Athlete's Foot(Ball)Times
HES North Wing Division
OSU Campus

November 2, 1997. . . Vol 1; Issue 2 - by M. E. Wagner

Testaverde. . . Back in The Pack!

With a highly questionable move by The Commish, Testaverde is back with Plunk's Pack after the decision was made that he was a free agent and had no committments to any team from week 6 to week 9.

"Skullduggery is afoot." commented The Commish in his weekly report to the coaches.

He said it was time to take a stand and that the ". . . under the table dealings. . ." of Coach Plunkett and Coach Wagner's team, as he put it, has gone too far.

The Commish's ruling on the matter of Testaverdes committment was that:

"Vinnie (whom every body seems to want) was held by Plunks Pack. However with an IR, the Pack picked up Dilfer for week 7 and played him. On week 8, the Pack played Elway. When the IR ended on week 9, no notice of action was received by the Commish who then proceeded to place Dilfer on the roster. When the Commish did this, no appeal was filed by the Pack. This being the case, the Commish ruled Vinnie to be free."

However, The Commish later said, "Vinnie may play for the Roughers this weekend. However, after such time he will become the property of the Pack permanently."

As stated in the report The Commish did understand nor like what he believed went on behind the scenes. The main problem he had was the tremendous amount of conditions placed on both teams in order for the Roughers to aquire Testaverde.

The coach of the Reddog Roughers, Michael Wagner, seem pretty calm when this reporter asked him about the ruling. He stated, " I don't necessarily agree with what transpired, but I respect the power and final decision of the Commish."

When asked what he thought this decision would do to his chances in the playoffs, he commented, "I feel realy good about the Roughers. I think that the transition from the old team and the new team went more smoothly than I expected. We are going to use Testaverde as much as we can this before we lose him back to the Pack; and the following weeks are more than adequately covered by Dilfer and Brunnel."

He also added that if Brunnel's dislocated finger was not feeling any better for week eleven, he still had O'Donnel to fall back on.

Scotty Plunkett, the coach of the Pack, was unavailable for comment at this time, but Mr. Wagner, who is a close friend as well as a fierce competitor, said that he had not heard of any adverse reaction from him. With that we wish both teams successes to come and we will keep bringing you the latest of this brutal battle for second place in league.