Galaxy offer Beckham contract extension

The interest in David Beckham was heating up Sunday with LA Galaxy offering to extend his stay in Major League Soccer while Queens Park Rangers promised to give him "love, care and attention" on a return to the English Premier League.

Galaxy's offer was believed to be a one-year deal on similar terms to the contract he signed when he moved from Real Madrid in 2007, understood to be around $8.9 million (£5.6 million) a year.

Tottenham joined QPR in expressing an interest in the 36-year-old midfielder, whose contract expires at the end of this year. Beckham will meet with his advisers at the end of October to decide on the next move in his career.

The new owner of newly-promoted QPR, Tony Fernandes, said Saturday he believed the club could help Beckham fulfill his aim of captaining Team Great Britain at the London Olympics next year.

The Malaysian entrepreneur believes Beckham has something to prove to himself with one last crack in the Premier League and said he was willing to provide the former Manchester United midfielder with the route he needs.

Fernandes said the club's five signings in the summer window all had something to prove and added, "Beckham fits into that mold because he wants to return and captain Britain at the Olympics."

Fernandes has held talks with Beckham's advisers with regards to a short-term move from the Galaxy during the January transfer window, Sky Sports reported.

It is understood Beckham would prefer Spurs or Arsenal if at all possible, although he has not ruled out QPR given Fernandes's long-term vision for the club.

"Environment, love, care and attention - we can offer that to him," Fernandes said. "I'm not sure it's for him, and I'm not sure it will fit him in January. Who knows? But I'm an ideas man, and he is an idea."

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Bears Won’t Pull Chicago Out of Sports Slump

A lost summer of baseball in Chicago has raised the stakes on the Bears' season, although it's not like our sports-minded citizenry needed another Carlos Zambrano meltdown or the disaster that is Adam Dunn to get all tingly over Jay Cutler and his associates.

Oprah has come and gone, as have M.J., two Mayors Daley and the Sears Tower. The Bears endure. They are Chicago's true passion, fueled by indelible memories of 1985 and its ringmaster, the mustachioed restaurateur whose high profile around town serves as a grumpy reminder of how things ought to be.

Has it really been 26 years since Super Bowl XX, when the Bears ruled the world? Will it ever happen again?

A neutral observer would like to be more encouraging to those legions of true believers whose emotional well-being swings with the Bears' fortunes each Sunday. But he can't. The record keeps coming up 8-8 with every parsing of the schedule.

There has never been an 8-8 team in the Super Bowl, but the hard-liners in the Soldier Field crowd believe that's the logical destination for a squad that fell one game short last year. They don't want to hear that the 2010 Bears were a flawed team that took advantage of uncommonly good health, a favorable schedule and uncommonly good luck in the form of several overmatched opposing quarterbacks.

As Bill Parcells, the N.F.L. sage, put it, you are what your record says you are, and last year's Bears were 11-5. It's possible they could field a better team and not do as well against a stronger division and a tougher overall schedule, but unlikely.

The "fielding a stronger team" piece presumes they've addressed the flaws they managed either to conceal or overcome last year — most notably a porous offensive line that had pass rushers flying at Cutler like left-lane leadfoots on the Dan Ryan.

The new line features a rookie at right tackle, a seventh-round draft choice at left tackle and a converted guard at center. Scary.

But first, Lance Briggs. What is he thinking?

Briggs wants more money — who among us doesn't? But there's this matter of a six-year contract that has three years remaining. Briggs signed it as an unrestricted free agent in 2008, and he hit the jackpot: $36 million. But the deal was structured so that roughly $22 million paid out over the first three years. Briggs looks at what he still has coming, considers his status as a six-time Pro Bowl performer and decides it's tantamount to taking a pay cut, playing for $3.65 million in 2011.

Linebackers rely on instincts, not logic.

Sympathy is hard to find in a region where unemployment hovers near 10 percent. Even for a Bear, and a high-performing one. For their part, the Bears are more likely to unveil a shrine to Brett Favre on the Soldier Field concourse than redo a deal they considered perfectly fair to both sides at the time it was struck.

Briggs insists his discontent won't become the proverbial "distraction," but it did when he went public. He has also indicated he will seek a trade if the Bears don't satisfy him, and that would be about as wise a move as drafting Curtis Enis.

