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How can I be charged with assault if the victim did not suffer any injuries?
Criminal law, especially when it comes to crimes of violence, is not about the resulting injuries but rather about the defendant's intent. That is, what was your intent when you allegedly attacked, assaulted, stabbed or shot another? I am often asked the above question and I believe two examples make this much easier to understand.
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I pull out a gun and say, "I'm going to kill you," and fire three shots in your direction, none of which hit you. You run away without a scratch on your body and I am ultimately arrested. What crimes would I be charged with?
Although you did not suffer any bodily injury, I would be charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, gun possession, terroristic threats and multiple other lesser-included offenses. Other than murder, there is no more serious assault offense than attempted murder, and you can receive a maximum penalty of 40 years of incarceration.
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We have an argument and I punch you once. In a freak incident, you fall backwards, hit your head on the concrete, and ultimately die in the hospital. What crimes would I be charged with?
Although you suffered the ultimate injury (death), I would likely be charged with involuntary manslaughter, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. Involuntary manslaughter is defined as one causing the death of another after doing an unlawful (assault) or lawful (driving) act in a reckless or grossly negligent manner. It is graded as a misdemeanor and punishable by a maximum of five years of incarceration. My intent was only to cause you minor bodily injury with a punch and, therefore, despite the fact that you died, the charges I would face would be much less serious.
These examples demonstrate that it is the perpetrator's intent and not the resulting injuries that control the severity of the assault charges that will be levied against you. Assault offenses are serious charges that can result in considerable periods of incarceration.
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With the dawn all manners of other thing decided to reappear to the rest of existence, and in this room it was fulfilled by the waking of a young female, cursing spitefully towards the direction of the light and a bird's song. With a hand shielding her sensitive eyes, Alandia only managed to catch a glimpse of the noisy disturber, which, she now realized was not a bird, but rather a familiar in a misguided impersonation of one, it shrieking hideously and disappearing before Alandia draped a dark sheet over her traitorous shutters.
With the light no longer trespassing into her room, Alandia gathered various items of clothing from their hiding places, among other things, a tight fitting sleeveless turtleneck, and a pair loosing fitting pants, whose material appeared to be silk or some other soft fabric. Both were black. With those, and respective female undergarments in hand, she locked herself in her bathroom, a small alcove barley fitting a rundown shower, toilet, and sink, and she started to dimly illuminate the room.
The light isn't all that bad.
A male voice appeared, and if it had a corporal form, it sounded as though it would have been engaging itself in a most peculiar sneer.
If you didn't shut yourself from it constantly, maybe if you actually went outside more... You'd develop a tolerance for it?
The words seem to echo around the room, with no apparent speaker.
Alandia, who shed her clothing to revel her naked figure, promptly ignored. Clothed, Alandia's body was perfect, due to rigorous daily routines; she was fit, lean, and blessed with an ample figure.
You know,
The voice echoed a disturbing laugh.
All those other girls... They envy you. I wonder what they would think if they knew what your body was really like...
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You're almost... disgusting...
Another menacing laugh.
Alandia looked almost past the mirror above her sink, which showed a distorted reflection, she wasn't extremely beautiful, but pretty enough for her age. She often found herself wishing her father could have altered her face as well, so that it would be amazing like the others, whose faces, although being a mound of plastic, were extremely beautiful. Perfect.
You're a miracle of medical science, your figure is envious, and yet you wish your face looked better. Humans can never have enough.
This time the voice wormed it way into Alandia thoughts and snapped her back from her contemplation. She stared deep into the mirror, and with the realization that her left eye was red, whereas her right was deep brown...
This is going to hurt.
The voice took to laughing again.
Alandia smashed the crown of her head into the mirror, shattering it instantaneously, sending fine shards of glass across the grey tile floor, the color being slowly joined by a deep red.
The laughing stopped.
Until much later when Alandia turned the shower on, and it sputtered water into her long dark brown hair, there was no sound in the room except for a constant patter from the blood pooling on the floor. Alandia, after washing her body thoroughly with a bar of expensive smelling soap, started to wash the clotted blood out of her hair with lavender shampoo. She dropped to the bottom of the shower with a large crash, unconscious.
Alandia woke with a start, sitting up panting heavily. It took her a moment before her vision cleared, and she realized she was sitting atop her bed. The next thing she noticed was how fast she was breathing, and the sweat covering her entire fully clothed form. "A... dream?" She whispered softly, scanning the room she noticed a trail of blood leading out of the shower, and her hair was damp from water, not sweat. "No, but..." She raised her left hand slowly to the top of her head, and felt a sharp throb of pain upon its contact.
