European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 14, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 nil 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 own ers 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 s up 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 Chal Lenges. / both current and retired players who participated in the 1987 season will share the Money. 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 Backway bonuses and interest Gene Upshaw the Union s executive director said. The Norb said the checks for lost games will rang Between $3,000 and $100,000 per player plus interest. Amounts due by team Range from $917,959 by the Chi Cago bears to $336,687 by the Arizona cardinals. The management Council attempted to play Dow the settlement saying the award was part of the $195 million Overall settlement that the nil reached with its players Union in january 1993." the Norb never officially recognized the settlement nil spokesman Joe Browne said. Now it s sprinkling holy water on it but Norb spokesman David b. Parker said 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. The Back pay distribution is expected to occur with in the next couple of months Norb general counsel Fred Feinstein 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. 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 Feinstein 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 Agency. To world notes by the associated press Charlotte . The Charlott touchdown club will present a new National College football award that Spon sors 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 a attempt to give defensive players parallel to the Heisman which has gone to offensive players since its inception in 1935. R Vav.  see this As a twin award to the Heisman said past waa president Bob Hammell of the Bloomington ind Herald times. Well really think it la be come 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 Tro Phy usually Interior linemen and Lom Bardi award linemen automatically will become finalists for the defensive player of the year  said the touchdown club will present the award for 10 years beginning in 1995 and would Host an annual ban Quet in Charlotte to Honor the Winner. Buffs violation reported Boulder Colo. Colorado Vio lated an Mcaa regulation by allowing a recruited freshman to participate in foot Ball practices before his transcript and High school course work had been approved by the Mcaa s Clearing House the Rocky Mountain news reported. Athletic director Bill Marolt and George Hoey director of academic serv ices recently met to draft a letter self re porting the violation to the Mcaa the news reported in tuesday s  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 Day 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 athlete s transcript and nigh school courses to certify that he or she meets proposition 48 requirements. Running Back Lendon Henry was hot approved by the Clearing House until last