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By DAN KARELL
While much of the consensus around FIFA seems to point to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar being moved to the winter, Australia has gone public to demand that if the tournament is moved to the winter, they should be heavily compensated for the potential costs.
The Football Federation of Australia (FFA), who were among the nations bidding for a World Cup in 2022 but lost in the first round of voting, believe that a vote to move the World Cup to the winter should be delayed until the FIFA Executive Committee discusses the consequences of such a move to leagues around the world.
In addition, FFA chairman Frank Lowy believes that Australia and the other nations that bid for a summer World Cup should be compensated for money lost by moving the tournament to a time when it's either unfeasible or in competition with other sports and can't gain as strong a foothold in the market.
"If the World Cup were to be staged in the middle of our A-League season it would impact on our competition, not just for 2022, but for the seasons leading up to and beyond that date," Lowy said in a statement. "Clubs, investors, broadcasters, players and fans would all be affected."
Qatar won the 2022 World Cup over bids from Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the United States.
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What do you think of this news? Do you see Australia demanding legal action of the WC is moved to winter? Do you see Shelvey being dropped from his next match? Do you feel the sanctions on Inter weren't harsh enough?
Share your thoughts below.
Interesting angle by the Australians. Gulati could argue that the US never would have bid for a winter World Cup due to weather and competition with the NFL for stadium use. Not sure it'll hold up anyway, and he probably wouldn't want to ruffle feathers this early in his tenure in the inner circle, but it would be neat to see the other bidders try to turn the screw on FIFA.
Gulati is an empty suit.
Gulati has already come out and said that he doesn't support a vote now because the economic implications have not been clearly laid out. Gulati's an economics professor – he knows what he is talking about.
And given he's the rookie on ExCo, that's about the only political answer he can give without turning himself into a martyr without a cause.
White Kix
It is a bit ironic that Inter Milan is having trouble with racisim considering they were founded because AC Milan would only let Italians play, so Inter was started as an internationally inclusive club.
well, you could play for AC Milan and be black so long as you were Italian. not saying they don't have a history with racist fan behavior, i honestly don't know much about them. but the analogy you gave seems to be blending race and nationality.
And so it begins.
As I laid out a week ago on a similar article–the lost money from moving the World Cup to the winter will be in the trillions across the globe.
This World Cup will never happen in Qatar. Never.
"Trillions" might be a slight exaggeration. 😉
I actually thought about the amount to use before I said it. I think–give rough estimates–that it would be in the trillions across the board.
Think about it. What would need to change?
A minimum of 3 seasons would have to be either cancelled or significantly altered. Assuming an average of 20 teams in a division, and every country having at least 3 divisions you are talking about the scope of several 1000 teams that will be affected by the following.
TV contracts
Broadcasting costs
Sponsorships (apparel, individual players, event, stadium, kit)
Season ticket revenue
Gate revenue
Concessions revenue
Off-season event revenue (concerts)
The 100s of thousands to millions of people who work those stadiums across the globe lose that revenue, which would be devastating to the local economies.
Costs associated with logistical changes of having to schedule several full divisions in every country at a completely different time (enormous).
Costs associated with investor loss (which would be enormous as many major clubs offer stock)
UCL–the second most watched sporting event on the planet–would be done for at least 3 seasons. Hundred million a year gone–easily.
EuroCup would either me moved or be gone. 100s of millions gone there.
Official FIFA dates would be done-away with. Small confederations would go bankrupt with no revenue.
Then we can talk about conflicts with existing sports…
The matches would conflict with the NFL, NBA, college basketball and college football. Goodbye American market.
FOX would almost certainly cancel their contract (500 million alone) to broadcast the English language rights. Telemundo might keep the Spanish language rights, but who knows how much demographic overlap there would be.
Even more abstractly–think of the lost revenue for clubs in jersey sales, gates and fan support that always come following a major event.
Soccer is teetering on "major sport" status in America. A World Cup during the NFL/NCAAF/NCAAB seasons would be devastating for the general growth of the sport.
Chris H
+ 1
Big Chil
Why 3 seasons? Wouldn't most leagues either just take a month break and adjust their calendars, perhaps shortening them, or play through and teams with WC players would just do without?
I'm by no means in favor of a winter WC in Qatar.
I do think the U.S., Australia, and other bidders do have a case to be recompensated for the millions spent on developing bids when they supposedly were all competing for a summer World Cup.
Lastly, Qatar also bid based on building all these fancy stadiums with uninvented high tech cooling systems. Now they can just build any old regular stadiums (winter high is 75) also outside of the scope of their bid that we were competing against.
It's not just a month. It's about 2 months in total.
Teams generally arrive a week to two weeks ahead of the World Cup and take several weeks to recover afterward.
And think about how that would work for big leagues?
Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City–these teams would have maybe 3 or 4 players left on their entire squad.
Barcelona and Madrid would have 0 players left. Okay, maybe Bale would still be there since Wales is never doing anything.
For South Africa the US Soccer team trained before the World Cup and arrived May 31st. The World Cup didn't even start until June 11th and their first match was June 12th.
Still, if each of those line items was worth $1 billion, you'd be about $985 billion shy of a trillion.
They are way, way more than a billion each.
The English language rights for the broadcast in America alone–just English in the USA borders–is 500 million.
Telemundo paid 600 million for Spanish rights.
The 2011-2012 revenue of just the first division in England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain was 12.6 billion dollars.
12.6 billion for JUST the top flight and just those 5 leagues for one year.
The annual revenue of the Champions League is 1.73 billion.
The Euro Cup 2012 revenue was 1.7 billion.
These are simply the reported direct revenues from ticket sales and the purchasing of the right to broadcast. Then you'd have lost revenue from advertisement space sold for these competitions–which is also in the billions.
And then the billions that are brought into the local economies for these events–which is not reported in those figures.
Okay dude, you're still about 950 billion short of a trillion (much less TRILLIONS) by ANY stretch of the imagination.
Yes, the annual revenue for those leagues is $12.6 billion … and guess what… they're still going to make 90% of that… even with a disruption/alteration of the schedule. And the broadcast rights for the lower leagues could maybe reach a billion… cumulatively.
This world cup could possibly have an effect on 3 seasons, but they aren't getting canceled, they'd be altered.
Products will still be sold, advertisements will still happen.
But you incorrectly assume all revenue would be lost if the WC ran in winter. It obviously wouldn't. It would be diminished, but not to the tune of "trillions" of dollars.
At any rate, I'm on your side. I think the WC should just be given to a different country and ran during the northern hemisphere's summer, per tradition. Why fix what ain't broke?
You've turned me around on this. Some of these things could be worked around, maybe even most of them.
But the work and money lost to fix these things, compared to the relatively minor step of taking the world cup from Qatar (considering they almost surely can't supply what they promised in their bid it should be easier) should make this an easy decision.
Right you are!
