12/20/05: Door #3

[GPK]

U.S. soccer completes labor deal(AP) (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOC_US_LABOR?SITE=CODEN&SECTION=SPORTS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)

Djorkaeff back with Metros-Herald News (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxMzcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY4NDI1ODEmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2)

U.S. players get a big incentive for Cup-Star Ledger (http://www.nj.com/metrostars/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1135057852276750.xml&coll=1)

U.S. Soccer avoids battle with players-NY Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/story/376253p-319706c.html)

No New Stadium, No San Jose Team-NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/sports/soccer/20soccer.html)

Ihemelu, Parkhurst are out of 'central' casting-Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/sports/soccer/articles/2005/12/20/ihemelu_parkhurst_are_out_of_central_casting/)

Ex-Quakes eager to make move-Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/soc/3536354.html)

Soccer: Elliott bound for Premiership?-New Zealand Herald (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=4&ObjectID=10360464)

House Hunting-Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051219/SOCCERMLS19/TPSports/Other)

Portage's Peterson eyes pro soccer-The Kalamazoo Gazette (http://www.mlive.com/sports/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1135077606311960.xml&coll=7)

[uclacarlos]

House Hunting-Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051219/SOCCERMLS19/TPSports/Other)
Link isn't working for me...

[uclacarlos]

Link isn't working for me...
Whoops. Working now...

(see, you can't edit!!, but yesterday I found a hole in the matrix and was able to, booo yeah!)

[Honore de Ballsac]

Don't know how much this headline cost AEG:
Ex-Quakes eager to make move-Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/soc/3536354.html)

But this is the one they're giddy about, and it cost them a lot:
No New Stadium, No San Jose Team-NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/sports/soccer/20soccer.html)

[bbsbt]

(see, you can't edit!!, but yesterday I found a hole in the matrix and was able to, booo yeah!)Yes you can... if you know how to hack the system :)

I proved it in yesterday's journal.
Yesterday's Journal (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=280907&page=1&pp=15)

[uclacarlos]

Yes you can... if you know how to hack the system :)

I proved it in yesterday's journal.
Yesterday's Journal (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=280907&page=1&pp=15)
Yeah, we saw that. It was b/c you did what I did: it hadn't been totally moved from News and Analysis yet, so you could edit. Once it's on the Journal board, it's over. No editing for you!! :)

[cpwilson80]

Two things from the NYT article...

I found this first quote slightly unsettling:

"If we can take on hundreds of thousands of Hurricane Katrina refugees and help them the way this city did, we can launch a soccer franchise in the next few months," Oliver Luck, the team's new president, said at a news conference Friday.

And the second revealing:

Friday was the 10th anniversary of a decision by the European Court of Justice that changed the game. Jean-Marc Bosman, a 25-year-old journeyman midfielder with Standard Liège in Belgium, had finished his contract in 1990 and planned to join Dunkirk in France.

Up until that time, European clubs asked for transfer fees when a player's contract ended. The system was similar to the reserve clause in baseball before courts ruled that players could be free agents and negotiate freely with other teams when their contracts were completed.

Instead of being allowed to transfer, Bosman was offered a new contract by Standard, with a 75 percent cut.

He took the case to court, which meant his playing career basically ended while he waited for the ruling. On Dec. 15, 1995, the Court of Justice ruled that players were free when their contracts expired and that the clubs in European Union countries could sign an unlimited number of players from other E.U. countries.

Bosman's career never recovered. He is divorced, unemployed and living with his parents in Belgium. He never benefited from the ruling that has made millionaires of players throughout Europe.

[GPK]

So, I guess nobody got the Let's Make A Deal reference... :p

[The Greatest]

This is pretty old, but I don't remember seeing it on the Journal:

The business side of Freddy (http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/11/commentary/column_sportsbiz/sportsbiz/index.htm) - CNN Money

[vmax71]

Two things from the NYT article...

I found this first quote slightly unsettling:



And the second revealing:



... Or was it the other way around?

[DCSharksFC]

... Or was it the other way around?

i am a have to agree on the other way around

[Mattbro]

Plus I believe it was FC Liège and not Standard de Liège.