Word: pros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...indulgence in selfish point-grabbing by the pros spurted during the bidding war for talent between the N.B.A. and the American Basketball Association, which was absorbed by the older league in 1976. Agents negotiated longterm, no-cut contracts, and even so-so players got $200,000 or more a year. Admits Detroit's Center Bob Lanier, a team player himself: "Most people, and I'm one of them, get paid by the statistics they produce. A lot of guys have inflated values of their worth." In Boston, the egos got so big that the players forced the retirement of Coach...
Resisting the P.G.A.'s effort to oust the old pros...
...lifetime unlimited exemption that traditionally spared all pre-1970 winners of the U.S. Open and P.G.A. Championship from having to qualify to enter tournaments.* Under the new rule announced last November and scheduled to take effect in 1979, that privilege is not automatic. Regardless of past glories, the old pros must earn an annual minimum (an average of $667 for each of the first 15 tournaments entered) or else be forced into the field of "rabbits" who spend the first day of each week scrambling to make the 156-man draw in qualifying rounds. Says Plaintiff Lionel Hebert (1957 P.G.A...
College. Fully half of the Dallas first-round draft picks over the years have been All-Pros...
...never say, "Watch Dallas' right tackle or Denver's tight end." However, if you have been around any length of time, nobody has to tell you about the players. I know them as well as their coaches -their mannerisms, their problems, their strengths. Bell on the pros and cons of instant replay I've always contended that it's the greatest thing that ever happened to the pro officials. Whereas before the fans just knew the official was cheating their team, now they run the instant replay and they say, "By gosh, he's right...