It's an easy decision, unless it is made by someone who was bribed by Qatar. Does FIFA brass want to risk exposure if Qatar starts spilling the names and the amounts paid?
it's a good list, but your number is entirely too hire. a TRILLION is a ridiculous amount of money. and just because it moves to the winter, they aren't losing ALL of the revenue. sure, there will be a loss in revenue, but it's not like they won't get nothing.
the economic impact would be huge, no doubt. but i think you are exaggerating if you really think a trillion dollars will be lost. either way, Qatar shouldn't have the World Cup.
The Imperative Voice
You're underestimating the "UN-worthy" populist forces that made this Cup happen in the first place. Bahrain lined up all the little countries with votes behind its bid. It will take more than a little inconvenience to reverse that.
Qatar would be the country you're looking for 😀
Yup. If you listen carefully you can hear two sounds:
1. Lawyers around the world reading contracts and preparing legal measures demanding compensation for the lost revenue
2. Qatar filling up dump trucks with money to send to FIFA to indemnify them for potential losses.
All the WC contracts are between FIFA and its partner companies. That is where this will fall apart. The Fox example is a big one. What happens in November 2022 when the NFL and WC want to broadcast at the same time? That is NOT what they paid millions of dollars for.
Multiply this scenario by hundreds and that is what is staring FIFA in the face.
Spot on.
Maybe smaller networks in 3rd world countries might capitulate, but I think we agree that Fox would say–oh yeah FIFA? Well here's our 50-strong team of $1000/hour attorneys. Enjoy.
I'm all for sticking it to FIFA, but that's a pretty asinine argument for the Aussies to make. The A-League is one of many football leagues that play through winter, obviously. The only thing that sets them apart is that they bid for the WC and lost. So it smacks of sour grapes just a bit.
Imagine if US Soccer demanded compensation for every summer world cup…
divers suck
It's certainly a financially viable argument Ian. Our (and Qatar's) northern hemisphere winter is Australia's A-League SUMMER….I hate it because I don't want to see ANY northern hemisphere winter World Cup here in the USA competing with the NFL, NCAA football/basketball, NBA, and NHL vice only MLB (surely MLS can work things out in WC years). It's simply silly!…..Oh, and Brazil 2014 is also the winter for them
The Imperative Voice
Except Australia joined Asia to play against countries like Bahrain, and in fact many of its players go to the middle east to cash in because of its proximity. So the league gets its feathers ruffled once — with plenty of time to prepare — but they save money on travel to a local tournament, relatively speaking.
FWIW, Bahrain may be so near the equator it's immaterial and so we're playing in "winter," but the season being interrupted in Australia is actually a summer season, like ours. It only looks like a traditional season because their seasons are flipped and thus it superficially matches a school year season. But they take their winter off and play in the warm months. I doubt players would complain much if hot Australia was forced to start early or end late. They might complain about it impacting their offseason loans, but that's a different kettle of fish.
I should have been more accurate. Australia is only one of many countries that plays soccer through December, January and February, regardless of its geographic orientation to the sun during those months.
divers suck
Fair enough Ian and my argument is, perhaps, on the wrong forum. As an American, I don't want to see ANY World Cup wherever it is in the world to run during a Dec, Jan, Feb time frame thus in competition with the NFL, NCAA, NBA and NHL seasons. It's far easier to compete with baseball if you're a soccer fan….;^)
Another thing that should be concerning is that FOX, which has the broadcast rights to the cup that year, has some programming on sundays that is fairly popular called the nfl. The conflict could cause sponsor problems here as well. This whole thing is a cluster-eff.
Fox actually voiced their concern about this yesterday, they flat out said they don't support the move to a winter WC.
The Imperative Voice
Fox, who is so dedicated to American soccer they dropped FSC and lost their EPL rights. What are they planning to air instead? Being Liverpool reruns?
Fox bid about 1 billion on the rights to broadcast the WC, I think they clearly want to competition on their network.
No, Fox, who paid $500 million for the right to two World Cups. That Fox.
MidWest Ref
NBC's bid for the EPL was exponentially higherthan Fox's, and historically unsupported by past viewership. Fox had a competitive bid based on actual data that was blown out of the water by NBC's hope for future viewership.
I think that FOX's bid for WC rights for North America is still one of the highest in terms of compensation to FIFA. Let's not forget that FIFA was sued and lost a lawsuit in damages to a past sponsor (I think it was MasterCard) for what the judge declared to be unfair play in the economic field.
I think that the old boys at the Ex-Co have potentially stepped in it this time around
Tony in Quakeland
So let them sell the rights to someone else who will broadcast them.
Sell the rights to who? They're useless. That's the entire point. No network is paying for those rights knowing off the bat that the target market will be doing something else.
Would BeIn Sport pay for them? I think it's a possibility.
Possibly, but they are limited by almost no provider availability. They have no market penetration. They could never make that buy feasible from a financial standpoint. They would be buying it at such an incredible loss it could possibly bankrupt the company (i say possibly because i doubt they have hundreds of millions to blow for purely ideological purposes).
Unless of course dump trucks of money arrived at the headquarters from an anonymous desert friend 😀
BeIn is an Al-Jazeera property, which is Qatari. A dumptruck of benjamins isn't out of the question.
they are actually available on most providers. 44 out of 49 million cable subscribers have the channel (AT&T UVerse just added it, leaving Cox as the sole provider without it, 4.5M subscribers). whether they pay for it, that's another story. beIN will have to change their business model or face the same fate as FSC and Setanta Sports USA.
and yes, i think they would make a huge push for the rights if Fox got rid of them…assuming this entire thing played out for a winter event.
I can't get it on Cablevision. I thought they had millions of subscribers too.
with their 3 million subscribers (7th largest), yes, it's certainly a provider beIN will likely target. #8, Bright House, does provide beIN Sport though.
Cox, Charter, Cablevision, Suddenlink, and Mediacom are in the Top 10 providers who do not offer beIN Sport. so 5 do, 5 don't. but the 5 that do have a lot more subscribers.
Brain Guy
Even if you accept Blatter's line justifying a winter WC in Qatar — "We have to spread the finals around and we can no longer assume that Europe and South America's interests control" — it's all so incredibly corrut because FIFA is changing the rules after the fact. That's the textbook definition of unfairness and arbitrariness.
exactly. i think the world could have been convinced on changing the time of year of the WC.. (the Brazil Olympics will be in August)… But not AFTER the whole bidding process was cheated and proved to be a farce.
if they keep the WC in Qatar; USA, South Korea, Australia, Japan deserve their money back.
They love doing that. Brazil and South Africa one the rights to their world cups in votes which were limited to their regions (Brazil running unopposed even), then when it should have been CONCACAF's turn, they decide that they've finished the rotational system before they finished a single cycle.
Nico C.
