College Basketball
The Red Card Rule in Other Sports Would Break Baseball and Save Basketball
So I’m sitting there watching Canada hang six on Qatar yesterday and somewhere around the second red card, when Qatar’s down to nine guys defending a World Cup match with two fewer humans than everybody else on the grass, all I could think was damn, that sucks, and then about four seconds later the better...
College Basketball
Ticket Prices Out of Control: FIFA, WWE, and Ticketmaster Are Bleeding Fans Dry
FIFA just tripled the price of a World Cup final ticket to $32,970, for a tournament they promised would top out at $1,550, and Donald Trump told the press he wouldn’t pay $1,000 to watch a group stage match at the same tournament he spent two years championing. WWE cut nearly 30 wrestlers two days...
WNBA
WNBA CBA Expired: Pay Up 30% of Gross Before Owners Blow This Whole Thing Up
WNBA CBA expired and owners need to give players 30% of gross revenue now, or they’re begging for a shutdown that kills momentum. The league keeps screaming “growth,” but the second payroll comes up, everybody gets cheap. And don’t get it twisted, I’m not doing the “both sides” thing here. If you’re an owner and...