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Athletes say By RAY BUSH Stuff Writer part of my pnogr Several non-revenue-sport athletes you reflect the tl saiu uaL Atiiletic Director Dick then you ought Bestwick has told them to shape up things arc that an 6r ship out. us (family, team In an early morning meeting this Bestwick) and th past Thursday with all noo-rcvenuc I don't want to athletes, Bestwick enforced an ap- you." pearance code that was handed down Some of the at earlier in the week and told athletes afraid to talk to keep hair at a presentable length, because of prcs banned earrings and told them, "If and Bestwick. you are not happy here, you can be Bestwick defei happy somewhere else, and then made Thursday everyone will be happy." wasn't meant to i Athletes also said Bestwick made really was mean reference to their "nightlife," saying that I care." they could have fun as long as they statements came didn't embarrass their family, team- the athletes bec< mates, coaches, but most important- guidelines set up ly, as long as they didn't embarrass administration. * Bestwick himself. a threat) to them "If you (athletes) are going to be a there's been no s Gamecocks to d< on unknown rec< By MATTHEW ROBERTS Brown and S Staff writer another SDeedv i The Gamecock football team will available for have a very different offensive look because they plaj in the upcoming season. The big- baseball team, gest change will be in the receiving The Gamecock corps where there are many new for big things fi names and faces. Miller is one of The Gamecocks are losing All- on the team, bu America wingback Sterling Sharpe, for spring pract who was picked seventh overall in he is a membei Sunday's National Football League team. draft. Also gone are wide receiver Pitchko had ar Danny Smith and wingback Kevin practice and is 1 wnue. potential star fi The receiver most observers ex- season. The dii pected to step in and ease the stands only 5-f burden will most likely be absent and weighs only 1 ?) from next season's roster as well. has good hands, Ryan Bethea, who was arrested the ability to get and charged with possession with cocaine with intent to distribute Pitchko sees and simple possession of mari- advantage. juana, was suspended indefinitely "Being small { from the team. ing me, and sor Adding to the problems of the me going out, an . Gamecock receiver corps is the fact Pitchko realize that wide receiver Jones Andrews task he and the o suffered a career-ending knee in- in stepping into jury during snrinc practice. lii^c ~ ^ w a a nvj V/l Ulial pW G These bizarre circumstances br- "We have i ing several new names and faces in- because, after tl to the limelight. Names like David stars, there isn't Pitchko, Vic McConnell, Carl Piatt us because no on and George Rush could become well." familiar to Gamecock fans this Pitchko likes tl year. fensive coordinat ^ Also hoping to contribute to the "I feel the c P Gamecock receiving corps is Har- speedy receivers din Brown, who has seen limited defense and { a^nun 111 me pusi ai wmgoacK. quickly." NEED { BIRTH CONTROL INFORMATION? 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OoiM)SilHo< I ' thev eot %/ Cj am," he said, "and lings I believe in ... <tI4. to know what the yOU are 1 c going to embarrass Somewhere else, mates, coaches and p fhinoc that aren't be embarrassed by hletes said they were about the meeting ????????? sure from coaches But Bcstwick said refrain from setting g ided his statements Gamecock athletes in tli saying, "That talk "I believe in structui ipset anybody. That "I believe in buildir t to let them know mousetrap. And that's ' He also said the ingtodo ? build a bettc as such a shock to "Everything I d luse of the lack of predicated upon what I c in the Bob Marcum help them." 