Did you really think that would work?
"Not really. It never does. I can try though." Alandia let out a deep sigh. He would never leave her alone.
You're lucky you woke up clothed this time.
The voice paused, as almost as it was looking around, looking for something.
'Cause your late.
Alandia panted out a few colorful words before summoning the bodily strength to lift herself out of her sitting position, and she glanced towards the door, where a pair of black combat boots stood poised on a mat, waiting for her. "Did you do this? Dress me, I mean."
Nah, I'm not that lucky.
The voice let out a hollow laugh, which sounded like air escaping from a long, echoing pipe.
She did.
"She?" Alandia grew quiet. She started to open her mouth, and then, when no words came out, she closed it again. She tried once more, and sound came out, although it was barely a hoarse quivering gasp. "There's... More of you?"
The voice adopted a condescending tone, and Alandia felt almost as if she was being mocked.
She's different... But you'll come to know her soon enough, I'm sure
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- Craik, Thomas Wallace. 1958. The Tudor Interlude: Stage, Costume and Acting. Leicester: Leicester UP.
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The streets were of cracked and lopsided cobblestone. Parked carriages full of wares lined each side of the road. Dense crowds of customers, traders, and hustlers bustled about their daily routines. Those who read about thieves and bandits like to imagine large crowds and obstacles as advantageous. Though needless to say, the truth always finds its way in the company of obviousness.
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Moments before the town guards burst through the flimsy wooden door, Miqeul made a triumphant shout. "I got it!"
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PHOENIX -- Aramis Ramirez seemed to take the first steps toward breaking out of his season-long funk. The rest of the team was swinging, too, scoring more runs than the previous 10 games combined. Even the pitching was decent.
Their first three-game sweep at Chase Field could go a long way in turning the Chicago Cubs from woeful to at least hopeful.
Ramirez hit a three-run homer, Ryan Dempster labored through five innings and the Cubs beat the free-swinging Arizona Diamondbacks 8-3 Wednesday.
"Let's enjoy it," Dempster said. "We've had a tough go of things, so we're going to enjoy this and build off it. It gives us positive energy."
Outscored 35-12 in a recent seven-game homestand, the Cubs heated up in Chase Field's air conditioning, scoring 23 runs to notch their first three-game sweep at Arizona's spacious stadium in 16 series all-time.
Starlin Castro had a two-run single as Chicago roughed up Edwin Jackson (6-7) early and Ramirez put it out of reach in the ninth, hitting his third homer in two games off Chad Qualls to give Chicago its first series win of any kind in Arizona since 2003.
With four games against the Dodgers left before the All-Star break, the Cubbies have reason for optimism in a season that hasn't had much.
"We're starting to score a few runs," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "It should give us some momentum and some confidence. I like a lot of things I saw in this series."
The Diamondbacks are building momentum toward a record they don't want.
Continuing its whiff-a-palooza, Arizona hit 10-plus strikeouts for the fifth straight game to match a team record. The 10 Ks against the Cubs gives the Diamondbacks 69 in six games under interim manager Kirk Gibson and 793 on the season as they swing and miss toward the all-time record.
It's more than just strikeouts, though.
Arizona hasn't made many tangible strides under Gibson, losing five straight since winning in his debut last Thursday. The bullpen still has a knack for blowing up, the key hits never seem to come in the late innings and the Diamondbacks haven't budged from the bottom of the NL West.
In other words, they don't look a whole lot different under Gibson than they did under A.J. Hinch - at least so far.
"It's being kind of cruel right now to us," Gibson said.
Dempster (7-7) struck out six, but gave up three runs on eight hits in failing to reach the sixth inning for just the second time in 18 starts.
He was still better than Jackson.
Two starts removed from the second no-hitter in Diamondbacks' history, Jackson was sharp early, holding Chicago without a hit until Derrek Lee led off the fourth with a single to left.
Once the Cubs got one hit, they kept going.
Marlon Byrd knocked in Lee with a double, then Alfonso Soriano drove him in with a single. Dempster helped himself out in the inning, too, pushing a bunt toward first for a fielder's choice that scored another run and put the Cubs up 3-0.
He just couldn't hold it in the bottom half.
After working around three singles in the second inning and two baserunners in the third, Dempster gave up three runs in the fourth on Jackson's flare single to center and Chris Young's broken-bat, two-run single just over the head of Ramirez at third.
