Fox Sports and Dodgers settle; Finchem gets extension; Mediation for Big East and WVU; Loophole closed
January 12, 2012
Settlement reached between Dodgers and Fox Sports
Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross has approved a settlement between Fox Sports and the Los Angeles Dodgers that will allow the Dodgers to move forward with the sale of the team. Judge Gross in December had ruled that the Dodgers could market the media rights to future games beginning in 2014. Fox Sports then appealed to U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark, claiming Judge Gross had ignored an existing contract between the Dodgers and Fox Sports. Judge Stark indicated that Judge Gross probably erred in his decision and issued a stay of Gross' order. Fox Sports and the Dodgers then went back to working on a settlement with the help of a court-appointed mediator.
PGA Commissioner Finchem gets extension
This is the week for Commissioners to get extensions. Yesterday, news broke that Bud Selig would get an extension to continue on as Baseball Commissioner. Now, Tim Finchem has received a four-year extension to continue as PGA Commissioner. Finchem has been in his position since 1994. Finchem, graduated from the University of Virginia Law School in 1973. Finchem practiced law for three years after his graduation from law school, before going to work in the White House for President Jimmy Carter.
Tim Finchem
Tim Finchem
Mediation ordered for West Virginia and Big East
A Rhode Island judge has ordered West Virginia University and the Big East to enter non-binding mediation to try and settle their differences on the timing of how West Virginia will exit the Big East conference.
The NCAA will now consider parents who shop an athlete's services to schools for financial gain as agents. You may recall that Cecil Newton, the father of Cam Newton attempted to shop his son to Mississippi State. The NCAA later declined to suspend Cam Newton based on the finding that Cam was unaware of his father's scheme.
Cam Newton loophole closed
The NCAA will now consider parents who shop an athlete's services to schools for financial gain as agents. You may recall that Cecil Newton, the father of Cam Newton attempted to shop his son to Mississippi State. The NCAA later declined to suspend Cam Newton based on the finding that Cam was unaware of his father's scheme.
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