London pleads innocent Cincinnati Deion Sanders entered written pleas of innocent to a felony charge Ana two Misdemeanour charges tuesday in Hamilton county municipal court. The charges against the Cincinnati reds Center fielder Stem from an alleged scuffle with a police officer at riverfront stadium last month. Sanders was not required to appear at an arraignment before judge Wil instead his attorney James keys jr., entered written pleas of innocent to a felony charge of failing to obey a police officer and two Misdemeanour charges of leaving the scene of an Accident. A pretrial hearing was set for oct. 12.griffey or. To manage Seattle Ken Griffey or. Will manage the Seattle mariners team in the Arizona instructional league the Mari ners said monday. Workouts begin thursday and games Sanders Liam l. Mallory a fielder wins civil suit Dallas a a jury has awarded Detroit tigers first baseman Cecil fielder $1.7 million in a civil suit he brought against a woman he hired to finish decorate and landscape his Home in 1990. The jury ordered Margee Moody to pay fielder and his wife Stacey Lynn fielder about $180,000 for overcharging and defrauding them and then added $1.5 million in punitive damages Angels quit Ariz. League Anaheim Calif. The California Angels announced monday that because of the current economic difficulties facing the game of baseball they will not participate in the upcoming instructional league in Arizona. The announcement by Ken Forsch the Angels director of minor league operations Means the team will not be a part of the Arizona instructional league program for the first time since it was initially involved in 1966. The league began two years withdraws Gainesville a. Greg Norman withdrew from the inaugural presidents cup Golf matches because of medical reasons International team Captain David Graham said tuesday. The matches with a format similar to that of the Ryder cup begin Friday Between a 12-Man team from the United states and an International team. 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