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The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network: Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Settles For $2.725M in Housing Discrimination Lawsuit
The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network: Boise St. Engages PR Firm in Attempt to Gain BCS Game
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Latest BizofBaseball World Series Averages 19.4 Million Viewers, Up 42% From 2008: F.. http://bit.ly/2pyrLS #MLB 30 days ago |
Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Settles For $2.725M in Housing Discrimination Lawsuit
The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network —
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling agreed to pay $2.725 million to settle a U.S. government lawsuit in which he was accused of housing discrimination. The Justice Department said the settlement is the largest ever obtained by the government in a discrimination case.
“Housing is a basic human need, and yet decades after passage of the Fair Housing Act far too many still encounter barriers like discrimination,” Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez said. “The magnitude of this settlement should send a message to all landlords that we will vigorously pursue violations of the Fair Housing Act.”
The government sued Sterling in August 2006, accusing him of discriminating against black and Hispanic ...
Boise St. Engages PR Firm in Attempt to Gain BCS Game
The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network —
On the surface, something seems precarious about Boise State University hiring public relations firm Scott Peyron & Associates to help increase their chances at a BCS bid. Alumni, students and parents would be expected to react with something like: “They’re using our tuition and tax money for WHAT!!?!?!”
Though that type of reaction is understandable, Boise State’s decision to hire a PR firm is long-term sensible. Put it this way: the winner of the 2008 BCS Championship earned $17 million. Boise State won’t make that much, but they are in need of BCS money. The athletic department projected almost $30 million profit in the college’s budget plan. A great deal of pressure is put on their most nationally known program, football, to be a ...
Timberwolves File Lawsuit Against AEG Over Target Center Signage
The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network —
The Minnesota Timberwolves Limited Partnership filed a lawsuit today in Hennepin County District Court seeking resolution of a dispute with AEG, the operator of the Target Center, arising out of AEG's failure to give its consent to the Minnesota Timberwolves' proposal to install signs on the Second Avenue North exterior face of the Target Center.
The lawsuit alleges that the contractual arrangements relating to Target Center provide that AEG's consent is required in order for the Minnesota Timberwolves to install additional exterior signs on Target Center, and that AEG is not permitted to withhold its consent "unreasonably." The Minnesota Timberwolves claim AEG has unreasonably withheld its consent.
"We generally have a fine ...
World Series Rating Soar
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
From Maury Brown: Fueled by outstanding individual and team performances, dramatic come-from-behind wins and the most one-run games in a single postseason, each round of the 2009 MLB Postseason generated double-digit percentage year-to-year increases in average viewership as compared to 2008, capped by the 2009 World Series averaging 19.4 million viewers, a +42% increase over last year and the largest-ever year-to-year gain in viewership (previous high was 36% from 2000-2001, which followed a low viewership showing for the Subway Series). ... The 2009 World Series will go down in history as the fouth highest viewed World Series of the last decade following 2003, 1999, 2001, and 2004.Once again, this just ...
Nationals Front Office Latest to See Pink Slips
Sports Bash —
The job market is tough these days. Reuters just reported that the national jobless rate is at 10.2 percent, a 16 and 1/2 year high.
And while MLB attendance was down less than expected (the 2009 regular season ended with 73,418,529 in total attendance a decline of 6.58 percent. See Inside The Numbers: Final 2009 MLB Regular Season Attendance for details), some clubs were hit harder than others.
And, if you stunk it up in the standings, which the Washington Nationals did in near record fashion you see attendance even worse .
As I reported in the “Inside the Numbers” piece:
The Nationals finished in the standings with a 59-103 record (.364), the worst record in the majors. ...
