tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335652002024-03-13T07:20:10.260-07:00SportsWorldThis is a site dedicated to Sports Law and Economics for the serious fan, the casual fan, and even the fan who knows next to nothing but is interested in learning a thing or two.Dave Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433071768753089554noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33565200.post-39777130592858880642016-01-13T14:08:00.000-08:002016-12-13T23:31:33.017-08:00ROSE STILL BANNED<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pete Rose is a fool. The fool of all fools is the best way I can think to describe him. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">"Charlie Hustle" as he was often called in his heyday just doesn't get it. The all-time MLB hits leader has managed to screw up what could have been his last chance, or atleast last chance while still alive , to be inducted into MLB's prestigious Hall of Fame. There are many who will argue that the man should be given a break, that his exploits off the field should be pardoned at the expense of the "integrity" of the game. I'm not one of them. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Yes, the all important integrity of the game. Those who would scoff at that apparently are sorely lacking in basic morals and values. By agreeing <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to a <em>lifetime ban </em>in 1989, you would have thought Rose would have gotten the message loud and clear that he needed to clean up his act totally and completely to stand a chance of his reinstatement application to MLB being approved by new commissioner Rob Manfred. By continuing to bet on baseball all these years later, legally(Vegas) or otherwise, Rose has further sullied his already shady off-field reputation to the point of total untrustworthiness. </span></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "times";">Rose can't be this stupid, ignorant, whatever. It's as if he's saying, rules be damned, apparently with some crazy self-serving inner belief that he's somehow bigger than the game itself. Well, he's dead wrong and sadly mistaken ! Commissioner Manfred correctly ruled to deny the hit king reinstatement to the game he so dearly loves. In a society so infested with rule breakers who cry when they are caught and punished, it desperately needs the likes of the so-called heroes of the world like Pete Rose to set a positive example. A positive and proud one, not a negative and tarnished one. </span></strong><br />
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In major league baseball, them boys attempt to steal signs among other things on a regular basis. Is it cheating ? Of course ! <br />
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But, in the case of Tom Brady and supposedly underinflated balls, I think way too many people are quite jealous of the fact he, Belichick and the rest of the Patriots have dominated the league for many years now and quite simply, have produced an ongoing dynasty. I will have more to say on this topic in the near future as the NFL is appealing the court ruling allowing Brady to play football ! <br />
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Dave Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433071768753089554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33565200.post-82531259756850906652007-04-17T17:15:00.000-07:002016-12-13T23:24:21.706-08:00<strong><span style="color: blue; font-size: 180%;">NBA REF SUSPENDED</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #33ffff; font-size: 130%;">In an AP story out of New York, one of the NBA's top referees, Joey Crawford was slapped with an indefinite suspension by commissioner David Stern after Crawford apparently challenged San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan to a fight. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #33ffff; font-size: 130%;"></span></strong><br />Dave Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433071768753089554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33565200.post-1169855620695014952007-01-26T15:44:00.000-08:002007-01-31T16:27:16.093-08:00<span style="color:#339999;"></span><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;">NFL ADDS MORE TESTING </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;">The NFL and the NFLPA have come to an agreement to have their players more thoroughly tested for performance-enhancing drugs. In addition, they have added EPO, a blood-boosting substance to the NFL's list of banned substances. </span></strong><br /><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;">Even more significantly however, players suspended for using steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs will forfeit a prorated portion of their signing bonuses. </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;">The new policy makes the NFL the only North American sports league to regularly test for EPO. In 2005, major league baseball did a round of testing for EPO but no violators were detected. </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;">One provision of the agreement increases the unpredictability of random testing during the season and offseason, making it harder for players using performance-enhancing substances to regulate their usage because they won't know when they might be tested. </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Dave Burkey</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong></p><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"></span><br /><br /><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"></span></strong></p><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#339999;"></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;"></span></strong>Dave Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433071768753089554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33565200.post-1163029892249729402006-11-08T15:45:00.000-08:002007-01-13T14:14:15.266-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6666cc;">LABOR PEACE FOR MLB </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;">The players union and major league baseball have reached accord on a new deal that will run through 2011. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;">The deal includes adjusted formulas for revenue sharing, a higher threshold for the competitive balance tax, a revamped draft for amateur players, changes in draft pick compensation for free agents and the elimination of long-standing deadline dates for free agents which gives teams additional flexibility in re-signing their players. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;">Let's hope that the timing of the new deal is a good omen and indicates that there will be labor peace for major league baseball for years to come. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6666cc;">Dave Burkey</span></strong>Dave Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433071768753089554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33565200.post-1161649981106533292006-10-23T17:30:00.000-07:002007-01-13T14:26:21.520-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"> HOCKEY CLUB FILES SUIT</span></strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc66;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"><strong>The Metallurg</strong> <strong>Magnitogorsk,</strong> <strong>a Russian hockey club</strong> <strong>has filed an antitrust lawsuit</strong> <strong>against the Pittsburgh Penguins and the NHL, according to a recent AP report out of New York. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"><strong>The</strong> <strong>Russian club maintains rookie Evgeni Malkin should not be allowed to play in the NHL at this time because he is still under contract for $3.45 million to the club in his native country for one year. </strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, demanded unspecified damages from the Penguins and the NHL.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">The 20-year-old Malkin, who left the Russian Super League team during August's training camp in Helsinki, Finland, cites a Russian labor law that permits an employee to leave a job by giving two weeks notice. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">The lawsuit, however, was filed after a ruling by a Russian arbitration panel that Malkin remains under contract to his native club.</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">It maintains that the NHL as well as the Penguins violated antitrust laws by conspiring in a group boycott and by refusing to deal with Russian hockey clubs pertaining to player transfers. </span></strong><br /><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;">Dave Burkey </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong></p><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc66;"></span></strong>Dave Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433071768753089554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33565200.post-1160534904591409102006-10-10T19:32:00.000-07:002007-01-13T14:30:38.753-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#33cc00;">TERRORISM AND SPORTS </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ffff;">There is an AP report out of Sydney, Australia that terrorists plotted to kill the English and Australian cricket teams by pumping poisonous gas into their dressing rooms at an Ashes test last year. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ffff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ffff;">I don't know what an "Ashes test" is, but I know what terrorism is, and this is definitely yet another case of it, only this time affecting the sports world. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ffff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ffff;">It seems the only reason the plot didn't go forward is because one of the two attackers happened to be a cricket fan and apparently had a change of heart. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ffff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ffff;">Nevertheless, security personnel at stadiums and sports arena's all over the world should take notice. It's only a matter of time before these wacko suicide attackers and terrorists decide to brew up another plan sometime somewhere.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ffff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;">Dave Burkey</span></strong>Dave Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433071768753089554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33565200.post-1160437351727405792006-10-09T16:34:00.000-07:002007-01-13T14:37:56.386-08:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;">YANKS FALL SHORT AGAIN </span><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>The New York Yankees and their </strong>194 million<strong> major league leading payroll will not make an appearance in the World Series this year as they couldn't even get past the Wild Card Detroit Tigers in the post-season. </strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Poor George Steinbrenner with his All-Star lineup of A-rod, Jeter, Posada, Damon, Abreu, Sheffield and Co. Manager Joe Torre has got to be wondering about whether he's going to keep his job right about now. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">However, the Yankees have a lot of company as the Boston Red Sox ($120 mill.), Los Angeles Angels ($103 mill.), and the defending champion Chicago White Sox ($102 mill.) failed to even make post-season play. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">The Oakland A's however have advanced to the ALCS with a mere $62 million payroll . </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff33;">Dave Burkey</span></strong><br /><p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong></p><br /><br /><p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong></p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span>Dave Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433071768753089554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33565200.post-1157849581743507072006-09-09T17:44:00.000-07:002007-01-16T17:02:47.946-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9966;">BORAS AT IT AGAIN </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">It seems as if MLB superagent Scott Boras has once again been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. That he more or less has been attempting to "steal" a major client from yet another fellow agent. </span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">It was recently reported by an ESPN writer that someone representing Boras had made several (as many as ten) phone calls to a top </span><span style="color:#3333ff;">prospect in order to get that player to switch over to Boras. If so, <span style="color:#3333ff;">he</span><span style="color:#3333ff;"> needs