'It may seem (to be In an earlier article because apparently The Gamecock April tructure." said, "I don't form then spend Fired c By The Associated Pres PI Marcum, who l3 USC athletic director be .. blems with the school's >kcets Thomas, r ,,, . , of athletes, plans to mc receiver, were not ? c to Charlotte, N.C. sprmg practice 4 . ' . . - on the Gamecock 1 'usl ,hou8ht " wo1 area for us to move, a f .o start over, so to speak. ;s are also looking , ' . . nAAi- \a;ii?, haven t secured anythi om hddie Miller. , the fastest Dlavers employment,' Marcur ! Lcn f IvaHaKi! Greenville Piedmont. t wasn t available ... .. ice either because Marcum and his wife, Of nsr'c sold their home in Colui move their belonings to i impressive spring da^ and ^ uesday. They ] being touted as a home at first, he said, or the upcoming Marcum still is seekini minutivc Pitchko after he was fired Mar< eet-10-inrhpc tall President James Holder 165 pounds bu. he ?' "-as interviewed f< quick moves and ment P?s,t,on W|th form nnpn football player Ken W1 Management, a real esi his size as an ment firmeffects people see- "No job offer has bee netimes they miss ^as 'ntcrvicwed with us, d I can get open." 'ot 0,hcr candidates,' s the monumental 1 ther receivers face W, I"* r\ yiA rt the shoes of the L/C nd Bethea. lothing to lose Thc Packers' quarte ie loss of all the tion is unsettled. Infant much pressure on Wright, Don Majkowsk u_ e expects us to do "Maw wm uc 8,vc" a" to start next season. le style of new of- . Sharpc s*id ,hc's n,ot or Al Groh quarterback is as Ion iffense gives our son can gel him ,he bal a chance to flood jet open more jgj 2 ?\ y Confidential including PAP rly detection) HSbm^b 'ermination HB| ft ailable a Sffil I JhB it including C cs of S.C., Inc. j h/) 554-7553 4 1 \ J Ted ASS RINGS Mmm& 1 your K\ | minutes ' Nc I VN I I RONI'I Mmf i^rgg use Book htore ?> 3E i ultimatum not happy here, you can be happy and then everyone will be happy." Dick Best wick, USC athletic director he wouldn't only try to help them help themselves uidclines for do it in a way that is going to be ic future. beneficial to them. I'm not a e," he said. sculptor; I can't sculpture a person's lg a better life, and 1 shouldn't. Because lives what I'm go- are too important for anyone to r mousetrap. think that they can shape them, o will be That's never been my rule to shape ran do best to it." published in Shaping their lives, Bestwick said, 15, Bestwick is something the athletes are going to n (athletes); I have to do themselves. But he said he 7riiYontnv wm WW Wl ^M s was fired as "We don't even have a position in cause of pro- Charlotte." drug testing Boyd Management operates >ve this week several developments throughout this state and North Carolina. Wheat said lid be a good the position for which Marcum inter;ood place to viewed would be for general manager But I really of one of those developments, which ng as far as includc hotels, shopping malls and n told The resort complexes. Marcum has said he plans to sue , Cecile, have USC, requesting his $90,000 yearly tibia and will salary over the final two years of a Charlotte to- contract that ran though 1989. plan to rent a In addition to the final two years of his contract, Marcum said Holderg another job man had verbally extended his pact :h 1 by USC for two more years, meaning he man. might sue for as much as $360,000. )r a manage er uamecock <Jreg Studemyer, an attorney who icat at Boyd played a key role in former USC tate develop- football coach Richard Bell's successful $150,000 lawsuit against the university in 1984, said Thursday n made. Bob Marcum's chances of winning a but so have a lawsuit would be enhanced greatly by 1 Wheat said. an out-of-state move. > Continued from page 13 :rback situa- "If vou're a runnino hart e says Randy want to go to a team that runs the i and Robbie football. If you're a receiver, you equal chance want to go where they throw it. I got the best of both worlds. They're a worried who running team, but they throw the ball g as that per- an awful lot, and that will give me a I. chance to show what 1 can do ii\. 