Tennis television contract may see some changes; NHL fines Devils for attempt to evade salary cap; 9th Circuit again orders return of 104 baseball player list
September 14, 2010
Weather postponements and delays may lead to CBS-USTA contract changes
CBS's current contract with for US Open tennis coverage with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) expires in 2011. With the US Open mens final postponed from Sunday to Monday for the third time in three years you can bet CBS will look to put provisions in any new television contract with the USTA to account for this type of occurrence. Incredibly, Monday's final which was being televised on CBS, had showers halt the match midway through the second set of the final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic forcing the match to be moved over to ESPN2. Obviously this type of event hurts ratings enormously. It is surprising that that the current contract had no provisions to deal with delays caused by rain or other such weather related events. Interestingly enough, as the mens final went into the night ESPN2 stated that if the match went past 10:15 pm eastern time it would then be moved to ESPN classic.
Weather postponements and delays may lead to CBS-USTA contract changes
CBS's current contract with for US Open tennis coverage with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) expires in 2011. With the US Open mens final postponed from Sunday to Monday for the third time in three years you can bet CBS will look to put provisions in any new television contract with the USTA to account for this type of occurrence. Incredibly, Monday's final which was being televised on CBS, had showers halt the match midway through the second set of the final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic forcing the match to be moved over to ESPN2. Obviously this type of event hurts ratings enormously. It is surprising that that the current contract had no provisions to deal with delays caused by rain or other such weather related events. Interestingly enough, as the mens final went into the night ESPN2 stated that if the match went past 10:15 pm eastern time it would then be moved to ESPN classic.
New Jersey Devils fined by NHL for submitting first Kovalchuk deal
The NHL has fined the New Jersey Devils $3 million and
stripped the team of draft picks for the circumvention of the salary
cap in the 17 year deal for Ilya Kovalchuk that was initially submitted to the league.
Appeals court says feds wrongly seized baseball drug list names
An eleven judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has once again ordered the return of the list of 104 players by investigators looking into doping in baseball. The 9th Circuit will hear no further appeal on the matter. A government appeal to the Supreme Court remains a possibility.
An eleven judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has once again ordered the return of the list of 104 players by investigators looking into doping in baseball. The 9th Circuit will hear no further appeal on the matter. A government appeal to the Supreme Court remains a possibility.
Posted by sportslawtalk at 9/14/2010 12:01 AM 
Categories: baseball drug list case, Ilya Kovalchuk, television contracts
Categories: baseball drug list case, Ilya Kovalchuk, television contracts
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