"I hate that," Dempster said. "Shutdown innings are huge and they go out and score three right after we did."
Didn't matter against the Diamondbacks.
The Cubs continued to knock around Jackson in the fifth inning, going up 5-3 on a two-run single by Castro that left the right-hander so irritated he didn't see the ball bound off the backstop on left fielder Gerardo Parra's throwing error.
Jackson didn't come out for the sixth inning after giving up five runs on six hits for his first loss since May 28.
The Diamondbacks went out with a whimper after Dempster left, unable to get a runner into scoring position against four relievers over the final four innings to get swept for the eighth time this season.
"It's tough working though it, struggling and the team struggling," said Arizona third baseman Mark Reynolds, 14 for 69 over his last 20 games. "Then it snowballs, so it's tough."
Soriano was 0 for 2 in career game No. 1,400 and left in the bottom of the fifth inning after being hit by a pitch on the left elbow in the top half. ... Arizona previously struck out 10 times or more in five straight games from April 29-May 3 earlier this season. ... Piniella said he expects right-hander Carlos Silva to be ready for his next start after injuring his right calf against Arizona Tuesday night.


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ESPN: Arizona Cardinals not brimming with young talent
NFL teams want to be good.
If they can be young at the same time, that's even better.
So, it stands to reason the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers have plenty to be excited about, given that they were ranked one and two by Rivers McCown in ESPN's "NFL 25-and-under organizational rankings."
The premise is simple: which teams are in the best shape based on their younger-than-25 talent?
An Insider piece, the Arizona Cardinals came in at 25.
The good news: Patrick Peterson is one of the very few cornerbacks in the NFL who can play boundary-man coverage without any safety help. That alone is worth a few bumps up this list despite the lack of supporting talent. Bobby Massie blew only four of his 27.5 blocks after Arizona's Week 10 bye. Plus, Michael Floyd has some untapped potential that could be better utilized after a full year of offseason activities and the acquisition of an actual quarterback.
The bad news: Nobody else on the roster in 2012 who qualified for this list moves the needle past "Just A Guy" status, and a few of them at this point would kill to be thought of as "Just A Guy." The 2013 draft brought in some high-quality players, but defensive back Tyrann Mathieu works primarily in the passing game and converting him to safety may be something that takes him some time to acclimate to.
ESPN mentioned the team's "name" players who fit the bill, though they are not the team's only young talent.
Running back Ryan Williams (23) and linebacker Sam Acho (24) have each shown flashes of playmaking ability and Mathieu, while intriguing, is not the only member of this year's rookie class expected to make an immediate impact.
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Whatever the victor may have said this morning, the message from Labour's deputy leadership election is clear. The two candidates who admitted that they had got it wrong in voting for the Iraq war - Harriet Harman and Jon Cruddas - both did much better than expected, at the expense of the four cabinet members in the race.
Of course, there were other good reasons for voting for Harman and Cruddas - the former's strong track record on social policy and the latter's highlighting of the issues of poor housing and low pay. But by the same token, many party members doubtless voted for the four bellicose candidates in spite of their unwillingness to face up to the catastrophe of Iraq. So I am sure the anti-war movement's position made a difference. While tens of thousands of members have resigned from Labour over Iraq, those who remain in the constituencies still seem anxious that Gordon Brown understands one thing clearly at the outset: never again.
So I think that Harriet is wrong to say that her views on Iraq were not key to her victory. Without wishing to detract from her stand on family policy, I would bet that had she taken the same approach to the war as Peter "I will never apologise" Hain or Hilary "best say nothing" Benn, either Cruddas or Alan Johnson would have been elected deputy leader.
There is a danger that her somewhat equivocal answers on the Today programme may conceal this fact. Saying "I got it wrong but the government doesn't need to apologise" is the sort of hair-splitting that gives politics a bad name.
I would guess that Gordon Brown has got the message anyway. Winning a fourth term with British soldiers still dying in Basra in an occupation that hardly anyone in Britain or Iraq now supports would be very difficult. Doing so while supporting George Bush in an attack on Iran would be all-but impossible. So if all the reasons of principle do not suffice, electoral self-interest should. The war has wrecked the Labour party over the past few years, and the only way back starts with an apology and leads on through substantial policy changes.
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Jazz still doesn't remember how this started. It all happened in a haze, blurred together by energon and festive socialization.
Even though he was an esteemed member of the Elite Guard, Jazz grew up a hard partier and just couldn't break the habit. The Academy held annual celebrations to congratulate the graduates and name a few more honorary ensigns into the Guard, which usually meant energon, which usually meant a lot of toasts. Jazz hated refusing toasts. There were lots of them this night.