1EAT PIZZAS LOW PRICE! onT^ f~) _ /)'... at. ^1 252-1231 ) FREE PIZZA j IINUTE GUARANTEE I pizza does not arrive within 30 the pizza is absolutely F R E EI ! > coupon needed for this offer. Ott?r void on orders ot 4 or more } j FREE COKES ! Buy any pizza and receive two 12 oz. Cokes l! FREE! | L 252-1231 * Coupons flooa jj per customer thru 5-15-88 DDI-IF YOU YOU'LL ONLY LOS] from Be wouldn't let it go unwatchcd. "ll you want Ireedom, I'm going to give you all the freedom you can have as long as you realize the fact that with freedom comes responsibility," he said. "If by my insistency you don't do dope and you follow rules and go to class, and VOll art 1 i k f Hprpnl human being and be respectful; if that's wrong I've made a lot of mistakes." Bestwick said he is leaving the enforcements in the hands of the coaches. "I'm sure the coaches can deal with this and will," he said. "That's their job, and 1 think the coaches who work under me know what 1 stand for." "Athletes are a special breed of people. And you make a choice (to be an athlete). No one forces you to. plans mo\ By establishing residency in North Carolina, Marcum would have the option of filing suit against USC in federal court, instead of just in circuit court if he had stayed in Columbia, Studemeycr said. "There are several advantages to filing in federal court," said m PUPr Ann ? 1 L! wr?MMVMIVJVl | V/11V. KJ 1 LI 11 CC V^UIllIIIUia attorneys to represent Bell in a heated 1984 federal trial that ironically pitted Marcum against Bell. "And there's no doubt in my mind Bob Marcum would have an excellent chance to win a federal case against the University of South Carolina. "Number one, it increases the significance of the case in the public eye . . . Everybody knows the old saying 'Don't make a federal case out of whatever.' I think people look at federal cases as being bigger than thev reallv are ?nmpiimi?c nnH i fkJnb that's an advantage in this situation," Studemeyer said. The attorney added that in federal cases jurors are selected statewide. The jury for a state suit filed in ColNFL," Sharpe said. Infante said Sharpe would have a good chance at starting next season, but Sharpe wasn't sure. The Packers leading receivers this past season were veterans Walter Stanley and Phil Epps and rookie Erankie Neal. " 1 ? SONI'S I I Cheese Pizza One Topping Each Additional Topping Deluxe (pepperoni, mi green pepp Super Deluxe (everything I $1.00 OFF AP 1 OR MORE ITE One Coupon P< jjrrjh $8.0! One Coupon F an. a m IMZ5E2E5 'RE LUCKY, ETOURLICEN stwick When you make the choice to do that you make the choice to go by certain rules and regulations that apply to all members of the squad. So, athletes, by being athletes, put themselves in a position where they deprive themselves of an opportunity to be able to be unseen and able to do some of the things in the same wav as everyone else." The confusion caused by the meeting Thursday, Bestwick said, was caused by a lack of communication between the athletes and himself. He also said the athletes have yet to know him as a person. "Obviously they don't know me yet," he said. "And they're acting in a way that they are apparently threatened. "If they took it as being some kind of threat to their existence, they certainly took it out of context." ve to N.C. uinbia, meanwhile, would consist only of Richland County residents. "If Marcum were to fill in Richland County, I would say that, would greatly diminish his chances of winning," Studemeyer said. "In Richland County, you're talking about selecting a jury from probably thousands of Gamecock Club memoers who would not want to be a part of a verdict that would award * damages and, in the process, deplete the university's pocketbook." In Bell's successful suit, Studemeyer said, the federal courtjurors who awarded the plaintiff * $150,0G0 "came from Lancaster,, Florence, Spartanburg ... all over the state." Appeals and motions also are*, answered more quickly in federal suits, Studemeyer said, because.' "federal suits are handled by one judge from start to finish. In state * cases, there are 46 circuit court)-; judges in South Carolina, and you. never know what judge is going to be^ where on any given day." "I think they have good receivers' there now," Sharpe said. "I just want to come in and do my^ job wherever I can. I don't think I; can come in and start at all. 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