Former Ole Miss official likely to head sports hall of fame

MACON - The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame is poised to offer its top job to a former University of Mississippi athletic official. <br> <br> John Shafer resigned his post as athletic director at Ole Miss in April. He has been interviewed and named most qualified by the members of the museum authority. <br> <br> Authority members say salary has not been discussed yet, but Shafer -- a former Kansas City Royals baseball player - is expected to be offered the job. Shafer also held a post as associate athletic director of the University of Georgia. <br> <br> Shafer has already sold his home in Oxford, Mississippi, to move to Macon. He admits he&#39;s NOT a curator. <br> <br> But he told The Macon Telegraph ``But as far as managing a facility for the best bang for your buck, I have done it.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Museum officials are hoping Shafer can generate private donations to keep the fledgling museum - which opened in 1999 - afloat. <br> <br> State funding to the museum was cut by 13 percent this year and by 9 percent for 2003. That will bring the state appropriation for 2003 to about $843,000.

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