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BORED ON THE BAYOU? NFL WARNS PLAYERS STAY OUT OF CASINOS

          Packers QB Brett Favre has "won his appeal" and will
     now be allowed to drink alcohol.  Favre's agent, James "Bus"
     Cook, said the league had eased the sanctions on Favre after
     his entrance in the league's substance-abuse program in May
     (Bob McGinn, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/22).
          DON'T BET ON IT:  An NFL source said that Super Bowl
     coaches Mike Holmgren and Bill Parcells were told last week
     to "warn" their players about gambling in New Orleans. 
     Security personnel were in the casinos to ensure that
     players stay away (Mult., 1/22).  
          MADDEN-ING TALK: Fox's John Madden, on the fans at the
     Super Bowl: "There's something very un-fan like about the
     Super Bowl. They haven't been here all year.  It's like you
     go to church on Christmas and Easter and you ask, 'Where the
     hell did those people come from?' It's just that it's more
     corporate" (NEWSDAY, 1/22).  NFL Dir of Special Events Jim
     Steeg said the league is estimating that 35-40% of the crowd
     will be for Green Bay (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/21).
          WALT'S WIN: A Federal Court judge ordered the NFL
     pension plan to pay former Pro Bowl lineman Walt Sweeney
     $1.8M after agreeing with Sweeney's allegation that "drugs
     given to him by team employees left him physically and
     psychologically disabled."  The pension plan trustees can
     appeal the decision. Sweeney said he had received no support
     from NFLPA Exec Dir Gene Upshaw as Sweeney and Upshaw "were
     rivals" while playing (Tony Perry, L.A. TIMES, 1/22).
     Sweeney, ABC sports contributor Tim Green and Legal Editor
     Arthur Miller, were guests on ABC's "Good Morning America." 
     Sweeney: "It is a victory for me, but hopefully its going to
     be a victory for hundred of other guys that are out there
     that have the same problems as I do."  But Green countered
     by adding, "I can't see how we're going to hold the NFL
     Players Pension Fund accountable for what's happened to his
     [Sweeney's] life after the decisions that he's made that led
     him to his addictions" ("Good Morning America," ABC, 1/22).

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