SPANISH FOOTBALL. LAST MATCHES BEFORE NEXT WEEKS "LIGA" KICK-OFF

Spain´s most prestigious summer tournament "El Carranza"has been won by the hosting team, CADIZ who are in 2ºDivision. They defeated tonight 1º Division team BETIS onpenalties after drawing 2-2 after 90 minutes.The match to determine the 3º place was between VILLAREAL& REAL MADRID. A free kick by RIQUELME gave his side thevictory winning Real 1-0.The final satndings 1.Cadiz; 2.Betis; 3. Villareal

Are golf courses good for economic growth?

At the Conglomerate Blog, Maryland Law Professor Lisa Fairfax asks whether building golf courses can spur economic growth in developing countries. She's done some research on the subject, and found studies that indicate golf courses promote growth. While there are some obvious endogeneity issues here, I wonder whether the same can be said for American states. Is building golf courses a route to economic development?

GOOD START FOR SPAIN IN THE BASKETBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

SPAIN began well in the BASKETBALLWORLDCHAMPIONSHIPS beingheld in Japan.Spain defeated New Zealand86 - 70 in its opening GroupB match.The experts give the Spanishnational side an excellentchance of going far in thistournament. They have a newgeneration of young & classplayers, many of which are inUS NBA sides.The team is lead by star player PAU GASOL, with other overseasstars as CALDERON,

MANICHE CLOSER TO ATLETICO DE MADRID

ATLETICO DE MADRID hope to shut the ongoing transfersaga with Portugues International & Dynamo Moscow playerMANICHE, this Monday.The player is in Madrid, Atletico has put the offer on the tablefor Dynamo, but an important offer from Turkey has come inthus causing "confusion". The player has expressed that hewishes to play with Atletico, & the club has said it will waituntil Monday. The local

REAL MADRID SIGNS DIARRA & GET KNOCKED OUT IN PRESTIGIOUS SUMMER TOURNAMENT

REAL MADRID & OLYMPIQUE DE LYON have come to anagreement to have DIARRA transfered to the Spanish Club.The deal is 26,000,000€ (1 more if RM win the European Cup).This ends months of negotiations, which included the playerrebelling against his French club to force the situation.The other news, is that REAL MADRID were knocked out lastnight by BETIS, in the prestigious summer tournament"CARRANZA".

Out of Office AutoReply

Well all, it's time for me to head back to school, which means I'll be moving all of my stuff in, which means my computer access will be sporadic, which means I'm not even going to bother to try to post anything, and just take the weekend off.

I know for some of you, reading this blog is probably like the highlight of your day, so accept my humble apologies. As they say on PTI, I'll try to do better the next time!

Golfer's Suit Against Agent Heating Up

Discovery battles have surfaced in pro golfer David Toms' suit against his agent, Links Management Group, LP. In a slip opinion available at 2006 WL 2355865, a federal magistrate judge denied Toms' motion to compel a deposition of Chad Campbell, another golfer and client of the same agent. Toms' lawsuit claims, as reported by a Baton Rouge TV station, "breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty -- not looking out for Toms' best interest -- and seeks the termination of the contract and compensatory damages with interest." The federal magistrate elaborates:

Plaintiff's lawsuit generally alleges that he and Defendant are parties to a written contract; that Defendant breached the contract by not diligently developing, negotiating or managing prospective merchandising endorsements or sponsorships for Plaintiff; that Defendant alienated existing clients and other business associates of Plaintiff; that Defendant has not treated Plaintiff fairly, preferring instead to promote other golfers at the expense of Plaintiff; that Defendant has recouped fees to which it is not entitled under the contract; that Defendant held large endorsement checks for long periods of time, thereby depriving Plaintiff of interest on the money . . . . The petition asserts claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, rescission of the contract, and unjust enrichment. Plaintiff also seeks a declaratory judgment regarding termination of the contract.

The relationship between professional athletes and agents -- and the fiduciary law issues posed by breakdowns in the relationship -- is one of the most interesting and challenging areas of sports law. This case will be one to watch for a later substantive opinion.