It was bad. It was very, very bad—Ultra Magnus scolded him on more than one occasion when he got too slagged to stand, telling him that he should be setting a good example for the ensigns and restraining himself. But, as was stated before, Jazz was a bred and sparked party 'Bot. He was a city mech and a once fervent clubber. Energon and bright flashing lights gave him life. He thrived on social hot spots and drank up the attention like a flower in the sunlight.
A pair of hands is shifting all over him and Jazz tries to think back through the haze. He remembers dancing; lots of dancing. Dancing alone, dancing with partners, dancing in groups. It wasn't the kind of dancing he was used to from the clubs, but it was still dancing. Mechs, femmes, all, dancing around him; somehow he'd ended up in the middle, swaying vividly to the music. Jazz always had an audio for rhythm.
His onlooker was tall and huge; it was easy to pick him out of the sea of faces. It helped to know that he had to deal with that face on a regular basis. But here, the expression on it was not one Jazz was accustomed to: instead of its usual stern, smug grin, the mech's lips were pulled down at the corners in a serious frown, and his optics were following Jazz's every move. Every sway, sashay and twist and turn held rigidly under his gaze. They raked over Jazz's form like a Pitspawn possessed. The ninjabot wasn't aware his comrade ever swung that way, but it interested him.
Then what happened…?
Right—he was grabbed, and pulled aside. Something was mumbled in his ear, Jazz couldn't remember what—but he remembered protesting, and being dragged along—maybe something about being too drunk—perhaps about his reputation—Ultra Magnus—that name had been enough to make him shut up. He shouted an abrasive apology, manners dulled by an overcharged state, and hushed as a grey-fingered hand detaches him from the party, leading him off through the Academy halls.
Jazz may not be able to think straight through six cubes, but it doesn't make him stupid. He stumbles along behind his larger comrade, and can't stop a grin from sliding over his lips. He pulls at the mech's arm and mumbles aroused, affectionate nothings to him.
The mech jerks out of his grip and keeps dragging.
He was confused by that at the time, but he caught on after they got to a private room—probably the mech's quarters. Jazz slurred his question for an explanation and was answered by two hands grabbing his wrists and pinning them above his head after being roughly dropped on the berth to be more level with his current partner. He's slammed against the wall and firm lips close over his in a rough, clumsy kiss.
Jazz wasn't sure how overcharged Sentinel was, but he'd just hauled him off to his private quarters in order to ravish him, apparently. It appeared there were secrets to be kept.
There wasn't any arguing. Jazz didn't speak a word, and neither did Sentinel. There was nothing to be said—they were both overcharged out of their processors and they would probably mildly regret this come tomorrow and this would never, ever, ever leave the room, but the future didn't matter right now. It only mattered that Jazz was working his lips against Sentinel's, soft experienced kisses trying to ease the crushing clumsiness of the bulkier mech's. Sentinel pressed Jazz back against the wall as far as he would go and bit harshly on his bottom lip, fingers tightening on his wrists. Jazz winces, mumbles in the other's audio, and the grip relaxes.
Hands run down his arms, over his sleek chassis and over smooth shaped thighs, lips and teeth grazing his neck, and his audios—Jazz moans aloud when Sentinel clamps down on one headphone and he's momentarily riddled with static as the brawny mech sucks hard. He returns the favor with hands on Sentinel's own audios, hooking his legs around the mech's waist. Sentinel runs firm hands over pliable metallic hips and squeezes Jazz's aft and nips at the space just under his chassis. There are seams in the unusually manipulative metal where bulkier cover armor once resided, on Jazz's sides and on his thighs. He had to give it all up for the sake of speed in order to advance in his ninja training. Jazz's entire body from his chest to his knees is a vulnerable metallic muscle; not entirely without defense, but still highly susceptive to pain.
There's no pain as a dark glossa traces the seams, though.
Jazz's world shrinks a little and he arches, squirming live-like in Sentinel's arms while the other irritably forces him still with a dominant growl. Still, the ninjabot can't help it; whimpers and mewls and moans spill one after the other from his vocals and he digs his fingers into the berth, running them restlessly over Sentinel's helm while the mech nips and kisses his sensitive middle, making a rushed but oh-so-wonderful trail down the center. There's no time to think about how the slag he ever agreed to this and no reason to care. Sentinel is quite honestly not Jazz's type of mech, but so far he isn't disappointed.
