In Brief : Wilson Won’t Get Super Bowl Pay

The Cincinnati Bengals say fullback Stanley Wilson, suspended from the Jan. 22 Super Bowl because of alleged cocaine abuse the night before, will not receive the $18,000 share paid to players on the losing team.

Mike Brown, the Bengals’ assistant general manager, said Wilson is not eligible to receive the money because the National Football League banned him from the game, which the Bengals lost 20-16 to the San Francisco 49ers in Miami.

Wilson, 27, a former University of Oklahoma star drafted by the Bengals in 1983, was suspended by the NFL for the 1985 and 1987 seasons because of cocaine use. Bengals officials say they consider that his NFL playing career is over because, when he was last reinstated in April, 1988, the league told Wilson in writing that this would be his last chance.

Lawyers for Wilson have said they hope to meet with NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle late this week or early next week to discuss whether the league will reinstate Wilson. NFL spokesman Jim Heffernan, citing the NFL’s desire to keep the matter confidential, has declined comment on the issue and on whether Rozelle will meet with Wilson.