Yesterdays revelation of NCAA investigations at the University of Florida for former player Maurkice Pounceys alleged receipt of $100,000 from an agent, as well as possible investigations for agent-related issues at North Carolina and South Carolina, once again raises the question: how can the agent-student athlete scandal be eliminated from college sports? more…
As you may recall, Marist University brought a lawsuit against its former mens basketball head coach, Matt Brady, and James Madison University (JMU). The suit centered on an interesting provision in Bradys contract with Marist. According to the contract, Brady was required to cease all contact with players being recruited by Marist if Brady were to leave during the terms of his contract. Brady, in the first year of a newly renegotiated 4-year deal, left to coach JMU. Interestingly, despite a provision precluding Brady from even discussing a job with another program during the term of his contract, Marist allowed Brady to leave for JMU, but Marist insisted that JMU and Brady honor the no-contact-with-recruits portion of the contract. In fact, Marists Athletic Director wrote a letter to JMU identifying 19 basketball players who had been recruited by Brady while at Marist (The List), and were thus off limits to Brady and JMU.
A lacrosse team representing the Iroquois Nations is trying to get to England to participate in the Lacrosse World Championships. Unfortunately, they are trying to travel under tribal (rather than United States) passports, which goes against State Department and U.K. directives. The U.K. is refusing to let the team into the country, concerned that the U.S. will not allow them back in without U.S. passports (despite a one-time waiver from Secretary of State Clinton). So the players remain stuck in a hotel near Kennedy Airport until the matter can be resolved. The team forfeited its opening-round game today (against, irony of ironies, England) and have been demoted to the lesser division for the tournament.
The greater irony, of course, is that the Iroquois invented the damn game.
A lacrosse team representing the Iroquois Nations is trying to get to England to participate in the Lacrosse World Championships. Unfortunately, they are trying to travel under tribal (rather than United States) passports, which goes against State Department and U.K. directives. The U.K. is refusing to let the team into the country, concerned that the U.S. will not allow them back in without U.S. passports (despite a one-time waiver from Secretary of State Clinton). So the players remain stuck in a hotel near Kennedy Airport until the matter can be resolved. The team forfeited its opening-round game today (against, irony of ironies, England) and have been demoted to the lesser division for the tournament.
Last month, the NCAA imposed major sanctions on the University of Southern California football team because of a lack of institutional control. USC football will lose 30 scholarships, endure a 2-year postseason ban, and have some of its past wins vacated from the record books. USC is appealing the sanctions.
From Paul Caron, my source for all things tax-and-sports, comes this discussion of whether George Steinbrenner, who died today at 80, saved his heirs $ 600 million in estate taxes by dying in 2010.
After Lebron James announced that he will be signing with the Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert responded by posting a furious letter on nba.com/cavaliers, an NBA website for the Cavaliers. Here are some excerpts from the letter, in its comic sans font:
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At 9 p.m. tonight well find out where Lebron James who at age 25 has already made $68 million in NBA salary and around $200 million in endorsement deals will play for the next five or six years. It seems that hell select from one of four teams: the Miami Heat, the New York Knicks, the Chicago Bulls or his current team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Calorielab.com has just posted a new piece on the contract issues between Kobayashi and Major League Eating (MLE). The article gives more details on the potential contract issues involved, raising issues that test the legality of the arrangements. To get a background, read my earlier piece here.