Then Sentinel's tongue presses against the topmost red strip streaked across his pelvis and Jazz bucks sharply. His intakes skip several cycles and he arches so hard his head knocks against the wall.
No, not disappointed one bit.
Sentinel pauses, quirking an optic ridge at Jazz's expression. But he catches on quickly, and an evil glint flashes in his eyes. The familiar smug grin returns for a moment before his attentions go back to the marking. He moves his glossa in a slow streak over the top stripe and Jazz melts on the berth, his cry an ecstatic mix between a moan and a sob. His visor flashes and he rolls his hips up as Sentinel goes back over the top strip and moves to the one below it, repeating the same motions again, this time ending each slow lick with a hard nip of teeth on the edges. Jazz's systems go from cold to burning in astro-seconds and his vents can't properly cycle their intakes. He thrashes, twitching and quivering and reaches down and grabs Sentinel's audios like a set of reigns to lead him onward, pulling until they may very well get yanked right off. Sentinel stops only briefly at the notion with a hard shudder and moves on to the bright red arrow, pointing out a lewd suggestion that Sentinel complies with in full. He sucks on the very tip of the arrow and runs his tongue over the edges, and slowly fills in the gap—nipping, licking, sucking, covering every hypersensitive neural network clustered into the marking.
Jazz loses his voice somewhere along the way and bites down, arching in a near-perfect curve. He overloads when Sentinel bites the arrow's point and is denied the graceful fall as the mech continues. The frantic cycling of his vents, the blue lightning crackling over the seams of his armor and the way he trembles are the only signs of his full and blissful enjoyment. He finally finds the strength to moan, to scream, collapsing against the berth, steaming from the sustained overload. His head spins for a while and he can't grab his bearings until his visor cools away the haze blocking his optics.
Sentinel laughs at him. He's smug again.
"Bet you'll think twice before getting overcharged next time, huh?"
Jazz is still shuddering and can't speak straight. He just growls and pushes at Sentinel's face with one foot, his body still hot to the touch. He finally manages something through the static. "Shouldn't be rewardin' me for bad behavior, man."
Sentinel snorts. "And now we've both got reasons to keep our traps shut by Ultra Magnus. Not a word. Am I clear?"
"Pfft. Same ol' Sentinel," Jazz sighs.


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After falling for this rustic chic dining room on Pinterest, I decided to create a series of "Get This Look" posts. This is my best attempt to source similar items to the inspiration picture at a more affordable price. If you are willing to hunt, you can recreate any room to fit your budget.
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There was a little more drama, though. The Rockstar Energy Racing people were not looking to protest Villopoto, but actually Ryan Dungey. Earlier in the race, when a red flag came out for a downed Kyle Chisholm, Villopoto passed Mike Alessi and Dungey passed Davi Millsaps. Villopoto was penalized because he passed Alessi by doubling out of a triple with the red light on. He was docked three positions on the red flag restart.
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Quite a bit of drama there—and ironically it all happened at the exact moment the season passed the halfway mark, which was halfway through the St. Louis main event. Everyone has played nice so far this year, but with the championship closing in, expect tension to keep rising. It sure was in the pits on Saturday night.


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Toronto FC has been down this road before.
After Dwayne De Rosario voiced discontent with his contract situation last season, defender Adrian Cann has reportedly left TFC training camp, unhappy with the current status of his contract negotiations.
According to the Toronto Sun, Cann feels that he is in line for a pay raise after making a little more than $65,000 in base salary last season. The centerback was named the team's MVP by the organization for his efforts in 2010, but he is entering the second year of a four-year contract.
Who do you side with in this case, Cann or TFC? Do you see Cann suiting up for TFC this season? Do you think the team can afford to enter the season without him?
Share your thoughts below.
I think for a 30 year old starting CB to be making 65,000 is nuts. Although there are a huge amount of factors, such as TFC apparently adding on agent fees (Cann had no agent is my understanding) I really hate to see this happen. He's a good player and hopefully this can all be sorted out.
Josh D
Problem with entering contracts.
If this is only his second year on the contract, it's foolish to expect an increase in salary based on one season. Surely a bump is warranted, but if he's asking for $150,000 on one season that's madness…
he should never have signed a four year contract.
he is a good player and is drastically underpaid for his role ont he team, but he signed the contract.
the mls can't get into the habit of renegotiating contracts of every player who has a good year unless the union allows them to reduce the pay of all the players who don't earn their salaries.
