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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1992
BOB MCRtAN
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Glieberman
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He says the former owners
"took the easy way out by
paying players without
negotiating properly. And
they paid way too much
money." He adds that a major
hurdle will be to renegotiate
the contracts of many of his
current players.
His recently augumented
staff includes a new scout,
player personnel coordinator,
controller and marketing ex-
ecutive. "I hired the best
possible people, the second
best is too expensive. I'm not
going to get in there and pre-
tend I can run a football
team. I'm hands-on with ad-
vice to my people, but I'm
hands-off when it comes to
operating the team. I'm not
going to try because I can't."
Mr. Glieberman's son Lonie,
23, is the team's president.
Lonie, a Michigan State
University graduate, is
responsible for the Rough
Riders' day to day operations.
Both father and son believe
that Canadian football is
undervalued as a business op-
portunity and as an enter-
, tainment value.
The elder Glieberman
believes the style of football
being played north of the
border is "very marketable."
Many teams feature a fast-
paced, pass-oriented offensive
strategy. "In Canadian foot-
ball, you don't turn your back
for a minute. Even if you're
not a the-hard aficionado of
football, Canadian football is
the game to watch because
there's always activity," Mr.
Glieberman says.
He believes the caliber of
talent being wooed to the
CFL bodes well for the league.
Last year, Rhagib "The
Rocket" Ismail was signed to
a multi-million dollar con-
tract. Mr. Glieberman
believes the Calgary fran-
chise has an 80 percent
chance of signing Desmond
Howard, the University of
Michigan's Heisman Trophy
winner.
The Rough Riders, he says,
have expressed an interest in
another marquee player —
Minnesota Vikings running
back Herschel Walker. Mr.
Glieberman expects that
negotiations with Walker will
begin soon, adding that he
would be a slot back in the
team's offensive system.
Although he has limited
football experience, Mr.
Glieberman has been a
member of the Builders
Association of Southeastern
Michigan (BASM) for 20
years. As its incoming presi-
dent, he says he hopes the
organization will become
more directly involved with
state legislators to address
concerns about Michigan's
employment situation — an
issue that dramatically af-
fects the building industry.
"As president of BASM,
helping to create an economic
climate that encourages new
jobs is probably my most
critical function," he says.
"He has to be successful in
attracting more and new in-
dustry to Michigan," Mr.
Yackness says. "He'll have to
disseminate nationally and
worldwide why Michigan is a
good place to do business:'
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Mr. Glieberman also in-
tends to remind local leaders - I
that he is mindful of both the
ecology and the economy in
communities where he builds.
But he remains an opponent
of no-growth policies. "I think
the communities have learn-
ed that you can't stop hous-
ing, you can't stop commerce
and you can't stop jobs," Mr.
Glieberman says.
He says that the building
industry built 12,500 homes
in 1989 and "that was $3
billion that we pumped into
the economy . . . I'm an ad-
"You can't stop
housing, you can't
stop commerce
and you can't stop
jobs."
Bernard Glieberman
vocate for controlled growth.
I'm a believer that you must
protect our streams, you must
protect our wetlands and you
must protect our trees. But
within reason."
He says a consortium of
builders have proposed
legislation to state represen-
tatives that would require the
state, not local municipalities,
to regulate the wetlands. He
expects a compromise ap-
proach that will allow local
communities to maintain
wetlands boards, but would
prevent them from man-
dating requirements he says
are more "restrictive" than
pre-existing Michigan
Department of Natural
Resources guidelines. "Now
what's happening is that the
DNR has regulations and the
townships want to add to the
DNR rules:'
Mr. Glieberman's other pas-
sion is his collection of vin-
tage and classic Mercedes
Benz automobiles. He spends
his free time at auto shows
and classic automobile auc-
tions around the country. His
collection of 60 vehicles in-
cludes a 1939 540K short
chassis roadster. It is one of
only 19 such automobiles
custom-built before World
War II. He regularly loans a
number of his vehicles to
charitable organizations for
their fund-raising efforts. ❑
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