Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 8, 1994 TAG: 9409080084
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
U.S. District Judge Gary L. Taylor ruled last week that Henley could travel with the team without being accompanied by a federal agent and also eased bail restrictions.
Henley was required to post a $200,000 cash deposit, with the Rams guaranteeing the balance of $2 million in bail.
Henley, 27, was the starting right cornerback for the Rams from 1991 until he was cut in August.
Although terms of Henley's contract with the Rams were not announced, it is believed to be a one-year deal for $350,000. The judge has ordered the money be placed in escrow account and that Henley receive only court-authorized disbursements for expenses.
In other NFL news:
SEAHAWKS DENY MOVE: Seattle Seahawks president David Behring denies the Behring family will move the NFL franchise if it doesn't get an estimated $100 million in improvements to the Kingdome.
``We intend to stay in Seattle,'' Behring said Wednesday by telephone from his home in Danville, Calif. ``We're the Seattle Seahawks. We're not talking to other cities.''
But the Behrings are reserving the right to change their minds about relocating the Seahawks if the club's demands about the Kingdome aren't met.
``Eighteen months from now, if the county and the public says, `Hey, the Kingdome is one of the most wonderful facilities in the United States' ... we'll take it from there,'' Behring said.
On Tuesday, King County Executive Gary Locke held a news conference and handed out copies of a Sept.1 letter from Behring that called the Kingdome ``a negative symbol of our region.'' Locke went public after meeting with Seahawks officials, including Behring.
County officials said the Seahawks' asked-for renovations could cost more than $100 million. The improvements included elevators, escalators and restaurants.
Behring said the 18-year-old domed stadium's current condition violated terms of their lease agreement.
The Kingdome has been closed since July 19 after four acoustic ceiling tiles fell into the empty stands before a Seattle Mariners game. All 40,000 ceiling tiles were removed and two workers sandblasting the ceiling died Aug.17 when they fell 250 feet in a crane accident.
The county said last week that the bill to fix the Kingdome's leaky roof was $32.5 million. It hopes to reopen the facility by Nov.1. Meanwhile, the Seahawks are playing their games at the University of Washington's Husky Stadium.
BROWNS WAIVE KILLIAN: P.J. Killian, a four-year letterman at Virginia, was waived from the practice squad of the Cleveland Browns. Killian had signed with the Browns as a free agent before training camp.
FOX BEATS CBS NUMBERS: Fox's preliminary national rating for its first Sunday of regular-season NFL coverage was 15 percent higher than CBS' rating for the opening week of 1993.
Sunday's 1 p.m. games on Fox received an 11.1 rating and 30 share, and the network's 4 p.m. games had a 9.1 rating and a 23 share, Nielsen Media Research said Wednesday.
The rating is the percentage watching among television households in the nation, and each point represents 942,000 homes. The share is the percentage tuned in among televisions on at the time.
Last year, CBS had a 9.1 rating and 26 share for its 1 p.m. games and an 8.4 rating and 22 share for its 4 p.m. games.
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