It's the WORLD Cup, not the European/Australian Cup. For 150 years, we've been going with a Eurocentric calendar. The United States (MLS) plays in the summer and Brazil plays in the Summer. I've never heard them really complain (aside from NFL arguments, but wtf cares because by 2022 MLS will be on par with the rest of the major American leagues by then).
It's time for Europe to realize they don't have all the football power in the world, and they should just accept the fact of a winter World Cup for the health and safety of the athletes and spectators. Enough of this bull**** already.
I agree that it's a WORLD cup but you can't accept billions for the broadcasting rights from all over the world and then decide later to change without legal ramifications.
Nico C.
Qatar is 9 years away. There is plenty of time to plan. I would rather not worry about television ratings and acknowledge the health and safety of athletes and spectators. Qatar gets up to 130F during the summer.
Well that's pretty easy to say considering that you didn't pay hundreds of millions for the rights to show the World Cup.
Annelid Gustator
Ah, good point. So you should definitely tell the EXCOM and Qatar not to accept or bid for Summer WCF in a super hot desert location! All cleared up! Wait, you said they did, and they did? Hmmm.. frownies 😦
ummm…I think the issues of health and safety were acknowledged by FIFA and they didn't really seem to care (Hey, Air-conditioned stadiums!! Yeah!!!) Otherwise, they wouldn't have awarded it to Qatar in the first place. Also, the players really can't challenge this in a court…unlike these broadcasting corporations can.
The issue with broadcasting is that something was sold and false pretenses. If I sold you a car that had a two year warranty and then I called you after you bought that car and said, "Sorry, it's just going to be a one-year warranty" that wouldn't fly.
I know that's not a perfect analogy but it is essentially what's happened.
Um, what?
First of all–Europe DOES have all the power in the soccer world. It is the center of the sport.
Why does Europe have to accept anything when the people who awarded the World Cup to Qatar took outrageous bribes–foregoing the safety of the players–to award the World Cup when it couldn't happen? Seriously.
And really? Who cares if World Cup games are played during the NFL season?
You have ABSOLUTELY no idea what you are talking about.
Nico C.
I, for one, will not make any personal attacks against you, so maybe you should limit that yourself by not saying I don't know what I'm talking about.
1. Europe needs to start realizing that its days of owning the football world are numbered. African, Asian, and North American markets are emerging and will give UEFA some pause for concern.
2. Check an article by World Soccer Talk written yestetday. Fox Sports officially put out a statement saying they oppose a 2022 Winter World Cup for Qatar. Their reasoning is that NFL and college football will steal ratings away (and screw up their winter schedule). So maybe you should READ something before you accuse someone that they "have ABSOLUTELY no idea what you are talking about."
Wait, I'm confused. I agree with you about FOX.
They may be emerging markets, but they wield no power in the grand scheme of things, especially since the UCL and EuroCup are becoming more popular than the World Cup.
If WC 2022 in Qatar goes ahead, UEFA clubs will revolt and may refuse to release their players. It is also entirely possible they would organize their own summer tournament to compete in place of the World Cup. Other sports have had federation splits over the last few decades. There is nothing to prevent soccer from experiencing the same.
This isn't about a european calendar, or euro centric thinking, it's about the games being awared unfairly and disrupting the entire soccer world because FIFA wants to cover up their huge, huge mistake. If Qatar put together a bid, and can't meet the expectations, then the games should be moved to a different geographical location, not moved to a different time of the year that will affect EVERY league in the world.
The world cup has been held in the summer since the 1930's I believe. It shouldn't change for some sand blown country in the middle of the desert thats smaller than Connecticut.
And the reason Brazil and the US don't complain about Summer World Cups? Tradition.
Technically, wouldn't that first world cup have been a winter world cup? Just like the last one too. You're northern hemispherocentric by stating it always happens in summer.
/but really, Qatar needs to get it together or lose it.
NC Jeff
And why did they decide to have the first few WC's in the summer? Because the prominent leagues in the world had ended for the season and players were still in game shape & form. I guess FIFA now thinks that common-sense reasoning is outdated.
But if you look at it as not a level playing field, then pretty much all the countries bidding wasted money on the possibility of an event that was never going to happen (a summer world cup). Winter would have been at odds with our climate (north) and football stadiums in the south.
I don't know about AFL or rugby schedule in Australia if that is at odds or not.
If FIFA had the possibility of a winter world cup stated during the bidding then there wouldn't be much for the other countries bidding to argue about, but they didn't. It still doesn't solve FIFAs problem with the European calendar, but a reimbursement to US, Australia, South Korea & Japan for money spent on the findings and presentation of the bid would do a decent job at mending fences.
Tony in Quakeland
Tell you what: I agree. The idea that we can't shift the calendar once, nine years from now is ridiculous.
It's not once. You'd need to completely cancel one and significantly alter at least two other seasons. That's the minimum.
wood chip zip
yes it's not a one year thing. It would effectively alter the schedules for three, possibly four years. You would have to change the confederations cup too and that then effects the calandars of the qualifying competitions. It also will alter the schedule of many pro leagues and would effect TV deals and advertising.
They will not move it to the winter. Period. The WC needs to be moved and if anyone is reimbursed, it's Qatar – for their bribes.
The bid was for the summer for 2022 and not the winter of 2022. Frankly, FIFA will face legal actions from Qatar if the WC is moved to another country (doubt they will be successful) or they will face numerous lawsuits from any country, league or confederation that feels slighted (likely to be successful). Hell the Italian mafia and Vegas bookies may take their own kind of action.
United States and USSF is not going to pressure Qatar or FIFA. The US and Qatar are allies on a much broader scale (military and financially) and the US cannot afford to lose that alliance. I am sure Gulati has already been briefed by federal officials. Though politics should not be involved, it always is.
Nico C.
You're right. They did bid for a summer. And I am not at all defending a summer World Cup in the Middle East. It was wrong for FIFA to do so. And I hope there is some legal ramifications against FIFA. That would be great. I just think this is political bull**** and different confederations flexing their muscles and want something to fight about.
Qatar's bid was predicated upon them being able to deliver some pie-in-the-sky weather enhancement systems, like cloud cooling and air conditioners that could cool stadiums to below 80 degrees even at the height of summer.
They bid on a SUMMER World Cup. They apparently cannot deliver what they promised during the bidding process. There are also widespread allocations of corruption and bribery and their president was banned from FIFA.
No way this flies. The European leagues – still by far and away the driving force in International football – aren't going to stand for the disruption of their leagues. And why should they? This isn't what was bid upon. This wasn't what was agreed upon.
There is absolutely nothing whatsoever stopping the European countries and the likes of USA, Japan, Australia, etc. from just breaking with FIFA and staging their own event in the summer…and if FIFA keeps pushing this farce, that is exactly what will happen. When FIFA stops serving the interests of its constituent federations (which it isn't!), that's kind of inevitable…the arrogance FIFA is showing here is pretty mind-boggling and it's going to end their organization.
