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Well said, Ed. Great post. A bit long though. You must have a lot of free time on your hands since USC isn't in a bowl game this year. I have to keep my response short as the Ducks are playing for the National Championship and I'm a bit busy with that.

Prediction for Kaval's first year in San Jose: Fans wake up and find their roster filled with former pro players such as Alexi Lalas, Eric Wynalda, Pele, and Maradona. Jose Canseco will be added once Kaval remembers how he once used his head to volley a baseball over an outfield wall. Still bankrupt...

Chuck, I hadn't heard that story before. Thanks for sharing. I will state that I was told by league ownership that San Diego was folding at least a month (and probably more) prior to them telling the fans. In the meantime, they continued to sell season tickets. If you pan far enough back on this mes...

You know what? I've been spelling that word wrong since law school and in a variety of ways. I may never get it right, and if I do, it was probably an accident.

LaborLawyer, Looks like I got under the skin of the GBL front office if they have their lawyer jumping on the message board. First of all, while Steve may not be a female boxing promoter now, he was at the time he was President of Armada. He use to bring his clients to the games and even missed a fe...

I'll respond to a few posts. Zeyes - It's been four years since Amit gave me the presentation so my memory may be fuzzy, but my recollection is that the goal was for the league to have full ownership of all the teams. I don't recall any discussion at all about private ownership. I remember being baf...

For anyone who doesn't know, I was the former Asst GM/GM with the Long Beach Armada. I was there for two years. I'm also a lawyer and currently work for the University of Oregon Law School. When the GBL hired me in 2006, Amit (then the league President) showed me a presentation of how the league exp...

It now appears that the Armada are suing the City of Long Beach: http://www.gazettes.com/articles/2010/01/05/community_news/doc4b43e0316dda3566034161.txt There are several interesting things that jump out at me from this article. First, I know from personal experience that the GBL doesn't have the f...

Ah. I didn't go to any games last year. I didn't realize that Fred didn't have the contract anymore. I think he had it for two years. Thus, the concessions have gone through at least four contractors in five years. So at best, the food options and prices have been inconsistent.

I think the author is correct. Typically, when two parties sign a contract, the rights transfer if one side sells his or properties or obligations to a third party. This is why in real estate cases involving toxic waste contamination, nobody wants to buy the parcel and take on the clean-up responsib...