SI SAYS NFL SHOULD DELAY ON DEBARTOLO: SI's "Scorecard"
writes, "There appears to be no legal reason to keep Eddie
DeBartolo ... from retaking control of his beloved [S.F.]
49ers next season ... But there is a practical reason that
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue should delay a decision
about DeBartolo's return: the possibility that DeBartolo
and, by association, the NFL will be embarrassed should
[former LA Gov. Edwin] Edwards go to trial for extortion ...
The league should stand clear of DeBartolo until it is
certain that that courtroom horror show won't take place --
or until the show is over" (SI, 10/19 issue).
OTHER NOTES: The Oakland Coliseum Authority has "agreed
to an extension of the deadline" for A's ownership to give
notice whether they will exercise a year-to-year option on
their lease (OAKLAND TRIBUNE, 10/13)....In Atlanta, Michael
Lee writes that "virtually" all of the remaining 11,000
seats for Game Six of the NLCS at Turner Field today, which
went on sale at 8:30am Tuesday, were sold out by 6:00pm
(ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 10/14)....Alltel Stadium drew a
record crowd of 74,051 for Monday's Dolphins-Jaguars game
(FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 10/13)....In Vancouver, Terry Bell
reported that Canucks season-ticket sales are off 15% from
last year. Bell: "Things were so bad for the Canucks that
they were trailing the NBA Grizzlies in renewals in July
before the NBA lockout (Vancouver PROVINCE, 10/11).
