MLS opens without CBA; Ron Prince; Sean Wieber; NASCAR substance abuse suspensions
MLS soccer action will take place without a collective bargaining agreement in place. The MLS is a single entity league that negotiates all player contracts. Seems like we heard something about a single entity in everyone's favorite case - American Needle. How many readers remember the the NFL playing without a CBA from 1987 through 1993?
Outstanding attorney has record of achievement from Northwestern University's football team to the firm of Winston & Strawn
Sean Wieber was a player running in practice with Rashidi Ayodele Wheeler when Wheeler suffered cardiac arrest and died. This motivated Wieber to work on a shell bill in a legislative advocacy class at Chicago-Kent College of Law. His goal was to require that automated external defibrillators be available to enhance survival chances in situations such as the one in which his team-mate died. His efforts in class, then through the legislative process, were key in the bill becoming a state law in 2008.
Mr. Wieber has already received awards from the Illinois State Bar Association and his school, and at this point in a stellar career is a third year associate at Winston & Strawn.
Ron Prince Update
One of the more intriguing cases we have been following at SLT is that of ex-football coach Ron Prince and Kansas State. Kansas State, of course, is trying to claim that the so- called "secret contract" signed by Ron Prince and Kansas State''s former Athletic Director Bob Krause is really no contract at all. Now, Ron Prince has just been hired as the offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts. You can bet Ron Prince won't have any secret contracts with Colts owner Jim Irsay.
NASCAR suspensions
Jeremy Mayfield's former brother-in-law, William David Keith, was one of two crewman suspended for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy. When deposed last year, Keith had stated that he witnessed Mayfield repeatedly using methamphetamines. Keith is a spotter for David Gilliland in the Sprint Cup Series. The other crewman suspended works for Daisy Ramirez Motorsports.
Categories: MLS; Ron Prince; Sean Wieber; NASCAR suspensions
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