ITALIAN VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE WARNED NOT TO MESS WITH SOCCER

          A print ad placed by an Italian volleyball league has
     resulted in a government committee warning the league "not
     to be too critical of soccer," according to a report in AD
     AGE.  The ad, created by Milan-based Biasi Lando, depicts
     the clash between armored riot police and violent fans at a
     '97 soccer match between Italy and England.  The ad reads,
     "The bleachers are not trenches, but a place to watch
     friends," with the tag line: "Change the Game.  Come to
     Volleyball."  The ad "immediately triggered a formal
     protest" from the national soccer league to CONI, the
     national Olympic Committee which oversees both soccer and
     volleyball.  CONI ruled the ad "misrepresented soccer" and
     has ordered it "withheld from publication" (AD AGE, 10/14).