TFC needs to handle their business. The club reeks of mismanagement. Continuous coach upheaval, ticket price gouging, inability to manage and control their employees? They are making MLS look bad while carrying the Canadian flag. Hopefully Vancouver will show them how to operate a business and be the class of our neighbors to the north. Toronto FC certainly isn't.
Lost in Space
This has become an epidemic in all of US Professional Sports. You signed a contract to play X number of years for X amount of money. If you are in the last year of your contract and want to try and negotiate a new contract before your current one expires…fine. But if the club doesn't want to renegotiate at that time then live with the contract terms you've got until you become a free agent. Just because you had 1 good year does not in my opinion necessitate a larger salary. If he were to have a crap year could the club cut his pay the following year…NO.
Sometimes I really hate how professional atheletes act.
Love the clear late foul by Titi. Once a cheater, always a cheater.
I mean, not many industries have contracts where you or your employer can't be released for no reason. Since these contracts are providing future guarantee of payment, I wonder why they don't include some sort of penalty for failure to abide by the contract.
Guess there is some sort of law governing this.
He entered a 4 year contract for job security. Now he is greedy and wanting more money with the same level of security. If he wanted more money he should have only agreed to one or two year contract
65,000 is pennies. What a joke of a salary for a professional. No one in the MLS should make less than 150,000. It's time for the MLS to negotiate serious TV contracts and produce better salaries. This will led to higher caliber players. I can't blame him for being annoyed with a low salary for high quality of play.
Some are saying Cann is in the wrong — I disagree. The contract is a legal document that gives him certain rights and obligations. If he wants to hold-out and risk a contract dispute, that's not necessarily "wrong." $65k is crap for a professional athlete, and this one doesn't have many playing years left. If he thinks this tactic might get him more money, than, well, I would do the same thing if I were in his shoes. Sometimes you do have US athletes holding out for unwarranted and absurd somes in a way that is tasteless. That's not the situation here.
couldnt have been that valuable – toronto was garbage last year….cut em free
Hey, you know what? He signed a contract. Period. Honor the contract. Period. If he thought $65,000 was not enough before, he should have never signed the contract. Too bad. I don't care if he is 30 years old. What has he done before to warrant a bigger contract? If he had done something before than, he would have a bigger contract anyway, but he did not.
Do I agree he is worth more than what he is getting paid? Of course but that is not the question. This should be a lesson to anyone signing a contract, 16, 25, or 30 years old.
Hey Cann, get back to work!!!
It doesn't matter that 65000 isn't a lot of money.
He AGREED to make that money. So if you think he's getting paid peanuts, then you're saying he's an idiot for agreeing to play for peanuts.
Honestly, Cann probably wouldn't have a starting job on many MLS teams except DC United (who suck).
65000 is not bad for a backup.
I just flushed a giant TFC down the toilet.
I think everyone who works in the industry I work in should not make less than $1 million a year.
I wonder what my boss will think if I walk out in protest? Probably real hard to find a replacement in the current economy. 🙂
Depends on how replaceable you are to your job. Cann maybe less easily replaced.
What the hell do you think MLS has been doing? Negotiating without trying to get the biggest TV contract possible?
but they honored the one they entered into for the duration.
these days every team has mvps for the sake of having mvp. even if the team goes winless. doesnt mean just b/c they're mvp they get a raise (unless its written into their contract)
Gino Rullo
Once a player agrees to a contract, they are paid as the contract states. This notwithstanding, incentives should be part of any players contract, especially for those whose salary, in this short lived profession, is low. Having said this, I believe that by him being elected as MVP, this would warrant some sort of bonus or pay increase. As fay as $135,000 pay increase, if this is indeed the case, comes across as high. However, a bump would be deemed appropriate. The MLS league is not yet in the position to pay all the players appropriately however, should at least reward those who earned it.
Well actually the MLS "four year contract" is actually a series of one year contracts with team options for each additional year.
So to answer your question: Yes they could cut him if he played badly after one year.
Second year of a four-year contract and he wants to renegotiate because he had one solid season? Let him go. I could see approaching this thing after the second year, if he's clearly playing at a level that is much higher than the contract he originally negotiated. Even then, this is a slippery slope. Totally inappropriate by a player who doesn't understand anything about the league he's playing, the financial situation, and his own place in that pantheon.
Second City
People comparing their job situation to a professional athlete, in any circumstance, is a tired practice that merits literally no weight. It's beyond comparing apples to oranges.
So, for the sake of sanity, let's discontinue that altogether.