Most people live in the Northern Hemisphere. The Southern Hemisphere is mostly ocean.
the racism situation in Italy is just ridiculous. how many seat cushion fines does a team get before a real punishment is doled out? An empty section? 15,000 euros? Close the stadium for a game, and for another game every time this happens.
Change only happens when the involved parties want it to. Evidently, the Italian Soccer Fed is A-OK with racism.
The selling point for Qatar to be awarded the WC was the air conditioning clouds they were going to develop. They based their bid on a lie.
Nah, the selling point for Qatar to be awarded the WC were the giant bribes they paid the voters. Can't disagree with your last point though. But, I'm guessing everyone at FIFA knew there were significant problems with the plan, but why not enjoy their millions now and deal with all the problems later!
SoCal Soccer Mom
I remeber sneaking into the receiving area at work where I could log on and watch the WC draw – and was so devastated when the US lost to Qatar (who??). I'm getting old and hope to make a WC game (was hoping for England in 2018 – I could make that).
Looks like this is all coming apart. 1st move to winter, then networks saying 'refund', now Australia saying 'refund'.
Hope this is way that FIFA, now that they have Qatar $$, can sneak out of a horrible decision.
Just in case sanity (or covering their rears) takes over FIFA think I'll start saving money in case I can make the WC in 2022 in ether US or Austraila (visited Australia – great country and people).
divers suck
I don't care if it takes 9 years to hash out whether the 2022 WC is going to be in the (northern hemisphere) winter or stay in the summer. The billions of dollars that will be lost in TV viewership here in the USA because of the competition of the NFL, NCAA, NBA, NHL would be staggering!!
I would think that the Companies that bought TV rights have grounds for a lawsuit. Since the amount of money the bid was based on them showing the games in the summer.
Everybody should threaten to sue unless it's moved to the U.S. and I am given free tickets.
Now that is one class action that I would sign on to.
"Liverpool's Daniel Agger suffered an injury when trying to get out of way of a falling dumbbell. "
I guess Suarez is back in training…
BOTTOMLINE is that if FIFA decides to keep it in Qatar and I believe they will. Everything and Everyone else will fall in line. PERIOD. Australia threatening to sue is a JOKE, for what? They gambled on trying to get it like a few other countries and lost. Get over it. There's no reason why this can't work with the amount of time and resources they have to make it a go. TV ratings low? PUHLEASE!!!! This is World Cup, Footy fans will do the usual and plan their schedule around it to watch. Heck, if anything, the NFL could get a rude awakening but neither are competing against one another. Most Soccer fans are also American Football fans and you better believe they'll make it a point to watch both. If you've spent a few hours on a weekend watching clubs from a league then this will not be that much different except for an entire month. Crap games get low ratings anyway and that's not changing anytime soon. Big Games will continue to get GREAT ratings. It's about time a Middle Eastern Country had a chance to host the tourney. Although, not a Middle Eastern country, I would have liked to seen Turkey host it seeing how it's the only country bridging two continents and the have the infrastructure to host it.
Stop with the Bribes and money crap. It's happened for who knows how long with damn nearly every country who's hosted the event in the modern era. You pay to play and if you think European countries don't pay to play then see me about a buying a Bridge in Brooklyn and some Unicorns, I'll give you a good deal.
If you plan on being there, then it's never too early to start planning, now is it?
I'm more concerned about next summer's World Cup and making that trip.
Mike E.
I know, right?
How dare that country be furious that they spent so much money bidding on a summer world cup and the winner couldn't deliver what they promised so instead they change all the circumstances.
There is a legal word for that–fraud.
It's not the viewer that will turn away from a winter World Cup. It's the networks.
I don't think you quite understand how big the NFL is in the US. For the period 2014 to 2022, NBC, CBS, FOX, and ESPN will pay a combined $39.6 Billion for NFL broadcasts. A winter WC would fall right in the middle of the most valuable of all of those games: the NFL playoffs. Considering that the Finals are always on a Sunday during European prime time, it extremely likely that the Final of a Jan-Feb WC would end up against an NFL playoff game(CBS, NBC, FOX), possibly even up against the Super Bowl (on CBS, if the current rotation holds). That alone would very much erode the value of FOX's investment, possibly to the point where the would no longer be interested. Never mind that a number of group and knockout stage matches would also be up against, or possibly in direct conflict with NFL wild card, divisional, and conference round games.
If FIFA does chose to move to a winter WC, FIFA will be sending a massive truckload of money to Rupert Murdoch's doorstep.
divers suck
Absolutely correct Mason and you didn't even mention NCAA football/basketball, NBA and NHL. All of that will cut into World Cup viewership and subsequent TV rights/contracts for all of the sports involved. I'm only referring to here in the USA.
I don't know what dream world AI17 thinks he's in to, somehow, believe the US TV viewership of the World Cup wouldn't be affected. He's simply wrong.
NCAA football is mostly over by the Jan-Feb period I was considering. Sure, there's a few Eastern Motors Federal Credit Union-type bowls still on the calendar, but no one actually watches those. NBA/NCAABB/NHL are a different story, however.
This is really quite simple. I own a landscaping business. If I were to bid on and win a large contract based on promises I cannot possibly follow through on, I lose that bid and open myself up to possible legal issues from the contracting agency. Qatar made a bid and many promises. They cannot fulfill their end of the contract so the bid is reopened. At least, that's how it works in the real world.
DC Josh
That's the problem. That's how it works in the real world, these guys don't live in reality. But that's mostly our fault, as they're never held accountable by anybody.
Reality is about to bite FIFA in the ass. Many people wrongfully assume that this will cause a mere one or two month disruption. Consider the confederations cup, WC qualification, champions league, champions league qualification, the euros, euro qualification, broadcasting and ad sales, contract renegotiations, transfer windows, etc. etc.. To my first point, a bid sold under false pretenses is no longer a valid bid. Under any law, FIFA's only recourse is to reopen the bid.
FIFA, however, will have a tough time dealing with Qatar's considerable financial might. Consider their investment in world soccer the past few years. Bein sport, PSG, Man City, Barca sponsorship etc. etc.. Qatar has done much to solidify it's place in world soccer. All sides have much invested and much to lose. Qatar will do all it can to keep it's ill gotten prize, and FIFA will fight tooth and nail to hide how WC 2022 was awarded. Something has to give in this and the only question is who will blink first?
UEFA and it's members have more to lose financially, so I see them (and the English FA especially) standing strong for as long as possible. Platini just said he won't consider a bid on the presidency until after 2014. He's hedging his bet until things become more clear. This, more than any corruption or wrongdoing, will become Blatter's legacy.
There will be a bunch of hemming and hawing at the October FIFA meeting, yet nothing will be decided. FIFA realizes that they are potentially in a contractual breach with their member organizations which they are obliged to support. USA would be wise to stand back and let the eventual legal process run it's course. As much as we all dislike Gulati, he is playing a wise long-game here.
