Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, August 7, 1993 TAG: 9308070180
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B4 EDITION: METRO
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Shoemaker, who turns 62 later this month, sued Ford Motor Co., the state and at least seven doctors who treated him at Glendora Community Hospital after the accident, which occurred the night of April 8, 1991.
Shoemaker, the winningest jockey in thoroughbred racing history with 8,883 victories, was driving his Ford Bronco II on State Route 30 near Pomona when his vehicle veered off the road, hit an embankment and rolled 50 feet. It was reported Shoemaker's blood alcohol level was above California's legal .08 percent, but charges never were filed.
Ford agreed to a settlement with Shoemaker in February under which it will pay him up to $2.5 million. Ford already has paid $1 million. Ford's share of the remaining $1.5 million will be reduced by any amount paid by other defendants when the case is resolved.
\ The NCAA won't adopt an all-encompassing set of gender-equity rules, NCAA President Joseph Crowley said.
"It's a fact of life, given all the differences among NCAA institutions, that ultimately it will have to be up to each institution to address these issues," Crowley said at the end of the Council's summer meetings in Kansas City, Mo.
The Council will put a set of four gender-equity guidelines to a vote of NCAA schools at its January meeting.
The Pro Sports Liaison Committee had recommended the Council write legislation allowing both football and basketball players to enter the pro draft without losing their eligibility. Under the proposal for January's agenda, basketball players could enter the draft once during their undergraduate years and reclaim their eligibility within 30 days, as long as they did not sign a contract. An undergraduate entering the NBA draft a second time would forfeit his eligibility. There was no proposal regarding football.
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HORSE RACING
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