Back on topic:
It's my understanding MLS contracts are NOT guaranteed. Can anyone confirm whether they are or are not?
I believe their are certain types of contracts that are (ie, GA's) but not across the board, correct?
If Cann's contract *isn't* guaranteed then I sincerely have no problem with him wanting a raise based off performance.
I don't care if it's 65k or 65 million.
For our fellow sports fans, it's common practice on the flip-side of that coin for ownership to take advantage and not "honor" contracts when they aren't guaranteed.
(See AJ Hawk's contract being voided yesterday to avoid an escalator in wages that both OWNERSHIP & player agree to and SIGNED…lack or "honoring" a contract, yea?)
So, in that scenerio given and with my understanding of MLS contracts (not all of them being guaranteed) you can't blame Cann for seeking higher wages for higher performances.
I'm sure people well versed in the history of our league could give 10 examples of player contracts being voided based off performance since the league's inception.
After all…
Perform poorly: You're cut/Contract Terminated/Asked to take a pay cut
Perform above contract value: Certain fans and ownership say, "Honor your contract, athlete".
See the injustice,imbalance and absurdity there of the two FACTUAL scenerios that happen yearly with non-guaranteed contracts in professional sports…. anyone?
Look.. I'm so sick of reading things like this. I hate that ppl get the shaft of their salary I really do, but damn it if you agree to play for xx dollars for x years then you do it. I get so sick of reading this in sports all over the world.
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He signed a contract. He should honor it. Simple as that. No one made him sign for 65K. That said, TFC should do the right thing and prove to their players and fans that exceptional performance earns you a better deal. But TFC doesn't have to give him a better deal. So I side with TFC. My question is, if it's not a guaranteed 4 years, and they don't agree on Year 2, and he walks away, does TFC still own his rights? I unfortunately think so.. The Player's Union needs to work on that…
You might be right in that a 30-year-old starting CB making 65,000 might seem paltry…
…but it was the same starting CB, all but a year ago, at 29-years of age, that agreed to those terms.
If he had the confidence in his skills then as he apparently does now, he should have asked for more – or agreed to a much smaller contract term.
MLSs salary and contract structure is no surprise to anybody. It's all but written on the stadium walls. Whether you like the terms or not, you have to admire and respect how visible they are.
Adrian Cann was more than welcome to follow the Jay DeMerit model and head overseas and trial his rear off. But he didn't. He signed with TFC. He made a safe, sensible decision and signed with a team that wanted him for X-number of dollars.
Now he should pay the price.
As my response to TFC OZZ implies, and to more directly address your claims of "injustice, imbalance and absurdity," while the club/player position may be imbalanced in MLS (and NFL, for that matter), it is by no means injustice/unfair.
Nobody's changing the rules in the middle of the game on these athletes. The owners aren't taking more power than originally ceded to them – they're prohibited by the union, actually – and the players should not expect to be given more than they took upon signing.
They KNOW upon signing (well before then, really) what the situation is. How their contract can be cut or bought out if their performance lacks. They know they have little recourse in the event of a trade or draft move.
They didn't consider these terms too unfair, injust or absurd to agree to them… so what has changed?
I will note that Mr. Cann has full right to not play. That's the ultimate unfair/injust/absurd clause in his MLS contract – the owners don't expect you not to play when they decide to sign you, after all. He can "retire" and pull a Ty Harden. But Mr. Cann will have to pray that someone wants to sign him when he enters free agency, at 31, a full year out of professional playing form.
In that case, more power to him.
The point is, his salary is extremely low. Yes it's his faulty for signing the contract and he's stuck and most honor, but the salary was to low to begin. I understand MLS is attempting to find the best TV deals, but this salary is to low for a talented players, such as Adrian Cann. Can you imagine a player of the caliber of Richard Dunne of Aston Villa defense making pennies, with high quality skills. Again, Adrian has to live with the decision, but his wages are to low.
Second City
Great response and I definitely respect your side of the opinion.
Personally, I just flat out believe it to be completely ridiculous when people throw around the term "honor" in a realm very little to no "honor" is shown.
I'm not a fan of guaranteed contracts, such as Baseball or Basketball because I believe it breeds comfort and secruity that enables players to drastically disregard production and progress after said contract has been signed (Eddie Curry comes to mind, in basketball).
I do favor non-guaranteed contracts because, imo, in heightens the value of performing and progressing at your profession in sports.
That said, I will forever (especially after reading the same generic posts from Average Joe-Fan of Sport) back this player or any that outperforms or exceeds expectation on a given contract.
