Event Date: December 24th, 1982
Event Description: Stars Pursue Perles
Source: United Press International
The Philadelphia Stars of the fledging U.S. Football League have gone to federal court in effort to block their one-time head coach, George Perles, from becoming head coach at Michigan State University.
In a suit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Philadelpia, the club requested $1 million in damages and an injunction to prevent MSU “from employing or utilizing the services of George Perles,” said Barry Schwartz, an attorney for the Stars.
Perles, 48, left the Stars Dec. 3 with 2 years remaining on his three-year contract as in order to take the job at his alma mater, where he was reportedly to receive $95,000 a year for five years. The Stars have yet to play a game in the USFL, which opens its first season in March.
When Perles took the college job, Stars officials expressed displeasure at the manner in which MSU hired him, but indicated they did not plan to prevent him from leaving.
However, Stars owner Myles Tanenbaum said he would try to force MSU to buy Perles' contract. Neither Perles, Tanenbaum, nor team president and general manager Carl Peterson could be reached for comment.
In other USFL news;
In other USFL news;
The New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League have signed the running back Terry Miller, who finished second to Earl Campbell in the Heisman Trophy balloting of 1977 but whose career slumped after he had gained more than 1,000 yards as a rookie for the Buffalo Bills.
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