Excelent post and excelent final comment on the nature of Charities.

It is refreshing to discuss whether a Foundation is being well run, with its end and social purpose a given.

In other countries, charities held by athletes serve the dubious purpose of tax evasion. So this post is perhaps the reflexion of how well things are, by comparison to the rest of the world.

 Luis Cassiano Neves -- 12/14/2006 5:32 AM  

"In other countries, charities held by athletes serve the dubious purpose of tax evasion."

LCN, this is exactly what the NCAA has become, in addition to its extended family of networks known as intercollegiate athletic departments which now (according to R.K.'s post) will (or should or might) hire a barrage of lawyers to protect their own legal interests.

Certainly, protecting non-profit status would be part of the college lawyer's job description in addition to drafting simple coaching contracts which could actually prevent college coaches and their agents from running the roost (to reflect M.Brand's concern).

Of course, using the word "nepotism" in the title of this article is not politically correct as it only refers to the male "species" which, too, is now under attack by the NCAA and the CWA for providing voluntary and free practice services for/with women's basketball teams in violation of title ix. Yes, we're talking about practice (A.I.).

No doubt this will be addressed in the title-ix blogspot and this sports law website will be accused of being insensitive to females, then a study will be done in central florida on racial injustices in sports law blogs and there will be a scorecard each year on it as well.

In the end, we can all blame Andy Roddick's mother.

 Anonymous -- 12/14/2006 7:58 AM  

I like this quote: "She and Andy are classless when it comes to dealing with celebrities."

Is "class" somehow dependent upon the recipient? Perhaps celebrities demand more class than us mortals.

Perhaps in this context "class" is a refined word for ass-kissing.

 ChapelHeel -- 12/14/2006 6:08 PM  

Excellent post.

Thanks for showing us more sides to this issue. I read the source article earler and found myself cringing at the author's see-through agenda.

 Anonymous -- 12/15/2006 2:14 AM  

Thank you for these thoughtful comments, and I appreciate the kind words about the post.

 Michael McCann -- 12/15/2006 12:17 PM  

wow, a lot of haters around today, i see. i wonder what everyone would say if it were someone like bono or oprah getting bashed by a no talent "reporter". if it were bono, who everyone knows is big on the whole charity thing, everyone woud be up in arms defending him...but becuz it's a young tennis player, they're all so quick to hp on the bandwagon. souds like i was right when i told a friend that most people are sheep, just following the herd. if u people were lemmings, u'd all be dead becuz u followed the first moron off the edge of the cliff.

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