PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : AFC : McNair Agrees to $28.4 Million Deal

Steve McNair, Alcorn State’s record-setting quarterback who was the third pick in the NFL draft, has agreed to terms with the Houston Oilers, Coach Jeff Fisher said Saturday after practice in San Antonio, Tex.

“My understanding is they agreed in principle,” Fisher said, adding he expects McNair to report to camp in a “couple of days.”

McNair will receive $28.4 million over seven years in the pact, the Houston Chronicle reported. That includes a $5.3 million signing bonus and another $4.3 million in guaranteed money. It also said incentives could make the agreement worth nearly $30 million.

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Mike Baird, the attorney for Miami Dolphin linebacker Bryan Cox in a discrimination lawsuit against the NFL, will be paid $18,494 by the league after it was ordered to pay his costs. “I can’t think of any way to make [the victory] more complete,” Baird said.

Cox sued the NFL for discrimination a year ago, claiming he was forced to work in a racially hostile environment in Orchard Park, N.Y., in September, 1993, when Miami played Buffalo. Cox was fined $10,000 by the league for raising both his middle fingers to the crowd, but the fine was reduced to $3,000. Still not satisfied, Cox suit the NFL, asking for better security.

NFC: Emtman Looks ‘Very Good’ to 49ers

Free agent defensive tackle Steve Emtman, his three-year NFL career curtailed by serious knee injuries, had what San Francisco 49er Coach George Seifert called “an impressive workout” at the defending world champions’ training camp in Rocklin, Calif.

“He looked good--in fact he looked very, very good,” Seifert said of the half-hour closed workout, one of several the 6-4, 300-pound Emtman has scheduled this week as he tries to revive his once-promising career.

Emtman, 25, left the Colts after refusing to sign a $700,000 offer this year, down from $2 million the season before.

Also given a workout by the 49ers was former New England and San Diego running back Marion Butts.

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The Minnesota Vikings finally got some good news: First-round draft pick Korey Stringer, a 6-foot-4, 332-pound offensive tackle, signed a four-year, $3.4 million contract on the eve of training camp.

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The Philadelphia Eagles signed former Pittsburgh Steeler kicker Gary Anderson, the team said. The contract is for one year with a second year at the team’s option. Financial details were not released. To make room for Anderson, the Eagles released veteran kicker Eddie Murray.

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If the Raiders don’t have to pay a relocation fee to the NFL for moving to Oakland, the Rams shouldn’t have to pay for moving to St. Louis, team President John Shaw says.

League owners approved the Raiders’ move Friday in Chicago and decided against charging them a relocation fee. That contrasts sharply with the league’s grudging approval of the Rams’ move at a meeting in May in which they also assessed the team a relocation fee of $29 million and took a $17 million cut of the revenue from St. Louis’ personal seat license campaign.

“If there is no [Raider] relocation fee, we will explore our options,” said Shaw, calling one of those options legal action.

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The Raiders placed defensive end Scott Davis on the did-not-report list on the first day of training camp at Oxnard. Davis returned to the Raiders last season after a three-year absence, but this year did not participate in any spring conditioning drills or mini-camps.

Also on the did-not-report list was free agent wide receiver Hassan Jones, a nine-year NFL veteran.

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Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones says the trade that sent Deion Sanders from the Cincinnati Reds to the San Francisco Giants won’t have any effect on his team’s chances of landing the two-sport star. . . . Running back Lincoln Coleman, a former Cowboy, signed with the Atlanta Falcons, who put cornerback Eric Jack on injured reserve because of a torn knee ligament.