Turn-about is definitely fair play in my eyes, like it or not.
I agree with you 100% in respect to there being no honor in these arrangements. It's simply business – and business makes little accommodation for honor.
And in that aspect, I won't hold it against any player who walks out on a contract he feels is undervalued. It's up to him to a) show a history to justify his value; b) find someone who agrees with said value; and c) *continue* to justify it on the field.
But that athlete deserves no sympathy if he fails in his quest for more money or, worse-case, finds himself on the wrong side of the door when it's all said and done.
I understand that people want to make more money, but the league isn't even profitable yet. Same problem the US government is in. People feel entitled to more money, but where does it come from?
Have you seen Cann play? No? Well let me tell you he is easily replaced.
And he signed the 4 year contract because he was tired of bouncing around Europe as a trialist and wanted to be home (Toronto) long term. It was $65k playing soccer for TFC or making $30k as a cashier at Home Depot.
Why is $65k crap for Adrian Cann? He was making less in Europe so he comes HOME to play a game in front of friends and family and make MORE money. Just because NBA players are overpaid doesn't mean we have to overpay MLS players. Last thing we want to become is the NBA.
Seriously people! At your job, if you feel you are underpaid for the work you do then you go into your bosses office and ask for a raise. If they tell you NO, then you have to option to continue to work for what you feel is an unfair wage or you walk. Why should pro athletes be held to different standard. Cann is well within his right to ask for a raise. TFC management said no. So he walked. We'll see who blinks first.
tor LC
the mlse (maple leaf sports and enetertainment) parent company of TFC, are a $1.5B company (book value). TFC minimum makes $14m on ticket sales alone (base on avg attendance and avg ticket price of $700/season) + $4m shirt sponsor + $320K on stadium revenues + merch + TV rights. They are not hurting for money. If a player who is under a non guaranteed contract should have every right to renegotiate if they feel they have leverage. the question is does Cann have that leverage.
cashiers at Home Depot make 30k?
I haven't seen him play but the MVP of your team is usually someone you want to keep around.
However, if that is the case then I expect they will let him go.
I'm not at all a fan of a player voicing their discontent with respect to their contract details. I think it is a complete distraction and detrimental to team chemistry. I can appreciate the players perspective however, you signed a contract to play for an enumerated amount of years at a specified salary and just because you turned out to be worth more to a team in the middle of the contract… you are going to pout because the owners/MLS wont tear the contract up and give you a pay raise? If that is the case then lets even out the playing field on both sides of the fence…give the owners/MLS the ability to discount the amount you earn for not playing as expected or how about not paying you if you happen to get injured? If you want the best contract…then get the best agent and get some incentive-laden contracts with enhancements that benefit the player. At the end of your contract if you are the Hot Sh*t that you think you are then you can write your own check during free agency. You can thank DeRosario for that cancer.
MLS players becoming like their NFL counterparts regarding contracts. Sign a long-term deal. Have a good first year that kind of supersedes what you earn and player immediately wants a new deal.
They are losing money on their team. I am impressed that so many people don't understand that MLS players are very lucky. Most owners lose money, yet stick through these rough times, any other company would and should down size. If we want to start comparing MLS to other leagues, should MLS players do what those other American sports do, and get into revenue sharing? Revenue is in the red, so players should help with MLS debt, right?
As soon as MLS is making money, we all know the Union will call for profit sharing and raises (which I think should happen).
It's not like TFC hasn't offered to upgrade his contract. Cann has turned the club's offer down. That's an important factor here. The club was willing to sweeten the pot but obviously it was not to Adrian's liking.
It is my understanding that Cann is one of the few players on TFC with a guaranteed contract.
Sadly for Adrian, his options are limited. He can play … or he can retire.
I for one hope he plays. While his skills are limited and he is not fleet of foot, he was a good team with Attakora in the CB position and he would be missed.
hell $65,000/year is better then i make. where do i send my resume?
No they're not. Even on paper TFC is one of the few clubs in the league that makes money. And MLS is the biggest write-down factory in history.
If you believe businessmen like flushing money just because they support soccer, there's a bridge in Brooklyn I can let you have real cheap.
tor LC
check your facts, here is an article from forbes with a reported $2.1m earnings for tfc the first year. http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/09/mls-soccer-beckham-biz-sports-cz_kb_0909mlsvalues.html
The price per ticket since the inaugural season has risen by 50% depending on your seat where as players salaries were $2.483m that year compared to a possible $4.5m this year ddepending on who signs


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