to be more sternly reprimanded by MLB officials than merely what's tantamount to no more than a minor slap on the wrist. </span></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Such a blatant and unethical disregard for the rules and a pure lack of respect for a fellow agent is absolutely ridiculous and should not be tolerated by MLB. </span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Is such conduct by a high profile and successful agent as Boras due to him needing the money ? Such a scenario could hardly be the case, he's made many millions already. It's more probable that he needs to feed a huge ego in an attempt to "<em>hog"</em> as many top clients as he can in order to proclaim himself, "<em>king of the hill". </em></span><br /><em><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></em><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">Dave Burkey</span></strong><br /><p><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></p><p><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></p><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><br /><p><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></p><p><span style="color:#3333ff;"></p></span><br /><strong></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong></strong>Dave Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433071768753089554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33565200.post-1156986006059946092006-08-30T17:43:00.000-07:002006-10-05T16:27:53.100-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;">RBI or RBI's ? </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">I don't know about anyone else, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">but I am fed up with hearing these schmos</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">on the radio, and TV, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">whether it be an in-progress broadcast</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">of a major league baseball game, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">or on ESPN radio, continually refering to RBI's</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">(Runs Batted In ; more than one ; many)</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">as RBI.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">It sounds stupid, plain and simple, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">and it's bad <span style="color:#ff0000;">E</span>nglish. </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">Enough to make old grade school </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">English</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">teachers roll over</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">in their collective graves ! </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">For example. </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">When Travis Hafner of the Cleveland Indians</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">belts yet another of his record-setting</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">grand slams, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">he is credited with 4 RBI's, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">not 4 RBI. </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">Now, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">if you are going to say the </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">words,</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">"runs batted in", </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">you say, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">Hafner had 4 runs batted in, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">or Hafner had 4 RBI's.</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">Check</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">your AP</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">(Associated Press) style books folks. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">It's as if these ESPN geeks, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">some of them anyhow, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">are trying to rewrite history. </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">Well, it ain't happen'in ! </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff9966;">Dave Burkey </span></strong><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"></span> </p><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span>Dave Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433071768753089554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33565200.post-1156902007671742032006-08-29T18:34:00.000-07:002006-09-18T19:09:35.486-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#00cccc;">The Beginning.... </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">This is my first post and I'm not at all sure I know what I'm doing.</span> <span style="color:#ff6600;">I wrote for Mark Conrad on</span> <span style="color:#ff6600;"><a href="http://www.sportslawnews.com">www.sportslawnews.com</a> back in 2001<span style="color:#ff6600;">, and also for a Cleveland Browns online publication<span style="color:#ff6600;"> in 2000-02, originally called BrownsTNG, which later became <a href="http://www.berniesinsiders.com">www.berniesinsiders.com</a>. It has since changed names yet a 3rd time. </span></span></span><span style="color:#ff6600;">I loved writing for both sites and realized at that time</span> <span style="color:#ff6600;">that I wanted a future career</span> <span style="color:#ff6600;">involving sports law and economics. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">My long-term goal is to have a <em>"Sports/Talent" </em>agency in the future, possibly even to include some <em>video production </em>involving such things as shooting commercial spots. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">By the way, Mark Conrad, who is a professor at Fordham in New York City, has a new text out, "The<em> </em>Business Of Sports".<em> </em>You can check it out on the first page of his website. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Dave Burkey </span><br /><p><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></p><p><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></p><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span>Dave Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13433071768753089554noreply@blogger.com0