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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<
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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 ~
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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 {
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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
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in the Bob Marcum help them."
'It may seem (to be In an earlier article
because apparently The Gamecock April
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the fastest Dlavers employment,' Marcur
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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
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football player Ken W1
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his size as an ment firmeffects
people see- "No job offer has bee
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lothing to lose Thc Packers' quarte
ie loss of all the tion is unsettled. Infant
much pressure on Wright, Don Majkowsk
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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
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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.
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: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\.
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"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
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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
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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.
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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. I should
play according to how the other guys
play and how well I perform."
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