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Show rt U Clubs Pay Price Corit. from page 2 I the maximum Another problem, if the Exhibitions were replaced by i Itiarrpionship games, would player contracts You can Ee sure that almost any holding a multi-yecontract would want to ar tplayer it, based on the Jfact that he would be playing n jTKj'e than 14 regular-seasodj james Typically, owners r3ould balk at such tactics, I Decause this would increase e their operational costs by I thousands of dollars. the owners might consider, though, is that at. which also least iniunes, account for a costly expenditure on a clubs balance sheet, would be sustained 4 while two teams are playing tor keeps before a capacity crowd and not while they are rJ entertaining 15000 casually interested fans in Spokane (which is what the Chicago ssq Dears and the Seattle Sea What n did this past exhibition season) Pro footballs medical bill is estimated to be in excess of $3 million and with rising annually Hawks li doctor and that figure insurance costs, can only balloon with each passing season What owners of NFL ra teams might also mull over is tiiat the more they increase the exhibihon schedule, the more they invite ennui by the spectators They were continuing signs of this during the 1976 friendlies- - The Oakland Raiders and the New York Jets drew only 10,726 to an exhibition, Tampa Bay, one of the two expansion clubs scored the first victory in franchise history by beating Atlanta in Jacksonville, Fla, but there were only a few more than 1 ,000 wtnesses the Patriot 1 fans still harbored a grudge over the differences from the previous summer, and Pittsburgh failed to sell out home exhibition games Steeler fans ostensibly saving their hurrahs for the games that might lead to a third straight Super Bowl trip player-manageme- Last Weeks Scores THIS WEEKS STANDINGS Sunday San Deqo 30, karsas City 16 Ch.rago 10 Detro,' 3 San Francisco 26 Green Bay 14 Houston 20 Tampa bay 0 Oakland 31, Pittsburgh 28 St Louis 30 Seatt'e 24 Monday Night Miami 30 Buhalo 21 Bad mo-- 8 27, New England 13 Los Angeles 30, Atlanta 14 Washington 19, N Y Giants 1 Cleveland 38. N Y Jets 17 Dallas 27, Philadelphia 7 Cincinnati 17. Denver 7 Minnesota 40, New Orleans 9 Fortunate'y, from a player coaching standpoint, 1976 s casualty toll was minimal It seemed hardest-hithat the t clubs were the contenders The Oakland Raiders' Horace Jones underwent surgery after being banged around in a July exhibition game, Marv Hubbard, he of the delicate shoulders, fractured another .n operation one, unde-weand was not in sight when the regular season started. The Dallas Cowboys lost Cliff Hams and Preston Pearson and the Houston Oilers, trying to prove that their 1975 resurgence was no mirage, had their entire defensive front three incapacitated Curley Culp, Tody Smith and Elvin Bethea The Rams tost James Harris with a broken thumb and San Diego s attempts to rebound from poor seasons crumbled when first round draft choice Joe Washington went down with a knee injury that required surgery LONG LENGTHS and WIDE WIDTHS pre-seas- ADIDAS9 in HARD'TOFIHD SUES! nt quar-terba- 'k "Injunes run in cycles, Bud Grant, head coach of the Minnesota Vikings "Some years, you have a 'down' cycle with injuries When I was coaching in Canada one year, we won the championship and were favored to win agan the next year. Bjt that time we lost rune starters to injury never coached so hard in my life, The but we finished following year, the starters returned and we won again says JaguarXJ. I Built without compromise to perform without equal. mmm H 6.- -J The iock is pure guts! The feel is pure Jeep! J J H $5,744 '.'1 ) f.o.s the sports pickup that lets em know boss It looks super tough, and acts it1 Honcho combines the rugged standard features of the 1 19 ' J 10 pickup with the kind of extras to make it the toughest pedormer of them all Extras like 8 styled steel wheels, 5 T racker A, 7 raised white lettered tires a rear stp bumDer, chrome front bumper, bright accent moldings Levi's door tnm inserts and door tnm panels blue sports Bering wheel, and more You get it all with Honcho Plus the feeling of drive stamina dependable s built into every Jeep Pickup Wait the toughest one of them all Choose Jeep Honcho drive! Jeep wrofe th book on ler-- Honcho who s 1 0-- h-- Jeep V1 Pickup 17 to Choose From 3469 SO. ST ATI ST. 268-6S0- oi 111 hliir like ih in mv ilmus 4uii inje.n-,t ' sports fix C.u . is tpm of uu kr; lloth'iy This NT irt il la. a - ik pel I'l' II result ol y s uik mi .'iid hink! ,st i, ids hkc qUI'e sum 4 ukel pillion st.ei I' j h w o c i dis,. hi. I Ills lboe I i I 111 t 'i. ! v t -- stlcpul LEVLflND Gerry Blesih's BBITIS53 ACT BR1P&S 0 1 is ."id i.ks ,u, pro-ni'sn- h r:i Iks , i with .ill mdctxiuktl 1 linlr jxr- t rh.sil-lfri- :;P0fR!CHARD$-JE- EP (j vm.i'l woild ei Ills s klMIIN Xil l'1 lit the tv: 0 if" stK'S!siwV.TOF.L I rC.ev. - !A .ajs.- MMmirMv 9 MMiuuk - |
