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...open many more times than that. Coach Joe Restic was uncharacteristically effusive about Cuccia in a post-game press conference. "Cuccia just overpowers the field," the coach said. "He makes the cuts better than anyone we've had here at Harvard." Asked to compare his receiver to Randy Vataha, Restic said, "He's a lot like him, only Cuccia's faster--he'll run away from you once he gets the ball...
...were trying to find out if the N.F.L. Players Association was a viable union. Since the failure of last year's strike, the owners have felt no pressing need to bargain with the players' group. "We're tired of waiting for negotiations to progress," announced Randy Vataha, Patriot wide receiver and player representative. "Let's see if the owners are serious-and whether the players are serious...
What Rebel Leader Vataha did not mention was a fistful of bread-and-butter grievances that were the underlying force in the walkout. The most celebrated is the controversial Rozelle rule, which restricts a player's freedom to switch teams. At present, anyone who has completed his contractual obligations with one team can sell his services elsewhere, but if he does, his new owner must compensate the old one with property (player or draft choice) of equal value. If the teams cannot strike a bargain, N.F.L. Commissioner Pete Rozelle sets the terms himself, and the players claim he always...
Action Shift. The competing efforts to expand and contract the strike revolved around Patriot Spokesman Vataha, who fielded calls from other player representatives, mediators, owners and his teammates on one yellow wall phone in the kitchen of his home in Canton, Mass., south of Boston. Downing Cokes by the dozen to keep awake, the short (5 ft. 10 in.) pass catcher and onetime Snow White dwarf at Disneyland went on a 24-hour schedule. "Don't mind me if I'm a little incoherent," he warned callers. "I haven't slept for three days...
...didn't have long to prepare, but we knew our stuff pretty well," New England player representative Randy Vataha said...