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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-09-30, Page 14Pogo 2A Times -Advocate, September 30, 1987 NFL players strike a disgusting show of greed I had decided to hold my tongue on the dispute currently rag- ing in the NFL, but footage I saw on the six o'clock news this week has inspired me. I was disgusted to see an argument between five or six hulk- ing football players and one tiny, and as the players pointed out, insignificant fan. The victimized fan wanted to cross the picket line and buy tickets for one of the coming 'scab' games. The strikers barred his way, argued violently with him and then ask- ed just who did he think he was, anyway? I told the TV who the poor man was with what could only be called creative language and then sat comfortably back in my chair, glad that the no -necks on the screen couldn't hear what.I'd just said about them. When I saw that scene unfolding on the television; when I read in the paper that eggs and beer bottles had been thrown at substitute players going to practice, it occurred to me (and not for thGfirst time) that there is something desperately wrong with pro- fessional sports. I love football. It dominated my highschool years and I sincere- ly believe that playing the game taught me certain principles about life that were never touched in the class room. It is steeped in tradi- tions that come from a time long before the invention of the sport. But it is just a game. • The question that comes to my mind is: who do these ball players think they are? It is laughable to see people whose average salary is in the Sports Spotlight by Mark Bisset s $200,000 range, striking because they are being poorly treated. To get a few extra benefits; they have shut down the system, affec- ting the lives of thousands of people whose livelihood depends on NFL concession booths and other spinroffs of the game. It is safe to say that most of those people aren't pulling in six figure salaries. The NFL players have stepped way over the greed line. Locals attend provincial championship Two local residents were part of a Sarnia team which went to the an- nual O.V. Provincial slo-pitch chain pionships and turned in a fifth place performance recently. Donna Glanville and Sherry Nickles, both pitchers and catchers, had the opportunity to fill in on Calhoon's of Sarnia during the Blenheim O.V. qualifying tourney w O.V. CHAMPS -- Sherry Nickles (left) an. Donna anvi e were par of a slo-pitch team from Sarnia which placed fifth out of 32 teams at the O.V. Provincial slo-pitch tournament in Niagara Falls recently. The team won four out of five games to qualify for the championship round in Niagara Falls and Glanville and Nickles stayed on the roster. Calhoon's, who placed second last year in the D division of the O.V. championship tourney, was moved up into the B division this year. They von two of the four games they played, all of which were under adverse conditions. Calhoon's picked up a 13-6 win over Scarborough and then shut out a team from Brantford 1-0 before dropping a 19-2 loss to Toronto and a 5-4 -decision to Chippawa The two wins, however, gave Calhoon's a fifth place finish and $300 in prize money. Glanville, who plays for Exeter Greys, said the fifth place finish means some changes for the team next year. "Next year we have to qualify for the A division because the top eight teams (in each division) move up," Glanville said. London's Ted Dilts slo-pitch team walked_away with the O.V._title in the A division -of the tourney. The women agreed that the tourna- ment was well run and well organiz- ed. Both said that they would consider playing in tournament action for the Sarnia team next season. Nickles is a member of Huron Park Stingers. FALL CLEARANCE On All Lawn and Garden Equipment up to 20% discounts on our already low prices Sherwood (Ix.ter) Ltd. 18 1Nellhigtoa St - ',color 235-0743 Ir Hawks lose Continued from IA O'Connor to score Hawks second goal of the game. Trailing 4-2, Hawks charged into the third period and were immediate- ly rewarded. Scott Bogart scored unassisted after 40 seconds of play. Exeter continued to threaten but a series of penalties hampered their efforts. An empty net goal in the final minute of play finished off Exeter's chances of tying the game. Hawks weren't as close to a point Sunday night. Barons took a 2-0 lead early in the first period, helped out by a short-handed goal scored less than two minutes into the game. two games Jason Leslie picked up a pass from Steve Gould to score with three minutes left in the first. That goal. meant little in the over-all scheme of things. Clarke Singer put the puck in the net from Scott Bogart late in the second, but Barons had ammassed four goals in the second, putting the game out of Exeter's reach. Casey scored Hawk's third goal in the final period of the game on an unassisted play. Ilanover pumped in two more goals in the third to finish things off. Exeter Hawks play their season home opener Friday night when they meet Lucan Irish at 8:30 in the South Huron arena. This is the best time of year to golf! Our course has never been in better condition. Come out and enjoy the I II colours. IRONWO:0D GOLF CLUB Located one mile East of Exeter off Highway 83. Phone (519) 235-1521 The Best Deals on Polaris Are At HuIIy Gully this Sunday Test drive the new Indy 650 Three cylinders of liquid cooled brawn that'll blow away anything on snow. If we can't beat your best Polaris deal, we'll pay your gas home. m the S. Vistas hilarioussnowmobile draggers go for snowmobile the provincial �-� , water skimming. title '-■�. / Ith„Cut. R.R. 1 Varna 262-331a Granted, they deserve a share of the giant profits being made by the football tycoons, but they also owe something to that poor lit- tle guy who was trying to buy tickets to a game. I took in a senior Panthers football game Friday afternoon - the first of the season. Panthers took the lead after trailing 3-0 in the first half and then hung on, stopping two Stratford drives near the goal line. The game was exciting; the fans enjoyed what they saw and the players enjoyed what they played. That afternoon game on the field behind the high school is what the sport is about. It is in stark contrast to this week's NFL action. In life, when a good institution becomes big and un- manageable, it usually stops being good. That rule seems to app- ly to the bloated NFL which gets as much attention these days over money issues, drug issues and its three ring media circus style, as it does over what happens on the field. Maybe it's time for all the insignificant little football fans to organize and take a stand on the game they ultimately make possi- ble. A few empty stadiums if and when this ugly dispute is settl- ed, might put things into perspective for some of those raw -meat - eating idiots on the NFL picket lines. Win. :: ,,.....i, .. it .-..... >. . magi r> fr >... :.n<: am STICK SAVE — Lucan exhibition game between Gregory's performance. Irish goalie Brian Gregory breaks Lucan and Mount Brydges up a ploy at the mouth of his net during an Friday night. The Irish lost the game 6-1 despite Irish drop two in exhibition play Continued from IA Taylor and Tim Ross. Three of the six Mount Brydges goals were scored while Lucan was short-handed. The Irish lost their second game of the weekend Sunday night when they travelled to Brussels and were down- ed 5-2. Revington described the game as a mistake for the team, which became wrapped up in brawls throughout the match. Suspensions were handed out to some Lucan players but the number is not yet clear. 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