Judgment Calls

[Thumb up]To FIFA, the international soccer federation, for its recent presentation of a $1 million check to UNICEF. The money was raised at an October all-star game in Munich.

[Thumb Down]To the Ohio High School Athletic Association, for upholding the disqualification of Archibald High's Rachel Sander, winner of the Division III girls' cross-country championships, because her lights were not a solid color. An official had okayed the tights before the race, only to be overruled.

[Thumb Down]To baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, for biting the hand that feeds the major leagues $100 million a year when he said at the winter meetings, "Where would ESPN be without baseball? There are only so many tractor pulls and billiards matches you can televise."