81.   New leagues need money and exposure from major networks to thrive, but NBC and Turner will provide the immediate television platform for their teams.

82.   Now, there is a new league, a veteran team, a softer schedule.

83.   O Apparent apathy in St. Louis toward the new league.

84.   Of course, any new league has to overcome an image problem.

85.   Now the new league must show that it is major league in more than name.

86.   Of course, he goes out to root for the MetroStars, who are trying to build a fiscally sane new league in the same stadium.

87.   One day last February he mentioned to Froncek that a new league was forming.

88.   One hundred and twenty-seven touchdowns for Rice in his career, the new league mark.

89.   Other agents, including Rich Winter of Edmonton, have pursued plans for a new league.

90.   Plans for the new league were first announced last December at the World Cup draw in Las Vegas, Nev.