
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, July 13, 1990                   TAG: 9007130183
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SPORTS-FOOTBALL

In Baltimore, a six-person federal jury found that three management trustees of the NFL pension plan must contribute more than $25 million in back payments and interest.

The jury found that management failed to contribute $12.5 million from March 31, 1986, to March 30, 1987, and $5,348,160 since then. In addition, they found management failed to make a $163,713 payment for interest owed from 1984.

Joseph A. "Chip" Yablonski, a lawyer for the three player trustees who brought the suit, said the total payments, including interest at 12 percent per year, would total more than $25 million.

The three trustees - former Chicago Bear Dan Jiggetts, former Kansas City Chief Tom Condon and former union head Ed Garvey - filed suit against the three management trustees: Phoenix Cardinals owner Bill Bidwell, Minnesota Vikings general manager Mike Lynn and former New York Jets President Jim Kensil.

by CNB