Qatar 2022, with all it's flaws, will either take place in the summer of 2022 or not at all.
I don't think the WC will be played in the Summer 2022 in Qatar. I don't know what else will need to happen but unless every stadium is truly air conditioned and has closed roofs, I just can't imagine the tournament being played in 110 F temps. Maybe the games will be at night? like 10 pm or later?
what a goofy scenario.
I'm starting to think that FIFA is more corrupt than our federal government and that's saying alot!
Qatar was smart and paid all the potential fines upfront before the bidding process…in small, unmarked, non-sequential, bills paced in briefcases and left behind in the offices of FIFA Committee members.
I guess Qatar's plans to cool the stadiums with magical floating air conditioners hit some snags?


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Ebola fears have stopped more than 7,000 West African Muslims attending an annual pilgrimage after Saudi Arabia implemented a travel ban.
But the country said this year's Hajj had been free of Ebola and other contagious diseases because of measures it took to protect more than 2million pilgrims who took part in the annual Islamic event.
Pilgrims today began leaving the desert tent city of Mina, where they were taking part in the ritual of the stoning of the devil - one of the last rites of the Hajj.
Many headed back to Mecca, ending the Hajj as they started it by circling the cube-shaped Kaaba seven times. The Hajj, which lasts around five days, ends on Monday.
There were fears regarding Saudi Arabia's readiness to ensure a healthy Hajj for pilgrims after the kingdom became the epicentre for the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers).

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M.A., Computer Education, Virginia Tech, '84
B.S., Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Virginia Tech, '82
Professor Anderson joined the Bluefield College family in 1998. His background includes 25 years of academic computing experience. This includes a mixture of faculty and administrative technology roles. He also has practical work experience in computer engineering, systems administration, industrial engineering, and systems analysis. Dr. Anderson strives to keep the College and his classes current and responsive to emerging technologies by continually monitoring discipline developments and engaging in professional development opportunities. As a part of his personal investment in the global IT industry, Professor Anderson has participated in symposiums and work assignments in Europe and the Middle East. He also endeavors to work personally with students interested in the ever changing world of information technology by offering a variety of special topics courses in Information Technology.
Ph.D. in Mass Communication, Ohio University
Master of Business Administration (Marketing Concentration), Ohio University
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Graphic Concentration and Art Education), Denison University
Dr. Bascom's diverse background encompasses the art, science, and business of communication. Being trained as an artist/designer and then as a businesswoman, she appreciates the aesthetic qualities of communication, yet understands the dynamic economic forces that shape marketing communication in the U.S. and globally. Dr. Bascom's career includes working in children's television (Sesame Street and The Muppet Show), new product development in the toy industry, market research for shopping networks, and curriculum development for the Indianapolis Children's Museum. Courses that she teaches in the Communication and Graphic Communication programs include, Fundamentals of Speech, Mass Communication, Advertising, Public Relations II, Media and Society, Senior Seminar, and Senior Project.
She is especially honored to have received the Educator of the Year Award (an award voted upon by the student body) her first year teaching at Bluefield College. She has also received the Distinguished Faculty Award and was Bluefield College's first female teacher to be promoted from associate professor to the rank of full professor.
Ph.D., Economics, George Mason University
M.A., Economics, George Mason University
M.A., Mathematics, Oxford University
B.A., Mathematics, Oxford University
Paul Bennett completed his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University, M.A. in economics from George Mason University, M.A. in mathematics from Oxford University, and B.A. in mathematics from Oxford University. He has taught Microeconomics and Macroeconomics at Lord Fairfax Community College and mathematics for economists at George Mason University. He has more than 30 years of experience in information technology, including project management, requirements analysis, software design and development, security architecture, audit control design, risk analysis, configuration management, change management, testing, and deployment.
Associate in Applied Science Veterinary Technology, Bel-Rae Institute
Bachelor of Arts Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Master of Sacred Theology Psychiatry and Religion, Union Theological Seminary, NYC
Doctor of Philosophy Psychology of Religion, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Graduate Certificate in Bioethics (Clinical Emphasis), Union Graduate College
Bonny Dillon has taught undergraduate and graduate courses as an adjunct or full-time faculty member at universities in the US and abroad, in both traditional and distance learning formats. Her academic disciplines include psychology, practical theology, and bioethics.
Since 2011, Bonny has been an adjunct with Bluefield College's online program, teaching in the area of Human Services. She joined BC's full-time traditional faculty in Fall 2013 as an Associate Professor in psychology.
Clinically, Bonny has been active in healthcare settings for over 30 years as a Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) and clinical educator, serving as well on hospital ethics committees and system-wide Institutional Review Boards. A Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) since 1987, she has provided pastoral psychotherapy in clinics and in private practice to individuals, couples, families, and groups.
In service to community, Bonny has been deployed as a disaster response volunteer after September 11, the VA Tech shootings, Hurricane Gustav, and Superstorm Sandy. She is trained as an instructor in Disaster Mental Health for the American Red Cross (ARC) and is a member of the Disaster Spiritual Care team, a partner of the ARC.
Bonny is an ordained minister of and endorsed chaplain through the American Baptist Churches, USA.
Dr. Farmer teaches the survey course, Introduction to Criminal Justice, as well as upper-level courses in Criminology, Criminal Law, and Business Law. She participated in the development of the original adult degree completion program in Criminal Justice and continues to teach in the Bluefield College Online Degree Program. She attended Bluefield College as an undergraduate and went on to obtain a B.A. in Psychology from West Virginia University, and a J.D. from the WVU College of Law in 1989. Dr. Farmer began teaching at BC in the fall of the same year, creating the Criminal Justice major out of the existing Behavioral Science degree. She has received numerous service awards and is a member of several professional CRJ organizations.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University
Master of Business Administration, Strayer University
Doctorate in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Capella University
Dr. Gettle teaches a broad array of courses in the Human Services, Management & Leadership, and Entrepreneurism Majors, and participated in the development of several of the online degree programs offered at Bluefield College.
He is an active member in the Virginia Psychological Association and a member of the Virginia School of Applied Psychologists. Dr. Gettle is a Board Certified Safety Professional, as well as the founder of Safety Consulting Associates, a third party loss control and risk management consulting firm that now operates in five states in the Mid-Atlantic.
He has been published with work on the concept of automaticity and emotional intelligence, and is a frequent guest speaker on these topics, as well as behavioral observation, employee engagement, worker motivation, organizational and leadership development, and industrial/organizational psychology.
Other professional competencies include behavioral management and training systems, behavioral auditing and observations, and workplace and organizational behavior and culture modification.
Dr. Gettle has received recognition for his work in private and public organizations and community involvement, working with inner-city families and military support organizations.
