SFGate: Oakland Athletics : The Drumbeat : Same old story
The News Review:
- SFGate: Oakland Athletics : The Drumbeat : Same old story
- Blair urged to reject ‘damaging’ proposals
- Home talent face new foreign threat
- ADAS report sparks response. (Arable).
- Papers’ ownership raises issues about community, independence.
SFGate: Oakland Athletics : The Drumbeat : Same old story
San Francisco Chronicle – May 26, 2006
The A’s have become unwatchable. And no new waves of home-grown talent showing up as happened in the late 90’s. Nothing close to them since. Although, Swish looks like a keeper – he’s got the swagger and the attitude. Posted By: Page96 | May 26 2006 at 10:36 PMBy the way, after pathetic A’s performances, two things are for sure on The Drumbeat: (1) oakjoe will show up and post the hard truth (2) reztips will surface and apologize for Macha to no end… Posted By: Page96 | May 26 2006 at 10:41 PMI have to say that the point of lack of home grown talent and letting it go is a good point. It happened in Seattle and maybe it has finally caught up in Oakland. The big stars only come up in the system in a blue moon and the idea that Beane could replace Hudson, Tejada, and Mulder, is ludicrous, no matter how big the Beane ego may be. Wasn’t the White Sox organization the one made the most fun of in his book? Who got the last laugh there?Posted By: oakjoe5 | May 26 2006 at 10:48 PMNo new home grown talent showing up? The A’s have a few prospects in the minors now. Javier Herrera was playing great until he tore a ligament in his elbow, but he should be with the team by 2007.
Blair urged to reject ‘damaging’ proposals
Telegraph.co.uk – May 24, 2006
“As for home-grown players, the big clubs are scouring the continent for young players and there is no guarantee home-grown players will be available for the national team. “Caborn admitted: “There are challenging issues and challenging recommendations. ” However, he denied the idea of salary caps was new. “Last year, G-14 [the association of top European clubs] suggested that members should devote no more than 70 per cent of their expenditure to player salaries,” he said. “In any case, the proposal is not about salary caps but about costs of running football.
Home talent face new foreign threat
Telegraph.co.uk – May 23, 2006
In a landmark decision in 1995, the European Court ruled in favour of Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman, who had challenged the right of his club, RFC Liege, to restrain his freedom of movement. This ruling shifted the balance of power in contractual rights from employer to employee, giving players greater freedom to move between clubs and stronger negotiating power. It also banned any quota system that sought to limit the number of players with EU nationalities in a European club team – allowing Arsenal, for example, to go into some of their Champions League ties with no England-qualified players in their line-up. The Government’s paper, A points-based system: Making migration work for Britain, could have a bigger impact on sport than anyone realised when it was published in March… This was illustrated in Gordon Brown’s Budget speech, in which he said that education courses in the UK for overseas students were worth £3 billion to our economy. The Institute for Professional Sport have asked for official figures on the value of sport to the economy. They are concerned that, unless the needs of sport are given special attention, the result could be a mass invasion of foreign talent, making it even harder for home-grown players to get into club teams which will have a knock-on effect on the quality of our national sides. This problem has already been foreshadowed by the so-called Kolpak rules, which allows people with Commonwealth nationalities to work in British sport, and has caused immense problems in sports like ice hockey and polo, which have been forced to abandon their quota systems. These sports’ governing bodies claim they are powerless to further the interests of our national teams because the club owners effectively own the sport and do what is in their financial interests. This may mean choosing overseas players because they are better or, as alleged by some, because they are prepared to play for peanuts. Similar tension exists in other sports – between the Football Association and the Premiership clubs, and the Rugby Football Union and the club owners.
ADAS report sparks response. (Arable).
Free with registration – Farmers Weekly – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 26, 2006
“ADAS is right to raise this issue now, to activate research, to alert growers, but mainly to focus politicians’ minds on future land use. It’s either home-grown food or rely on imports. Farmers have shown they are capable of change, though they’d need adequate compensation. “The Environment Agency and DEFRA are playing for time. They can show Brussels we’ve taken preventative action, but that NVZs, catchments and training programmes are all but useless. All ammunition in seeking a derogation perhaps?” Richard Means of farm consultants, Strutt & Parker, advises growers throughout East Anglia: Q “We’d be wary of reverting arable land to grass for the benefit of controlling nitrate pollution.
Papers’ ownership raises issues about community, independence.
Free with registration – Philadelphia Inquirer – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 23, 2006
Brian Tierney, CEO of the new Philadelphia Media Holdings LLC, emphasized all of those points Tuesday in announcing the deal to buy the paper and philly. He said that his “home-grown ownership” would take a longer-term perspective.