European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 27 2007 stars and stripes Page 35 character players issues often balanced with size of contract character from Back Page other teams use other psychologists or questionnaires to gain in sights character is important said Troutwine whose first nil draft work came in 1985 ultimately you win with those people i dont understand Why people Overlook that the answer involves rationalization when a player slips in the draft because of misdeeds he becomes More tempting with each passing round players taken in later rounds will get smaller salaries so teams see less financial risk if problems follow and Are More Likely to Overlook the problems that made them slide psychologists say that s a huge mistake they say wont take him in the first round then the Guy drops to the fourth round and they take him Troutwine said Well his character didst clean up in the fourth round he didst get any smarter in the fourth round univ cornerback Eric Wright might be the Best player at his position in the draft but he comes with some risks Wright left Southern California in 2005 a year after being charged with rape authorities also found drugs in the apartment he shared with a Roommate the charges were dropped when the woman failed to testify but Wright transferred to univ likewise with Miami safety Brandon Meriweather the major blemish on Meriweathers record is his on game suspension last year for stomping on the head of Florida International players Dur ing a Brawl Between the teams he was also involved in a shooting episode when he fired a licensed handgun to defend a Friend and teammate who been shot those who have interviewed Meriweather find him gentle and soft spoken the kind of Leader most want on their team neither has been convicted of something that5s often overlooked by web Sites that keep scorecards on arrests arrests not convictions coaches tend to think they can keep a player in line even when he has failed to meet the expectations of others and the redraft interviews with eager impress players can leave a to tally you sit him Down you bring him in you talk to him new York giants general manager Jerry Reese said you let him look at you Eye to Eye often if s a Tough Call that when a teams commitment to character is revealed Tor Many years people have been putting a lot of emphasis on character said Gil Brandt a former Dallas cowboys person Nel director now employed As a of com analyst sometimes you think you can change a per son and that5s very hard to do psychologists would like to see the nil use its input not Only to size up players in the draft but to help them once they join the league sports psychologist John f Murray said the nil has a lot of room to grow in that area Murray praised Goodells crackdown on Misbehaviour but wonders whether it will have a Long lasting Impact on How the nil handles its players i like to Hope it would Mur Ray said up to tall fast worldwide shipping Bisp Luscom styles of giant stir Feil animals Stewart says Lascar like pro wrestling fixing results the associated press Charlotte no two time Champion Tony Stew Art likened Lascar to professional wrestling and accused it of using bogus caution flags to shape races in biting comments made on his weekly radio show stewarts appearance on his tuesday night show was his first since skipping a pos Trace news conference in Phoenix he dominated saturday night s race but lost after a late Exchange of leads with eventual Winner Jeff Gor Don Stewart said he refused inter views to avoid bashing Lascar after officials threw four cautions for debris on the track its like playing god he said on his Sirius satellite radio pro Gram they can almost dictate the race instead of the Drivers doing it if s happened too Many times this year Stewart who said he was fight ing a fever and left the two hour show Early went on to say fans Are complaining about debris cautions and Lascar int listening i guess Lascar thinks hey wrestling worked and it was for the most part staged so i guess if s going to work in racing too he said i cant understand How Long the fans Are going to let Lascar treat them like there stupid before the fans finally turn on Lascar i dont know that Treyve run a fair race All year Lascar called stewarts com ments very very disappointing Lascar has been running races since 1948 and we place the safety of the Drivers at the top of the list spokesman Jim Hunter said we have More people and More resources than Ever officiating our races the safety of the Drivers is our first priority it has always been that Way and will continue to be that Way although Lascar has a policy that prohibits obscene language and gestures on television the sanctioning body has no Rule against criticizing its officiating sports briefs the Aba and nil Fine participants for criticizing referees cubs lose prior for season Chicago Mark prior is out for the rest of the season his once promising future with the Chicago cubs is unclear Al though surgery on his right Shoul Der is not considered Ca ree threatening or James Andrews operated on the 26yearold right hander tuesday in an arthroscopic proce Dure in which he also worked on priors rotator cuff prior has been beset by injuries since Bis first full season in the majors in 2003 he went on the disabled list three times last year and started this season at Tri plea Iowa prior is 4229 with a 351 Era in the majors he finished third in no by Young award voting in 2003 when he 186 with a 424 Era no changes to bus new Orleans bus officials concluded three Days of meetings wednesday wit no major changes being made to the system used to Crown a College football Champion the commissioners from the 11 major conferences and notre Dame athletic director Kevin White discussed a wide Range of bowl championship series is sues including the standings and automatic qualification Stan Dards and decided to stand Pat Southeastern conference spokes Man Charles Bloom said last season the bus produced another controversial Champion ship game when the final bus standings were released Florida jumped Over Michigan and into the title game against Ohio state the debate Over which Shoul Dve played the buckeyes raged for weeks shot player sues Duquesne Pittsburgh one of five Duquesne University basketball players shot on Campus last year has sued the school alleging it failed to provide adequate Security at a dance the lawsuit filed late wednes Day in Allegheny county com Mon pleas court says University officials did not take action once they knew of potential criminal activity a Doorman let two armed men into the dance even after their Friend asked if the men would be frisked according to the lawsuit the player who filed suit Stu Ard Baldonado was one of five shot Early sept 17 As they walked Back from the dance also wounded were Aaron Jackson Shawn James Kojo Mensah and Sam Asha Olu who was shot twice in the head two alleged gunmen and two women who allegedly helped facilitate the shooting Are awaiting trial each has pleaded not guilty Baldonado remains a scholar ship player and works out with his teammates after taking a med ical Redshirt last season because of his injuries Teresa Tori Seva his lawyer said iranian olympians could Tram in us Denver the United states has invited potential olympic ath letes from Iran to train in the United states although a us Regula Tion requiring foreign visitors to be fingerprinted could scuttle the plan the us olympic committee and the state department have joined the National governing Bod ies of wrestling weightlifting and Canoe and kayaking in welcoming the iranian athletes to visit and work out at National facilities the iranian government has yet to accept the invitations be cause of us regulations passed in the Wake of the sept 11 2001 terrorist attacks that require Many foreigners to be fingerprinted in order to enter the country join 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