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      Did the Cardinals error in not pursuing Dansby harder?

      March 20, 2010 /

      The Cardinals knew what they had to do in order to retain linebacker Karlos Dansby at the start of free agency. Whichever team came hardest with the most cash was the one that would acquire Dansby’s services for the next however many seasons.

      Yet when it came time to pony up, the Cards couldn’t (or wouldn’t?) match the five-year, $43 million contract that the Dolphins were offering. Thus the reason Dansby will be playing in South Beach next year with the Dolphins.

      With Dansby gone, Arizona had to fill the void that was created at linebacker. So they recently signed aging loudmouth Joey Porter to a three-year, $17.5 million contract, with a max value of $24.5 million. If he reaches the max value of the contract, Porter will make just over $8 million a year from the Cardinals. Considering they could have had Dansby (a younger, more versatile and more productive linebacker) for $8.6 million a year, it’s a little bothersome that Arizona didn’t make a harder pitch to the 28-year-old.

      Of course, Dansby will get $22 million in guaranteed money and the only way Porter gets $24.5 million is through incentives. That’s a big difference between the two contracts. Arizona could cut Porter in a year and save money on the back end, while Miami is stuck paying $22 million regardless of whether or not Dansby turns out to be a bust.

      Still, I wouldn’t be surprised if Cardinals fans are a little peeved that their team just overpaid for Porter and couldn’t convince Dansby to stay. I realize Dansby may have had his hopes set on leaving Arizona no matter what, but money appeared to be the root of his motivation to sign and even though the Cardinals knew that, they still couldn’t (or wouldn’t?) pony up.


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      NFL

      Is Augusta National being hypocritical when it comes to allowing Tiger to play at the Masters?

      March 19, 2010 /

      Hank Gola of the New York Daily News writes that Augusta National is being a tad hypocritical when it comes to Tiger Woods and allowing him to play at this year’s Masters.

      As a past Masters champion and honorary Augusta member, Woods can play each April until his golf game grows cobwebs. Unlike with the PGA Tour, there is no precedent for the Masters to rescind an invite of any participant because of behavior off the course and the tournament does not have a “conduct unbecoming” clause.

      In reality, however, Augusta National can do anything it wants to do with the Masters and while we’re not suggesting it pull the welcome mat out from under Woods, the club does look hypocritical.

      After all, these are the same high-minded people who banned Gary McCord from the CBS broadcast booth because he dared to suggest the slick greens were “bikini-waxed.” By comparison, Woods’ alleged texts make McCord’s wisecrack suitable for a kindergarten class. They were, in short, pornographic.

      McCord was a quasi-representative of the tournament and whatever Woods sent on his cell phone was meant to stay private. There is a difference there, but the hypocrisy remains.

      I’m a little confused by the direction Gola took to get his point across. In the article, he specifically mentions porn star Josyln James’ decision to recently post alleged X-rated text messages between her and Woods. Then, Gola insinuates that Augusta National should ban Tiger the same way they did McCord because of said text messages.

      But Gola could have cited the entire sex scandal to get his point across that Augusta National is being a tad hypocritical here. Why just mention the text messages when they’re just a small part of everything that happened? It’s like Gola just wanted to share the details of the text messages, had an axe to grind about Augusta National and just decided to combine the two things into one semi-meaningless article.

      But I digress. I get Gola’s overall point but whether it’s fair or not, Tiger holds more clout than McCord when it comes to marketing the Masters to viewers. So of course Augusta National is going to allow Woods to play and not worry about being hypocritical when it comes to their ban on McCord. Millions of people don’t tune in to the Masters to listen to what McCord has to say. They mainly watch to see how Woods performs – whether he’s in the midst of scandal or not. That’s just the reality of the situation.


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      Golf

      March Madness On Demand Screenshots

      March 19, 2010 /

      I haven’t been very impressed with CBS’s March Madness On Demand thus far. I have a broadband connection, but the feed cuts out with regularity and I have been getting video that is 15-20 minutes old both today and yesterday. It’s free, and that’s good, but the MMOD people should talk to the NBA League Pass Broadband people and get an engine that works. I can watch three games at once on NBA League Pass Broadband.

