Is Dwayne Wade's performance last night for the Miami Heat too little too late in their quest for the NBA championship? Wade's 42-point, 13 rebound performance was much needed for a team that was in jeopardy of being swept had it not been for last night's 98-96 win over Dallas.
Hats off to the ol' veteran Gary Payton, too. His jumper with nine seconds to play will be talked about a long time by Miami fans.
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Darren Rovell writes on ESPN.com that NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn't own the rights to his own name. Nope, instead stepmom Theresa owns it. I predict a lawsuit over this. Or maybe Dale Jr. could just get the ultimate revenge to her & just change his name!
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The good news is as each hour passes, the better Ben Roethlisberger gets after being injured in a motorcycle accident Monday. The more I read, the luckier I believe the Steelers quarterback to be for not being more seriously injured.
It's also reopened the debate: should a star football player be riding a motorcycle? Helmet-less? Add to it, should a team, let's say the Steelers, have any right to dictate to their star QB what he can & cannot do?
Although there was no specific language forbidding his motorcycle riding, the Steelers warned Big Ben in writing in 2005 he could jeopardize portions of his contract if he continued to ride. Not only did the letter serve notice to Roethlisberger, but it is said it also put Pittsburgh on firm legal ground should the quarterback injure himself & the team decided to recover a portion of his signing bonus or even change his annual salary.
Police have also said Roethlisberger was operating the motorcycle without the proper state-issued license.
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While on the subject of athletes not using their head, former Duke standout J.J. Reddick was arrested early Tuesday morning & charged with DUI. Maybe he was improving his street cred so he will be taken higher in the NBA draft later this month.
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I've got a family member in the hospital, so this update is a little shorter than normal today. Before I leave I want to say thanks to all of you again for the calls & the emails over my new job. I start tomorrow & I am very excited to get back to work & start counting down the days to our first Tiger football pregame show!
posted by Forrest Goodman @ 8:04 AM
1 Comments:
Mission critical personel are different than us average joes. Asking a key person to restrict risky behavious is well within the rights of any business. They can/should/and are obligated to ask employees to behave a manner that insures the business' sucess. If the employee doesnt like that - its a free market go look for a job elsewhere.
Astronauts are sequestered from their family and most others just to keep them from catching a bug before going into space.
CEOs of companies are given every medical screen in the world to insure their health.
Yet QBs for the superbowl winning team are allowed to risk their life without any contractual obligation?! I cant think of a profession (barring the President of the US) that is more demanding of its key people for such a short time period. So demanding that players look out for their health is the minimum owners should ask.
Anyone whos profession directly effects the well being of the company should expect that basic precautionary measures come with the job.
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