NBA Replacement Refs; Richie Phillips; Verizon Pulls Out Of PGA
September 30, 2009
The NBA is using replacement refs after the deal the League thought was finalized failed to be approved by the National Basketball Referees Association.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AkMpYOUdccKhV
iwkSNM.xg.8vLYF?slug=ap-referees-lockout&prov=ap&type=lgns
For anyone too young to know the name Richie Phillips, we will provide you with this link so you can read about him. Mr. Phillips was responsible in 1999 for having Major League umpires tender their resignation in a negotiating ploy. Well, the ploy didn't work, and all those who submitted their resignations were fired.
http://en.allexperts.com/e/r/ri/richie_phillips.htm
Less than a week after PGA commissioner Tim Finchem warned of sponsors leaving the PGA Tour in 2010 and beyond, Verizon pulled out of one of the Tour's most popular events.
http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-verizonheritage-sponsor&prov=a
The NBA is using replacement refs after the deal the League thought was finalized failed to be approved by the National Basketball Referees Association.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AkMpYOUdccKhV
iwkSNM.xg.8vLYF?slug=ap-referees-lockout&prov=ap&type=lgns
For anyone too young to know the name Richie Phillips, we will provide you with this link so you can read about him. Mr. Phillips was responsible in 1999 for having Major League umpires tender their resignation in a negotiating ploy. Well, the ploy didn't work, and all those who submitted their resignations were fired.
http://en.allexperts.com/e/r/ri/richie_phillips.htm
Less than a week after PGA commissioner Tim Finchem warned of sponsors leaving the PGA Tour in 2010 and beyond, Verizon pulled out of one of the Tour's most popular events.
http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-verizonheritage-sponsor&prov=a
Posted by sportslawtalk at 9/30/2009 12:01 AM 
Categories: NBA Referees; Richie Phillips; PGA Sponsors
Categories: NBA Referees; Richie Phillips; PGA Sponsors
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