Bobsled ruling is an exceptional matter; No bobsledding for Jamaica; MLB revenue-sharing issues; NCAA licensing contracts now open to discovery
Call the neighbors, wake the kids, it's the IOC bobsled decision! Court of Arbitration for Sport decision results in unique bobsled ruling
This is the only time there will be 21 teams in the bobsled. The IOC was clear in stating, “The increase of quota from 20 to 21 teams in the bobsleigh women’s event is an exceptional measure and shall not be taken as a precedent for future games”.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Australia’s appeal to be allowed to compete. CAS ruled the international bobsled federation did not apply its qualification rules properly when it excluded the Australian team.
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/bobsled/news;_ylt=ApDz76WCz1zxpcFfO_IsKN9sbV_?slug=ap-bob-australiaappeal&prov=ap&type=lgns
On a sad note, the Jamaicans will not have qualified a bobsled team.
http://sports.espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/bobsled/news/story?id=4884474
Implications and maneuvers for Cubs regarding MLB revenue-sharing rules
The Ricketts, new owners of the Chicago Cubs, are seeking returns on their investment, and they're pursuing an avenue to revenue that the Tribune Company has exploited in recent years- including putting on concerts at venerable Wrigley Field. The Cubs had to negotiate with neighborhood organizations and local politicians to gain permission to play a limited number of night games. What's so attractive about trading some of their hard won allotment of night games for day games in order to put on a few night-time concerts? The money from concerts is 100% theirs; 34% of game day money must be shared with other MLB teams.
The Cubs have made a number of concessions to the neighborhood around the park in order to put on these concerts. Besides turning night into day for a game or two, they have made cash donations to local schools, and have enhanced security measures for the surrounding neighborhood for night games.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/2038887,CST-NWS-wrigley10web.article
Another possible way in which the Ricketts may produce additional revenue is to bring a Northwestern University home football game to Wrigley.
NCAA licensing contracts open to discovery
The NCAA's motion for dismissal in a class-action lawsuit headed by Ed O'Bannon has been denied. Jon T. King, representing O'Bannon said of the ruling, “This is a truly historic day — to our knowledge, no one has ever gotten behind the scenes to examine how student-athletes’ current and future rights in their images are divided up and sold.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/sports/ncaabasketball/09ncaa.html
Categories: bobsledding; MLB revenue-sharing; NCAA licensing contracts
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