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UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian announced that Daniels would never play for the school. Perry was outraged. "He said if we had treated Daniels right, we would have got a number of New York guys," recalls Tarkanian, who claims to know Perry only as Sam and believes he is in the "commodities" business. Daniels, who left UNLV, has since been in at least two drug-rehabilitation programs. He played for a time in the C.B.A., and is now back in New York City...
UNLV, which was put on probation in the late 1970s for NCAA transgressions, is one of the superpowers of college basketball. In a city that worships winners, "Tark the Shark" Tarkanian is a patron saint, with the highest winning percentage (82%) in the sport. Along with that come use of a Cadillac, a base salary of $173,855 and a percentage of postseason revenues that could reach $80,000. (UNLV President Robert Maxson's salary is $123,500.) Tarkanian also has an endorsement contract with Nike shoes, a promotional arrangement with a Vegas nightclub and a sporting-goods store...
Many former UNLV players ultimately work as slot-machine hosts, casino bosses and maitre d's on the Vegas strip. Tarkanian says sometimes casino operators tell him which players they want to hire even before graduation. Says the coach: "We tell the kids if they keep their noses clean, this town will take care of them. They all stay here. Nobody ever leaves...
Just a few weeks ago, the Supreme Court vouched for the rulemaker's omnipotence, deciding against Nevada-Las Vegas basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian in his twelve-year fight for due process as opposed to arbitrary suspensions. It may be an accident of timing, but almost from the moment of the decision, the NCAA has seemed to flex its muscles with increased vigor -- and the college-sports lockup has swelled. Brooklyn College, Illinois, Marist College, Minnesota, Texas A & M, Arizona State, Cleveland State, Cincinnati, Houston, West Texas State, Kansas and Oklahoma represent the year's catch in the NCAA's crusade...
Outlook:If UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian ever decided to coach college hockey, he would probably book a flight to Canton, N.Y., where the Saints have been runnin' and gunnin' all season long...