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Show a- - The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, August The Jim Murray Column C 5 16, 197& Pay Attention, Students! This is the Way We Run a Franchise By Jim Murray Los Angeles Times Writer LOS ANGELES I have at hand a diploma, certificate of graduation from the Marvin Milkes School of Sports Administration, the only institute of lower learning of its kind which teaches you how to run a sports franchise. I didnt earn it, of course, it's honorary but I have no doubt I could have. I bring you here in capsule form the principal lessons needed to be learned to run a sports franchise in America 1973 and the courses or curriculum therein: Beware Empty Seat 1 for fun and profit: When you locate a franchise, always keep the Town-jumpin- motor running. At the first empty seat, run down to the city council, do a lot of and point out that Duluth. Perth Dubuque. Amtoy and Rapid City have all sent you feelers. Ask tnem if they want to go back to being bush league again. g If you play your cards right, they will take the money ear- - marked for child care, cancer or urban renewal and build you a 90, ballpark with a dome, your own landing strip and give it to you rent-freand let you keep half the parking. Get it written in the contract that you can take off overnight if the attendance slips below 10 million but dont let them have a rider that the team has to finish first or even in the first division. Shen they have left your office telephone Perth Amboy, Duluth, Dubuque and Rapid City and tell them not to give up. that you're still considering them. research 000-se- e TODAY team. Say the films slow he's lost half a step. When things go bad, fire the coach. Get a house man to It broadcast your games. makes the listener cynical and hurts the team, actually, but it's good for the ego. Besides vou can always move the One other thing: When a guy comes around to trade pitchers you two for Frank Robinson, dont. 3 P.M. TO right-hande- d SKIERS SALT SAKE 4. Do all ot these things and you'll get voted Sporting News Major League Executive of The Year. Unanimously. 3927 HIGHLAND DRIVE Inti f SHEETS) dlesSgsis nil yBu! T errific value .. . come, make the most of it! Show your bold flair for wearing whats new, pronto... hurry in for these sporty buttoned s with cardigans or zipped novel screen-prinfronting them. A great-loo- k in great colors! Packaged with hanger. pull-on- ts Sizes: 277-241- 3 823JQ3. 010333300 Expansion, or, the five-ac- e deck: When a colleague wants to sit in on the game, i.e., get a franchise, vote to give him one for $10 million (ignore the fact you got yours as a hunk of distress real estate, or the fact the club was left to you by your father, the bookie, who won it in a Cuban crap game). When the $10 million payoff (on a loan secured by the balldub) proves too burdensome, let the pcor fellow move to Washington, D.C. Always have some poor sap in a position to have to accept Washington, D.C. A ballclub there somebody elses ballclub is the cheapest form of lobby for you. In addition to saddling expansion clubs with unrealistic initiation fees, stick them with over-agsciatic ballplayers at $125,000 a copy. And TV blackouts. 2 Hook, P.M. 1 1 PORK LOIN ROAST PORK STEMS 09 LB. PRODUCE FARM-FRES- H SEEDLESS Thompson Jumbo's GRAPES CANTALOUPE 3$f e, CARNATION TUNA 00 40 EARLY FROZEN FOODS Athletes and other great chattels or please don't feed the animals: Athletes are the worlds greatest tax writeoff. Ask any bank. They will loan you money for a pro franchise they wouldn't loan to J. Paul 3 Whole Sun ICE CREAM ORANGE JUICE Getty. 6 I. Question Character Now, when you get a young athlete who proves to be a guy who can, and does, take you to the World Series or the Super Bowl, sign him to a multi-yea- r contract with token raises from a rookies salary. When he balks, suggest he needs a psychiatrist. When a great player holds out, put out stories questioning his character, his gratitude and throw the words clubhouse lawyer around freely. When he resigns prematurely from the game a year or so later, suggest sadly he has been listening to people who dont have his best interests at heart the way you do. Never panic at a holdout. Remember, the ballplayer has two choices: Sign with you or sell the house. The Supreme Court is on your side. RIPE OLIVES Shopper's 2" I00 25c MJB COFFEE FRENCH GREEN BEANS 169 pil LB. CAN 303 CAN I Tall ujmiiynmn'.Mii.iu rrjT SHOPPER'S COUPON 25c. Green Giant - SHOPPER'S COUPON 8c IMPERIAL VALUABLE 20c I I I I I I I I LB. BAG I 20C . J I I lb. 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