Sentences with phrase «of league office»

Well, the NFL league is composed of the league office (the trade association) and 32 taxable for - profit teams.

That's nearly 14 percent of the league office's revenue!

The Chris Paul trade was with the help of league office as originally Paul was headed to the Lakers.

The good news: After burning its entire planned five - year budget of $ 40 million last year, the league saw expenses fall 28 % and revenues leap 43 % this year, thanks to staff cuts, increased corporate sponsorships (including backing from McDonald's and Coca - Cola) and relocation of the league office from New York to Atlanta.

«The first year [2012] they had some questions with how we worked,» Carroll said of the league office.

That's one of the few statements out of the league office that Billy Hunter, executive director of the National Basketball Players Association, agrees with.

«Despite today's result, the track record of this League office when it comes to matters of player discipline is bad for our business and bad for our game.

Not exact matches

Vigorate — which has revenues in the $ 4 to 8 million range and ranked 255th on the 2013 PROFIT 500 — opened a Chicago sales office a few years ago to make further inroads with professional sports teams in the U.S. And in 2012, it set up a similar sales hub in Barcelona, reckoning, as Grieve explains, that the sprawling European soccer industry would also be receptive to the sort of digital marketing the company provides to North American leagues.

But it also proves that its launch of movies on DC Comics characters («Suicide Squad» and «Justice League» on deck) can compete with the already successful Marvel characters that have been dominating the box office.

For example, if one of the areas you want to say you have experienced and impacted within the time - frame you have chosen is around U.S. voting numbers, you would probably want to have worked with your local representative's office or powerful and politically influential organizations such as the League of Women Voters or AARP.

Upon entering the Los Angeles office, you're greeted with League of Legends characters Annie and Tibbers.

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However, according to a report by the U.S. congregational budget office, a majority of the baby boomer generation do not belong to this league of investors.

For nearly four months now, the Anti-Defamation League has directed its 30 regional offices to monitor mosque construction battles, while the group's New York headquarters has convened calls and sent e-mail updates on various mosque construction projects to members of the interfaith mosque coalition.

Bill Donahue of the Catholic League rejected the mayor's office explanation of potential religious infighting over who would get to pray, saying the issue is sorted out all the time for presidential inaugurations and other major events.

I think in time we will realise what a bad day at the office we spent on the opening day of the premier league.

InMarch thieves broke into the North Vallejo Little League office, stole 150uniforms and the concession food and candy, trashed the computers and trophiesand tore down photos of alums like Sabathia.

Here's Jamie Moyer and Chipper Jones chatting about shows they saw at Fillmore East, and neither one of them were even talked to by the league office:

That, too, is by design, as GM Dick Williams and the front office have been adamant about letting the young players they've brought in through their litany of trades take their lumps and mature at the big league level.

A statement on Arsenal's official website read: «Supporters planning to go to our Europa League quarter - final away to CSKA Moscow on Thursday, April 12 should be aware of the following travel advice, from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office:

What was key on the play is that it was originally ruled a touchdown, meaning referee Gene Steratore and the league office needed to see indisputable evidence to justify an overturn of the call on the field.

Coaching legend Phil Jackson will make his debut as the head of New York's front office and get a first - hand look at what his new team is up against this season while facing one of the league's elite.

In fact, sluggers Ronnie Ford and Bert Smith of the Caesars and Benny Holt of the Storm hit so many home runs during the first weekend of play that the league office became concerned that Chicago spectators might view the sport as some sort of freak show and never come back.

The NFL made a direct refutation of a report by ESPN's Outside the Lines that accused the league of never contacting law enforcement offices to obtain footage of Ray Rice's assault.

In turn, Karl helped school Walker, who had moved to the front office from the broadcast booth, on the ins and outs of the league.

How did this idea come to pass at the league office without someone explicitly making the case that it was a reform worth pursuing entirely because of the intrigue, drama, and hilarity it would spark?

• Arnold Weber (SCORECARD, Jan. 10), the president of Northwestern and a front - runner for the barely remembered office of baseball commissioner, is a member of the board of directors of the Tribune Co., which owns the Chicago Cubs and holds the telecast rights to seven major league teams.

But many people in the league office weren't aware of efforts on these fronts until recently.

In fact, the main complaint the rest of the league had was that the awful Sixers were not bringing in their fair share of revenue and were costing the other teams at the box office.

The price of a franchise will be $ 6.25 million, and an additional $ 1.5 million letter of credit must be filed with the league office to underwrite any unforeseen crises — such as bankruptcies or unmet payrolls.

On the other hand they have to try and maintain a position of strength against the already formidable league office while ensuring a level playing field for its current and future members.

Despite the problems, the Chargers have some of the league's most impressive athletes, and whatever faults the players may find with Gillman's front - office management they realize he is a smart coach and a winner.

For all the turmoil in the front office, the Minnesota roster had been one of the most stable in the league.

Just as the 2018 NBA Tank Wars were getting started, the NBA league office and its leader Adam Silver made two big moves to prevent all out anarchy at the bottom of the standings.

Much of that might stem from an influx of new referees, as a number of older officials have moved to roles in the league office or retired altogether in recent years.

«In my 31 years in the league, I've learned to stay off of the roller coaster,» Capers said in a telephone interview from his office on Wednesday night.

Taking scheme out of it, no front office in the league would trade Cooper straight up for Landry.

Among Lightning players and top management, only Oto and Phillips have met Okubo, and no one at the NHL offices has met him — not former league president John Ziegler, who approved Kokusai Green's acquiring a stake in the Lightning, and not Bettman, who has had to live with the aftereffects of that investment.

Many of them I have spoken to about this subject do not think it's a problem with the pool of candidates, but a specific mindset problem from the owners and the league office, all top - down.

The Times report specifically notes that this pressure from the league and Office of the Commissioner to end the use of the Chief Wahoo logo did not include any discussions or pressure about the team name, which is admittedly a more difficult and extensive switch, but is also a contentious topic.

It's nothing to do with FIFA, it's up to the FA, who work on behalf of the Home Office to grant work permits if the player isn't an EU national, or played in another European league for at least 2 years.

Firing coaches in midseason was standard practice, and the front office was the laughingstock of the league.

In fact let's sign every player in the world, then the other clubs will have to ay their office staff and we are bound to win the league, now why didn't I think of that?

When Arsenal bought Alexandre Lacazette, everyone thought it would mean the end of Olivier Giroud's Arsenal career, and Arsene Wenger even admitted that he called the Frenchman into his office to ask if he wanted to leave or not, but the striker decided to stay and fight for his place and said he «wanted to win the League with Arsenal»... Read the full article here

In 1995, for instance, Texas took righthander Jonathan Johnson in the first round of the draft over righty Matt Morris because the front office thought Johnson would get to the big leagues quicker.

It's a point of pride in the league office that the greatest success has come precisely in those cities where management has had no prior connection with soccer — or even, as we shall see, but for one notable exception, with sports of any kind.

«I think that's a core responsibility of the team and I think it's a very slippery slope for the league office to start getting in the business of telling a coach or team what minutes a player should play.»

I once believed that having more retired players in the league office could remedy this, but the player in the highest position, executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent, continues to disappoint.

It is quite possible that no commissioner of any league has ever come to office so well trained for the job.

According to the revised policy, discipline will be issued by a league office executive with a background in criminal justice, who will assume the position of Special Counsel for Investigations and Conduct.