M.S., Business (concentrations in Organizational Development and Instructional eLearning Technologies), University of Tennessee
B.S., Workforce Education and Training (minor in Psychology)
A.S., Computer Science
David Hite is currently an Assistant Professor of Business at Bluefield College. Prior to joining the faculty team, he was department chair and professor for business programs at Virginia Intermont College for six years. During his time as a professor, David consulted with various clients on leadership skills, team development, coaching and training. As an HR/Training consultant, he has worked with Roadrunner Markets, Volkswagen Group of America, Northup-Grumman, Tempurpedic, U.S. Department of Energy Y-12, Alpha Natural Resources and several others to enhance their operations through human resource development strategies and web technology. He's had the opportunity to work with world-class leadership authors such as John Maxwell, Ram Charan, and Ben Zander and has facilitated hundreds of corporate workshops. Before teaching and consulting, he worked with Eastman Chemical Company, Tennessee Valley Authority, and The University of Tennessee.
David holds an associate degree in Computer Science, a BS degree in Workforce Education and Training (minor in Psychology), and a Master's degree in Business from the University of Tennessee with concentrations in Organizational Development and Instructional eLearning technologies. He has presented at many academic and industry conferences throughout his career. He is currently a doctoral student in Executive Leadership and Organizational Learning at The George Washington University.
He is an avid hiker and loves traveling abroad. He has traveled and studied abroad in over 20 countries, including China, Peru, Greece and most of Europe, which have provided him insight into diverse viewpoints that he incorporates into his teaching, training and research.
Ph.D. in Global Leadership and Organizational Management (ABD), Indiana Tech
M.A. in Teaching and Learning with Technology, Ashford University
B.A. in Humanities and English, Bluefield State College
Academic Leadership Certificate, Baylor University
Andrew Afton Lawrence, Ph.D. (ABD) has committed 5 years of service to Bluefield College in various faculty, staff, and leadership roles. He joined the Bluefield College academic technology team in 2012 as an Online Course Content Specialist. Shortly thereafter he was promoted to Director of Online Programs where he led the academic technology team and spearheaded a redesign of the online program's pedagogy, policy and procedures, and online learning management system.
In 2015, Andrew accepted the position of Associate Vice President for Online and Distance Education where he led communal efforts to approve and launch multiple online undergraduate and graduate programs and implement the College's first four-week online term, Fall Term III. He was also given oversight for the enrollment management and student services operations under the aegis of online and distance education.
As a faculty member, Andrew has taught courses in Business Administration, Information Technology, and Management and Leadership. He has also devoted time to serve as the Chair of the faculty's Technology Committee and Marketing Committee. As Chair of the Technology committee, he envisioned and launched the first-annual Bluefield College Faculty and Staff Technology Conference.
Recently, he accepted a full-time online faculty appointment and role as the College's online education consultant while focusing on completing his dissertation for a Ph.D. in Global Leadership and Organizational Management titled, "The Presence of Inspirational Motivation: A Study of Executive Level Leadership in Higher Education."
He has served as a member of the Virginia State Advisory Council for SARA, the University of Professional and Continuing Education Association, and Online Learning Consortium. He is happily married to the woman of his dreams, Amanda. They are active members in their church, and in their spare time they operate Once Upon a Pet, a rescue and placement organization for lost animals in Mercer and Tazewell Counties. They have rescued three dogs that they call their own and a cat, named Kitty.
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M.A., Communication Studies, Bowling Green State University
B.A., Speech Communication, Susquehanna University
B.A., Sociology, Susquehanna University
Ed.D., Instructional Technology, Northern Illinois University, '99
M.B.A., Systems Management, DePaul University, '86
B.A., English and Education, Lake Forest College, '77
Dr. Perot joined the Bluefield College family in 2014 as the Dean of Professional Programs and Associate Professor of Business. In her current position, she teaches courses in Management, Marketing, and Organizational Behavior. Her academic interests include leadership, student assessment, and organizational behavior. Professor Perot has been an international speaker on Distance Education and eLearning in Central America and Scandinavia. Dr. Perot has been a college professor for over a decade and Associate Dean of a regional Chicago graduate business school.
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Currently pursuing a Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications, West Virginia University
Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design/Advertising with a minor in Studio Art, Concord University
Mr. Roberts comes to Bluefield College after working for more than a decade in the local news media — first as an editor at the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, and most recently as Internet Director for WVVA-TV.
A lifelong resident of the region, Roberts is a 2002 graduate of Concord University, where he earned a BA in Graphic Design with a minor in Studio Art.
After graduation, Allen spent nearly seven years at the Telegraph, where he was responsible for page layout, headline writing, and editing in the daily edition. He was a two-time winner of 'Best Front Page' from the West Virginia Press Association during this time.
In 2010, Allen joined WVVA, the market-dominating NBC affiliate, where he oversaw all of the station's interactive efforts, including the website, mobile apps, text alert services, social media, and the design of many online ad campaigns. He also appeared on-air as host of the weekly 'Web Minute' segment.
While at WVVA, Allen received the 2014 award for 'Best Use of Digital Media' from the West Virginia Broadcasters Association.
In addition to his full-time duties in the local media, Allen began teaching Graphic Communication classes in an adjunct role at Bluefield College in the spring of 2010, which he continued to do until accepting a full-time position at the college.
Allen is thrilled to be a part of the Bluefield College family and is pursuing his Masters degree in Integrated Marketing Communications at West Virginia University.
Courses that are taught by Professor Roberts include Typography Design and History, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Photography, Dreamweaver and Flash, InDesign, Storytelling with Video, Senior Portfolio, and Designing for the Graphic Customer.
Dr. Kelly Walls, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, became a local police officer in West Virginia at the age of 20, while attending college. During a 24-year career, he was involved in patrol, investigations, K-9, and special operations, including supervision of detectives, D.A.R.E., hostage negotiation, firearms training, and all internal investigations. This includes all allegations of misconduct, as well as officer-involved-shootings. While a police officer, Dr. Walls finished a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice and attended graduate school, earning a doctorate in 1996 from Southwest University in Kenner, La. Dr. Walls is also a Graduate of the FBI National Academy, 142nd session, 1995. He trained and worked as a Special Deputy United States Marshal for nine years.
Dr. Walls has either personally investigated or supervised the investigation of any kind of case imaginable, from petty theft to 1st degree homicide. He has also personally investigated allegations of police misconduct, ranging from misfeasance/malfeasance of duty to improper use of police weaponry resulting in death.
M.S., Accountancy, Liberty University
M.B.A., Old Dominion University
Jay E. Wright, CPA, CFE, is a seasoned accounting and finance professional with over 20 years of experience in the field. He has worked as a senior level accounting manager in both for-profit and not-for-profit facilities and consults with other clients on the development and management of their accounting systems. He entered the educational field full-time in 2005 and has extensive experience working with a diverse group of students in a traditional classroom setting, as well as in an online environment. He has completed course designs for online programs and also serves as a textbook reviewer for accounting publications. Wright is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant and is nationally accredited as a Certified Fraud Examiner.
