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NFL EXEC RUMORED TO BE PART OF CFL COMMISSIONER MIX

          A CFL source said that the NFL's Senior Dir of Int'l
     Marketing, Gordon Smeaton, is under "serious consideration"
     for the post of CFL Commissioner, according to Marty York of
     the Toronto GLOBE & MAIL.  The source, on Smeaton: "He has a
     business acumen.  He's experienced in professional football. 
     He's young and enthusiastic.  And he's Canadian."  York
     noted that "more than 50 men -- no women -- have applied to
     become CFL commissioner."  Lynn Bishop, member of the CFL
     search committee, said that CFL COO Jeff Giles "remains the
     leading candidate" for the CFL post (GLOBE & MAIL, 5/10). 
          NFL NOTES: NEWSDAY's Bob Glauber: "Don't look now, but
     NFL labor unrest may be on the horizon.  No, another strike
     isn't imminent, but tensions about the salary cap are giving
     player and management representatives some uneasy feelings
     of late."  NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue: "The cap is not
     working.  That's clear in terms of the level of spending and
     some clubs' ability to deal with the spending."  Glauber:
     "The NFL is entering sensitive contract negotiations with
     the [TV] networks, and long-term labor peace will be a key
     element of the talks" (NEWSDAY, 5/11)....In San Diego, Jerry
     Magee profiled ex-Charger lineman Walt Sweeney, who won a
     lawsuit against the NFL's player pension plan when he
     claimed he had been psychologically disabled by drugs made
     available by the team.  Sweeney's "landmark action was
     expected to open a Pandora's box of sorts, with other former
     players pursuing similar suits."  But Sweeney's attorney,
     Rhonda Thompson, said that "anyone considering such a course
     is apt to find it difficult to obtain representation. 
     Attorneys, she said, are loath to take on matters when they
     may have to wait years to be compensated, and then not in
     the degree they had hoped" (UNION-TRIBUNE, 5/8). 

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