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Show Page I2-T- HE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Wednesday, September 2, 1981 Now CFA Throwing From Fortress LEAW00D, . Kan. (UPD -- The days of the College Football Association lying on its back in a bunker, lobbing an occasional grenade at the structure, are NCAA's over. The CFA constructed entire fort re- an cently in Atlanta. Fortress may be a better word. And the CFA's ex- ecutive director, Charles Neinas, has surrounded himself with a M. strong army, one certainly strong enough to wage war with the NCAA. The CFA membership its approved revolutionary $180-millio- fouryear football television package with NBC in Atlanta Friday by a 0 vote despite a flurry of NCAA threats of expulprobation and-o- r 33-2- sion. The margin may not seem that impressive... until at the you look schools that cast the yes votes: Penn State, Notre Dame, Texas. Oklahoma, k . Nebraska, Alabama, Georgia and Florida State to name a few. The heavyweights. The schools that were intended to make the NCAA's own $263-milli- television program fly. The schools that can and will make the CFA's television package soar. Nine of the no votes came from the Western Athletic fed ten Size I INTREADWEAR 0111 Jr P18580R13 P18575R14 DR78-1- 4 based on a comparison of projections from manufac- -. III xSmmwMJ Price Places BR78-1- 3 Versus Goodyear Custom Poly Steel Firestone 721 and Michelin XWW turer's treadwear ratings REi MOUNTING w771 uniroyal Stealers I I Conference,' which is known more for its basketball than football. The WAC is the weakest television draw of the five conferences involved in the CFA's foot-ba- Y BSTCLJJ3R. M Lmk 3 S THESE PR,CES P19575R14 ER78-- M under the new Government P20575R14 Uniform Tire Quality Grading FR78-1- 4 DHILE YOU WAIT! F.E.T. l! 4988 1.91 5388 2.04 S788 2.26 5988 2.37 6588 2.64 I. ICPECIAL PURCHASE U P21575R15 package with NBC. Even the Atlantic Coast Conference, which has the most to lose from NCAA retaliation because of its sterling basketball GR78-1- 5 P18580R13 P22575R15 REPLACES BR 78-1- 3 tradition, HR78-1- 5 P23575R15 in favor of the CFA package. The 61 members of the CFA now have until Sept. iO to change or. in some voted 7-- 1 LR78-1- 5 6888 2.85 7388 3.06 IPS IM()DA(L In U m 165R13 IY P15580R13 cases, cast a ballot regarding the NBC televi- sion package. That's when the CFA will pre- sent its list of schools to the NBC for 1982 scheduling purposes (the first year of the contract). And there is a confidence within the CFA that there will be many more schools on that list than the original 33 yes votes. "The vote was by more of a margin than I expected," said Georgia Tech Athletic Director Homer Rice of last weekend's proceedings in Atlanta. "It was a very strong sign by the CFA, By Sept. 10, you will have conference members get together and a 3 vote CALCULATE THESE VALUES r PLUS SMALL CARS EQUALS M301 BIG SAVINGS v (55012 at that point. 1145R13 lJ F.ET. EAVYDUTY American Red Cross SHOCKS J LIFETIME WARRANTY f HjJ Instigation Available Put n nmhv rai HKiMingCwau Swm I I F.E.T 3283 32 88 33 88 165R14 Jd)d) I I 1.37 1.32 1.46 1.50 37 88 1.70 165R15 1.78 v V MT' LANE SERVICE f-K- mM mm W a ff . I 1 K M - " wii yuu ...: f jf mm 1 a L OF CLASS IR T III VYiiai your tires are worth in I their nwEvui PRICES GOOD UNTIL OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY Big O Dig Steel Sun Valley II Join us. Together, we can change things. A 155R13 PRICE 165R13 wJiW'X,,, u3 I A Conference, 2-- SIZE 155R12 A will become 1(H)." Bob James, the commissioner of the Atlantic predicted that the handful of abstentions last Friday will become yes votes by Sept. 10 and the CFA "will have at least a 1 margin." "We feel quite good about it," said Neinas. "We are very optimistic that come Sept. 10, we'll have a good inventory of teams to present to NBC to move forward with the contract. What the final number will be is still undetermined, obviously, but we're hopeful that all 61 will decide to participate." When that final list of CFA teams is handed over to NBC, it will be interesting to see if the NCAA was bluffing in its threats of retaliation. The CFA might have a full house to lay on the table a mz SEMPERIT 7-- Coast V 0REM All VISA' V ASK ADOUT OUR FULL FREE REPLACEMENT WARRANTY. - 224-11- UU SEPTEMBER 8th Seasons 703 II. Stole 77 PROVO - 1595 II. 200 Vest 374-117- K0USS: 8 to 3 Daily; 8 to 6 Ssl. 7 n r 5 |