Word: gastineau
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mark Gastineau: phone planet earth...
Union leaders probably would have been wise to delay the strike until the World Series was over. Still, selfish players, such as Mark Gastineau of the Jets and Lawrence Taylor of the Giants--who couldn't comprehend the union's earlier efforts in their ability to sign mega-contracts and bolted the picket lines--need to be faulted for disrupting union solidarity and making it impossible for the Player's Association to stand together through the winter...
...Marc Wilson of the Los Angeles Raiders said their hearts were with the union, but they just couldn't afford the sentiment. ("Who's going to pay to see Joe Blow from Idaho quarterback the Raiders?" Defensive End Howie Long had chortled before he knew the situation.) Mark Gastineau of the New York Jets, the famed pass rusher and sack dancer, cited his affection for Owner Leon Hess as the reason he crossed the line. Cowboys Veteran Lineman Randy White mentioned that his earning days are winding down. "He's going to make the All-Pro list this year," Teammate...
SENTENCED. Mark Gastineau, 28, 6-ft. 5-in.. 270-lb. all-pro defensive end of the New York Jets, who was convicted in September of assaulting a man in New York City's Studio 54 nightclub; to 90 hours of community service conducting a football camp at Riker's Island correctional facility for jailed adolescents awaiting trial. Said presiding Criminal Court Judge Alan Marrus: "I'm sentencing you to Riker's Island-not as an inmate but as a teacher...
Criminal Court Judge Alan Marrus ordered Gastineau to conduct 90 hours of physical education classes and a football clinic for youths 16 to 20 who are awaiting trial at the prison facility. The service is to be performed two days a week, three hours...