Over the last 10 years, Jay completed a Masters of Accountancy degree at Liberty University, as well as a Masters of Business Administration degree with Old Dominion University. He is nearing completion of a Ph.D. degree with a specialization in accounting and healthcare finance. Research-wise, he has a strong interest in the relationships that exist within various types of entities and their propensity to engage in fraudulent accounting activities. He is an avid college sports fan and enjoys being outside as much as possible. He serves his church family of 50 years as a musician and a teacher.


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I'm 19 years old and the last 2 years my hair has been gradually thinning. I was born with very thick hair and had thick hair until I was about 18. I noticed that my hair was started to fall out in larger amounts and that my pony tail was shrinking. I became very upset and concerned that I was balding! I went the dermatologist and she told me that it was like that I have Telogen Effluvium induced by stress or some other reason but that the cause is usually impossible to discover. I researched everything I could on t eh internet about TE and realized that I have chronic TE and I immediately became worried. Although I knew that I wasn't going to go completely bald, experiencing a dramatic change in the amount of hair I have has really affected my self esteem and my confidence. My dermatologist recommended I use Rogaine and I immediately bought it. I have been using Rogaine for about 3 months and I have so many little hairs growing on my scalp. Although the little hairs sticking up gets pretty annoying, the fact the the Rogaine is working makes it all worth it. I'm still very unhappy with my hair and how thin it is, but I hope that my chronic TE will eventually resolve itself and with the help of Rogaine I hope to one day get my old hair back. Thanks Rogaine!!
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I have been using Rogaine since my youngest daughter was born, 15 yrs ago. After childbirth my hair was thin and I had to vacuum daily as I my hair was falling constantly. My hair has continued to fall, more or less at times thru the years, but with faithful use of Rogaine it has continued to grow back. Every time I go to the salon to blow-dry my hair, they ask me how come I have all this shorter hairs sticking out. They are impressed to see how significant the new regrowth is, and I am happy to keep Rogaine as one of my beauty secrets as I often get complemented on my beautiful hair.
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Hi I am 52 years old female , my hair start breaking and falling so I decided to try Regain in the beginning I used the women Rogain and I saw results after 3months I used nearly one and half year and then I noticed itsnot coming thicker my hair anymore ; I start mixing half bottel from the pink one and half bottle the blue one and the results were much better ,I like to do experimntal trial and it does work .I recommend this product the only thing is you have to use it regularly with full commitment and it worth to do so .
I am a female and was desperate to stop my hair loss. 10 years ago I decided to try Rogaine Minoxidil. I purchased the 5% liquid (the men's serum) and have used it daily for the past 10 years. It has worked wonders for me. It has worked so well that several years ago I decided to reduce the twice a day application to just once a day.
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"Oh, Grannie!" cried Gabrielle to the stars. "Do you mind me marrying Dominick? Are you happy for me?"
The stars gazed down at the slim figure on the tiny balcony, the old silvered serenity of their iris light now strangely cold. Passive lonesomeness glared through the black emptiness of space, sorrowful stars blemishing the desolation with their blank faces.
"Grannie?" called Gabrielle. "Answer me, won't you, please? You know I'll do anything you ask me. Anything but Dominick. I can't be parted from him again. If you don't like it that I love him, love will never mean so much to me as it does now. Love is to be shared. You know that. Can't you show me you know it?"
Swirling veils of lilac and grey mist dimmed the awesome lonely opalescence of the great above, distorting it to a pearly shimmer as in tears. The gentlest rain made runnels through the vacuous atmosphere, and fell with a pale patter on crusty autumn leaves.
"Could you be sad of me?" Gabrielle whispered in heartbroken surprise. "Won't you be delighted that my life is finally coming together for the first time since you left me? Yes, Grannie: you left me. Why did you go and leave me to misery, Grannie?"
The raindrops turned to glass, shimmering mirages of vague steamy translucency and hard as arrows. Gabrielle promptly lost patience with the lack of comprehensible communication in nature.
"Why can't you appreciate the advent of joy to my bleak existence on this bleak earth where everything is always tragedy? Your husband and my father are dead – and don't think I don't grieve for them too. But don't immerse yourself in their memory, because that ruins your consideration for other loved ones.
"Death is imminent and it will come in all. I have seen men die before and I am to see men die in the future; otherwise I would possess a magical quality that induces immortality. One can lament and rejoice at the same time; see if they can't.
You should know, Grannie. Neither of your sisters outlived you. And did you believe in eternal life, Grannie? I don't know if I do, but I know in my soul that you will live forever, if no one else does. Heaven is the power of love. I will never forget you in love, and so you are bound to life while I live.
"Do you love me, Grannie? For you don't seem to be overly exhilarated in my happiness.
"Your husband and my father are dead, and I'm sorry – but my mother is alive and well and she cares about me. Look to what that means to me! My best friend – the only real friend I have ever had, the only friend I have loved – is going to have a baby in February. That makes me positively sing for joy. My sister will achieve her dream: marrying into aristocracy. And then, perhaps, she will be satisfied. Then, perhaps, her arrogance will stop haunting me.
"And finally I: I, after all these years of broken dreams, am to be united forever with the one man I have ever truly and wholly loved, and this man I have loved in such a way since we met. We have come through so much, but we know that we cannot find peace but with one another. Can you not find it in your soul, which I have always held so beloved as a role model and dearest friend, though we are parted because you died, to be happy? Not for me?"
The rain ceased and the autumn wind stirred as the bulk of a restless animal that has lazed in balmy indolence all the summer, and has suddenly recognised the necessity of preparing for the pending winter and hibernation.
Its power rose as a falling object gaining momentum by time, and soon the wind had burnished the stars to mahogany and flame, and the air was ripe in warmth and amity.
With the rising of the wind came a sensation of peace within an afore-stricken Gabrielle. She could not expect Grannie to answer her in words any more than the trees or the stars could do so. Grannie was as dead as Francis Lyle, as dead as Declan Mountain. But Grannie was special. While Gabrielle loved Grannie she believed in Heaven.
Windswept, satisfied, Gabrielle bid the night goodbye and returned to her centipede-infested room. That summer the college had taken up her carpets and cleared the room of those pests the cockroaches. The rustling at night was gone; only to be replaced with a series of uncanny appearances of tiny green centipedes in the most unexpected places.
One of those unassuming wrigglies was undulating across her duvet as she set to pull back the bedclothes and drop her aching limbs onto the pleasing torso of her mattress.
Gabrielle, usually repulsed by anything that crawled, was suddenly struck with the poignant harmlessness of the insect's courageous but quite fruitless plight. Compassionate pity transfigured her sallow-by-dark face, and with outstanding gentility she plucked the centipede from her eiderdown and released it on her windowsill.
Drawing the window down again to shut it on the outer side of the glass, Gabrielle smiled. Grannie had always been good to insects.


