Pay for play bill would make Nebraska players state employees
State Senator Ernie Chambers filed a proposal in January to pay UNL football players four-year salaries as state employees, a plan NCAA and college officials say would ruin amateur status and disqualify Huskers from NCAA and Big Eight play. Critics warn it creates unequal treatment among athletes, risks NCAA eligibility, and could break the university’s competitive balance while drawing sharp opposition from Nebraska officials.
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Nebraska Cornhusker
Ernie Chambers
University of Nebraska
Chambers
National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA
Tom Yeager
Lonny Rose
University of Kansas
Yeager
Syracuse
John Croughamel
Croughamel
Cornhuskers
Wade Walker
Oklahoma
Nebraska
UNL
Michail Corgan
Donald Bryant
National High School Recruiting Service
Houston
Rebels roll to four straight in conference play
The SC baseball team, led by coach Dick Smith, won its first four conference games and sits atop the standings tied with San Jacinto. They swept Blinn in a doubleheader and defeated Wharton College 15 3 at Wharton, with Greg Sims hitting two home runs and Keith Graham adding power. Eddie Perez steadied on the mound after early jitters, while Kevin Ayers earned a complete game against Blinn, highlighted by eight runs in the second inning. Lance Barnett and Paul Elliot also homered against Blinn.
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Rebels
San Jacinto College
Blinn College
Wharton College
Wharton
Dick Smith
Greg Sims
Keith Graham
Eddie Perez
Smith
Blinn
Kevin Ayers
Ayers
Lee College cagers eye Houston area recruits for future
Coach Mike Hefley and Athletic Director Ron Ummel search Gulf Coast area high schools for potential cagers including Madison Yates Crosby West Park Clear Lake MacArthur Lee Sterling and Hardin Jefferson standout Rocky Rockamore. Local targets include Mark Bookmyer of REL and Paul Roberts of Sterling as they plan to fill spots for departing sophomores.
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Kentucky
Illinois
Louisiana
Mike Hefley
Ron Ummel
Lee College
Hefley
Houston
Madison
Yates
Crosby
West Park
Clear Lake
MacArthur
Baytown
Lee
Sterling
Rocky Rockamore
Hardin-Jefferson
Rockamore
REL
Mark Bookmyer
Paul Roberts
Bookmyer
Roberts
Woody Walker
Ummel
Anahuac
Kenneth Hardy
Charlie Brown
Harold Williams
Steve Armer
Bobby Jones
Richie Anderson
Ed Leverett
Dan Williams
James Pope
Ricky Jacks
Darrell Nedd
Alex Joseph
Sherman Wyckoff
Gil Wright
Lee College caps second in Gulf Coast Junior College bowling
LC finished second in the Gulf Coast Junior College Intercollegiate Conference Spring Bowling Tournament at Hurricane Lanes with 5 459 pins. In mixed doubles LC won with 2 041 pins as Susan Gregory Jerry Jamison Patti DeHart and Glynn Duhon led the squad. Duhon led the men with top games and high series titles.
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Lee College
Hurriicane Lanes
Susan Gregory
Jerry Jamison
Patti DeHart
Glynn Duhon
Gregory
Jamison
DeHart
Duhon
Kellie Burrell
Terri Heintschel
Barbara Crane
Sue Speed
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Jim Sheppard
Bridgett Tucker
Lance Barnett
Paul Elliot
Vince Goll
San Jacinto
Galveston
Laredo
North Harris County College
Brazosport
Joe Sanchez
Rob Emanuel
Billy Austin
Randy McVay
Baseba
Baytown Arch
San Jacinto Baytown Arch
San Jacinto Houston Rll
Baytown Rll
Brian Brenham
Harford College Baytown
Alvin Baytown
Baytown Pril
Wharton Rll
Lufkin Rll
Alvin Alvin
McLennan Waco
Bee County
Beeville Ay
San Jacinto Houston Ay
Baytown Ay
TBA
Army College Fund
Garth
Army
Texas
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