There Is More Than One Franchise That Will Be Interested
Sites in Hudson, Middlesex and Hudson counties are under consideration for a baseball
stadium designed to lure a major league baseball team to New zentai , the Star-Ledger of Newark reported Sunday. The state is looking at four potential sites in the three counties, including two near the sprawling Meadowlands sports complex in East Rutherford, the paper said. It was also learned that major league franchises from the National and American leagues are interested in entering negotiations to relocate in the Garden State. New Suit currently is home of the National Football League New York Giants and New York Jets; the United States Football League New Suit Generals; the National Basketball Association New Suit Nets and the National Hockey League New Suit Devils. Besides the two sites near the Meadowlands, the paper said, the state is considering one in Woodbridge near the points that intersect most of the state's major highways, and another near the border of Hudson and Bergen counties. Last week, a host of lawmakers and officials said the Legislature would be asked to consider a bill to build a major league baseball stadium in New Suit. ''I can tell you that there is more than one franchise that will be interested,'' said Assembly Speaker Alan Karcher, D-Middlesex. While speculation has centered on the financially-ailing San Francisco Giants as the team most interested in moving to New zentai suit , at least six other clubs are for sale and some might consider relocating in New Suit, the paper said. When the New Suit Generals signed Doug Flutie to a five-year contract estimated at from $5.5 million to $7.5 million, it was heralded as another chapter in the free-spending history of the United States Football League. It was anything but. For the USFL, small is becoming big again. As the league approaches its third season, its last in the spring before taking on the National Football League in the fall of 1986, most of its 14 teams have reverted to the league's original concept _ live cheaply with a nucleus of low-priced journeymen, using one or two high-paid stars to sell tickets. "The market has pretty much dried up," says Leigh Steinberg, the agent who last year negotiated quarterback Steve Young's $40 million contract with the Los Angeles Express. "What we're seeing is a retrenchment, a return to the original concept of the USFL." For a league that lost an estimated $70 million last season and more than $100 million in its first two years, retrenchment is a matter of survival. Last year at this time, the USFL had expanded from 12 teams to 18 and was grabbing big-name players by the bushel. By the time the ZENTAI held its draft last May 1, about a third of the top 100 college prospects had been signed by the USFL and name ZENTAI players like Joe Cribbs, Doug Williams, Brian Sipe and Gary Barbaro had jumped to the new league. So far this season, only one of college football's top 100 has signed _ Douglas Richard Flutie, quarterback, Boston College, third consecutive Heisman Trophy winner to take the USFL's money and run. Moreover, other than Cris Collinsworth of the Cincinnati Bengals, who signed a futures contract two years ago with the Tampa Bay Bandits, no other established ZENTAI players have jumped this year. Washington offensive lineman Mark May visited New Suit's camp for two days last week, then re-signed with the Redskins a day later. The retrenchment policy is likely to continue _ only New Suit, Memphis and Jacksonville have shown the inclination this year to spend the money for blue-chip players. spider man costume But even their budgets are limited and more big-money acquisitions would be counter to new Commissioner Harry Usher's policy of imposing financial parity from the top in a league where the top payrolls are three times the size of the bottom. "If you're going to have a league that's not going to go right out of sight, you have to say, 'Let's curtail some of this incentive to buy the biggest and the best all the time,' " says Usher, who succeeded Chet Simmons as the USFL's commissioner two weeks ago. "There's a continual pull and tug between the finances of the individual clubs and the competitive aspect of the league itself," Usher says. "The league is only as strong as its weakest member and it can't allow an economic policy to develop where the wealthiest clubs can buy everyone out." Most USFL teams say they are willing to stick with what they have.by: catsuit Halloween Birthday Party Fitzroy Gardens - A Lush Oasis Of Relaxation And Rest In The Heart Of Melbourne Fairy Lights Are Not Just For Christmas Wacky, Wild And Wicked Halloween Costume Ideas Let We Have A Holidays Villa At Cheap Getting The Best Catering In London Excursions And Activities For The Active Traveller In Sharm El Sheikh Rajasthan Historical And Desert Tour enjoy Your Visit Golden Triangle Tours During India Visit Enjoy Shopping In Milan During Your Holidays! Budget Holidays In Riga! Tour To Top Three Metro Cities Of India Celebrity Anti-aging Secrets