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I walked through the mall, my arm through Mordechai's. I always enjoyed our days out. He's always busy, so we don't get to spend much time together. The time we do get is always fun.
I turned the corner and saw a man tacking a paper to a board. Curious, I pulled Mordechai over to look. What I saw took me by surprise.
"Young virgin girl wanted to show off at our grand Prime Minister Ahlex's banquet. Must be pretty. Please sign up for the beauty pageant below."
I rolled my eyes and groaned for two reasons: one, the Prime Minister needed to hire a better person for advertisement. The poster was just plain boring and lame. And two, who would want to do a beauty pageant to be shown off to a bunch of drunk guys at a party anyways? Didn't Prime Minister have a wife?
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I gave Mordecai a look that said, gosh, what's wrong with people! But the look on his face was completely different. I dropped his arm and stood in front of him, waiting for him to catch my eye.
When he finally did, I wasn't prepared for what I heard.
"Esther, you should sign up."
I laughed, thinking, hoping, praying that we was kidding. One more look at him sobered me up. He wasn't. He was dead serious.
I took a deep breath and took his hand, searching his eyes for something, anything that would give away what he was thinking. But just as any other time, I couldn't decipher his look.
"Mordecai, why do you think I should do this?" I whispered calmly, suddenly scared for no reason.
He squeezed my hand, a comforting gesture. "I'm not sure exactly," he said, "but I know it's coming from God. You're meant to do this, Esther."
There was no arguing with that. I sighed once again and turned back to the paper. The forms were almost all gone. There was one left. I quickly snatched it before any other girls could, and went to a bench to write.
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Midlands firm Freethcartwright has lost intellectual property (IP) litigation specialist Helen Driscoll to Martineau Johnson.
The firm's former joint head of IP has joined Birmingham-based Martineau Johnson as a partner.
Driscoll said of her move from the East to the West Midlands: "The reason why I decided to come to Martineau Johnson was threefold. First, the move gives me a chance to work with [senior partner] Bill Barker. Second, I was really impressed with what I'd heard about the culture and attitude of the firm. And third, a West Midlands base, a developing London office and our membership of the international network Multilaw gives us a great opportunity to go out and get more clients."
Driscoll admitted that the East Midlands IP market is difficult to break into. She said that if she wanted to increase the breadth of her work, then such a move was essential.
William Barker, senior partner at Martineau Johnson, said: "There are two drivers for Helen's appointment – our IP practice is seeing rapid growth and my own appointment as senior partner has added to the need for new top-flight resources."
He added that the firm would be recruiting additional junior-level lawyers during the coming months.
Driscoll's arrival takes the number of IP partners at Martineau Johnson up to four, with four other lawyers making up the rest of the practice.
Driscoll will fill the space which has been left by Barker's promotion to senior partner. She will be instrumental in developing the firm's strategy for future growth.
The Freethcartwright practice will be headed by the group's remaining partner and Driscoll's previous co-head Andrew Margiotta-Mills. Having hired Kerry Grinrod from Manchester firm Metcalfe Johnston McCormick, where she was a partner, the Freethcartwright team is back up to its full strength of four lawyers.
The firm's IP practice concentrates on branding and IT work rather than litigation. Speaking of Driscoll's decision to move, Margiotta-Mills said: "Our IP practice isn't really contentious, so it made sense when Helen wanted to move. Helen moving on fitted with the firm focusing on non-contentious IP work, which fits our client base better."
He concluded: "It's been great working with Helen and obviously I wish her all the best. I'm sure she'll be a big hit."
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According to league information director Brian Morrison, who stayed up late Wednesday night scouring ACC annals, Hansbrough supplanted the 31-year-old mark of 38 points scored by Clemson's Skip Wise on Nov. 30, 1974.
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"It's very important," Hansbrough said when asked about the records he broke. "You look at all the great players that have played here and down the line it's something I'll talk about when I'm done playing basketball."
Seemingly operating in his own realm of consciousness, Hansbrough scored inside, on the break, with emphatic dunks and circus shots inside, setting a new record for most points scored by a UNC freshman and tying the 13th best single-game scoring performance ever by a Tar Heel.
"Tyler's off balance, holding the guy off with one arm, throwing the ball up with his right hand and getting fouled and making it…that's pretty impressive," described Bobby Frasor.
On five previous occasions, UNC rookies had scored 31, by Walter Davis, Mike O'Koren, Antawn Jamison and J.R. Reid twice.
"My game was just in a flow," Hansbrough said. "I think I played well offensively and defensively. Definitely it was fun in the second half when we started coming back."
Hansbrough, who was the first Carolina player to score 40 points in a game since Shammond Williams' 42 in a 1998 double overtime win at Georgia Tech, converted 13-of-17 field goals and 14-of-19 free throws, while notching his fourth-career double-double with 10 rebounds.
"He probably runs the floor better than any other freshman big man I've ever seen," Tech coach Paul Hewitt said.
Reyshawn Terry (13 points) and David Noel (11) were the other two Tar Heels in double figures. And Frasor's eight assists were his most in an ACC game this season.
Yet even with Hansbrough's incredible performance and Carolina's miraculous comeback, the Tar Heels (16-6, 7-4 ACC) struggled to pull away. And when they did push the advantage to 76-71, Hansbrough picked up his fourth foul with 4:06 left.
It didn't look like a classic on paper coming into the contest. After all, the Tar Heels had won four of their last five in impressive fashion, and Tech dropped eight straight before Sunday's upset of N.C. State.
But as once prophesized by the legendary R&B combo Blood, Sweat and Tears, "What goes up must come down." And after blistering the nets for 9-of-10 three-point shooting in the first half, the Yellow Jackets' balloon had long since burst and plummeted to earth as Tech was 0-for-7 from beyond the arc in the second half.
On the flip side, UNC missed all nine of its attempts from three-point range in the first half, and the Yellow Jackets led 50-30 with 4:03 to play in the first half.
"It's probably no secret to anybody [Coach Williams] wasn't happy with us at halftime," Wes Miller said. "He got into us pretty good in the locker room."
But over the next 11 minutes of basketball time – spanning intermission – Carolina went on a 31-11 run, completing the comeback when Quentin Thomas found a trailing Terry for a three with 12:53 remaining to knot the score at 61 apiece.
"We really got after it defensively in the second half," Hansbrough said. "That's what Coach was really stressing in the locker room at halftime. We came out there, and we had to stop some of their open shots, and I think that's what we did."
Only twice before had the Tar Heels trailed by as many points in the Dean Dome and won, coming back from 22 against Wake Forest in '92 and Florida State a year later.
Anthony Morrow, the ACC's three-point field goal percentage leader, had a team-high 22 points for Tech (10-13, 3-9).
The Tar Heels return to action on Sunday when they travel to Wake Forest (13-12, 1-10). The game tips off at 1:30 p.m. and will be televised by ABC.