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From: Rollins@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu
List Editor: Rollins@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu
Editor's Subject: OJ SIMPSON TRAGEDY: Ripple Effects for the sports community
Author's Subject: OJ SIMPSON TRAGEDY: Ripple Effects for the sports community
Date Written: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 22:11:10 CDT
Date Posted: Sat, 08 Jul 1994 23:11:10 -0400

If there IS a sports angle to the O. J. Simpson Affair, might it be in the
effect on current labor negotiations in major league baseball?  Public
revulsion against sports "heroes" could put the players in a weaker
bargaining position as they prepare to strike against the owners.
                                Steven G. Kellman
                                The University of Texas at San Antonio
                                kellman@lonestar.utsa.edu

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