      Here are a couple of examples of how the picture quality of CBS’s March Madness On Demand can vary. Both shots are supposedly “high quality.” (Click the picture for a bigger version.)

      MMOD-1

      After a few minutes, the picture cleared up and looked like this:

      MMOD-2

      College Basketball, March Madness

      Pacman Jones doesn’t show up for scheduled workout

      March 19, 2010 /

      Pacman Jones was supposed to workout for several teams today, but failed to show up according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

      Former NFL cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones did not appear for a workout as expected Friday in New Orleans. There was no immediate word on why he chose to cancel the widely publicized appearance.

      Jones was supposed to hold his own workout for scouts after Tulane University finished its Pro Day. The Jones appearance was neither organized nor sanctioned by Tulane and school officials at the Pro Day said they had no information on Jones scrapping his workout.

      Jones’ agent reportedly landed in New Orleans at the same time the Green Wave players were going through their drills before a batch of Saints assistant coaches and scouts from the Texans and Chiefs among others.

      In recent weeks there have been reports Jones was talking with the Detroit Lions and the San Francisco 49ers but no deal with either of those teams had been announced Friday afternoon.

      He could have had a legitimate excuse for not showing up, but it’s tough to give a guy that has had so many character issues the benefit of the doubt. Assuming something tragic didn’t happen, the responsible thing for him to have done would have been to call his agent and let the teams know he wasn’t going to make it.

      Either way, I can’t for the life of me figure out why any team would be interested in watching him workout. He has proven time and time again that he’s a malcontent and will never amount to anything in the NFL. I would rather have one of my assistants stand in the corner and stare at a wall for half a day than pay him to go watch Pacman Jones workout. Because either way, it’d be a waste of time.

      Update: Apparently Pacman did workout for teams, but nobody told reporters that the location had changed.

      Considerable confusion surrounded the location and timing of Jones’ workout. When his camp first informed the media about it the location was said to be Tulane University, which held its Pro Day for NFL scouts and coaches Friday. Jones would work out there after the Green Wave players had finished, and that arrangement was reported in several outlets over the following weeks and on the front page of the sports section in Friday’s Times-Picayune. At no time did anyone in Jones’ camp request a correction or inform reporters that the site had been changed.

      When he did not appear at Tulane, school officials said they were not associated with Jones and his workout and had no idea why the cornerback had changed plans. But Rousse said Friday that about a week ago Tulane objected to Jones working out there, fearing an appearance and workout by Jones on campus might detract from the focus on their players. That resulted in the change of venue to Hahnville, Rousse said.


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      NFL

      Two pilots grounded after flying too low for football game

      March 19, 2010 /

      Two F/A-18 pilots have been grounded after flying just a few hundred feet above Bobby Dodd Stadium in downtown Atlanta for a fly over before a Georgia Tech football game last year.

      From the Daily Press:

      The board found that they chose to fly using barometric altitude measurements (feet above sea level) instead of radar altitude measurements (feet above ground level) but failed to adjust their low-altitude warning systems accordingly.

      By the time the alarm sounded, the pilots didn’t have enough time to correct the mistake.

      Although the pilots “inexplicably failed to recognize” how low they were flying, the board concluded, their lapse was neither intentional nor malicious. It recommended putting both pilots on probation, an outcome endorsed and forwarded up multiple levels of the chain of command.

      But the final authority on the matter, Rear Adm. R.J. O’Hanlon, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, disputed the conclusion that Condon, the lead pilot, had unintentionally flown that low.

      ”The arguments written by prior endorsers that LCDR Condon’s actions were an honest mistake are not persuasive,” O’Hanlon wrote. “He is a senior, very experienced department head who placed his aircraft and wingman in a very dangerous position.”

      O’Hanlon also had tough words for Fryman. Despite a spotless record, O’Hanlon wrote, Fryman’s complacent response to the altitude transgression and lack of situational awareness were “unforgivable in my view.”

      That’s sad that the two pilots lost their wings over this. They either made an honest mistake or wanted to give everyone a good show and now years of hard work has been erased because of it.

      College Football, News, Video

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