Briggs is a very good player, no question. He thrives in a defense that was practically designed for him. He works alongside a future Hall of Famer whose presence as a disrupter makes things easier for him. And he landed in a city that loves him enough to forget his wee-hours misadventure with a Lamborghini in 2007 or his tawdry paternity entanglements one year later, including one with a naïve coed.

If he were to leave, Briggs would find the grass on the other side of the fence to be in worse shape than Soldier Field's.

The Bears do have some salary-cap flexibility. If they were to take an eraser to any of their existing contracts, Matt Forte's is the place to start. He's not Marshall Faulk as a multipurpose threat, much to Mike Martz's chagrin, but he has been a consistent, durable performer over his first three years, averaging 270 carries, 1,079 rushing yards, 57 receptions and nearly 9 touchdowns.

Year 4, though, is the danger zone for N.F.L. running backs — the pounding they take begins to wear on them. Forte is scheduled to earn $550,000 in the final year of his rookie contract. A bump for services rendered would be appropriate.

The Bears, see, need all the help they can get in a division they rolled through last season. Green Bay won it all with half its team on injured reserve, and even though there's a seven-year moratorium on repeat N.F.L. champions, the Packers like their chances with Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback-in-full, fronting a stronger, deeper roster.

Detroit has been quietly repairing a monumentally bad defense and could be a breakthrough team if quarterback Matthew Stafford can stay upright. Donovan McNabb would love to prove there's something left in the tank after a humiliating year in Washington, but unsettled Minnesota isn't the best place to try.

The Bears? Their lone home-run hitter, Devin Hester, plays best on special teams. They just keep coming up 8-8. But they're the Bears, so you know it will be high drama. And you know we'll all be watching.

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The Most Disastrous Rookie Contracts in NFL History

Having a high draft pick is one of the most exciting things for an NFL team because it means that the new player selected can become the face of the franchise. Examples include Peyton Manning, who was selected first overall by the Indianapolis Colts in 1998, or Jake Long, who was selected first overall by the Miami Dolphins in 2008.

But sometimes a team gambles…and loses.

The following eight slides highlight the worst rookie contracts in NFL history, in no particular order. Quite frankly, these players are total busts.

JaMarcus Russell, QB, Oakland Raiders

The first overall selection in the 2007 NFL draft, quarterback JaMarcus Russell signed a $61 million contract with the Oakland Raiders, including $32 million guaranteed.

He lasted just three dismal seasons in the NFL, throwing for 18 touchdowns and 23 interceptions, before he was mercifully released by the team after the 2009 season. He won just seven of 29 starts and has been out of the league for over a year.

Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Oakland Raiders

Everybody knows that the only reason why the Oakland Raiders selected wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey with the seventh overall pick in the 2009 draft is because of his blazing speed.

They signed him to a five-year, $38.25 million contract, including a ridiculous $23.5 million guaranteed.

So far, Heyward-Bey has not lived up to expectations at all. He's recorded 35 receptions and exactly two touchdowns in his professional career.

The sixth overall pick in the 2008 NFL draft by the New York Jets, defensive end Vernon Gholston signed a five-year contract worth $32 million. If Gholston reached all of his performance clauses, the deal would have maxed out at $50 million. His contract included $21 million in guaranteed money.

In three seasons with the Jets, Gholston collected exactly 16 tackles. He failed to record a sack. And he was cut following the 2010 season.

He was signed to a contract by the Bears in July of 2011, but he was waived a month later.

Reggie Bush, RB, New Orleans Saints

One of the greatest college running backs in history, Reggie Bush was drafted by the New Orleans Saints with the second overall pick in the 2006 draft.

Bush signed a six-year deal worth $62 million, with over $26.5 million guaranteed.

He played five seasons with the Saints, and although he proved his value as a receiving threat out of the backfield, as well as a returner, he never succeeded as a running back, and that's why he was drafted. He was supposed to be one of the greatest running backs in NFL history. Instead, he struggled to get onto the field.

He is looking to revive his career with the Miami Dolphins right now.

Vince Young, QB, Tennessee Titans

Following Vince Young's second-place finish in the 2006 Heisman Trophy voting, the Tennessee Titans drafted him third overall and signed him to a five-year deal worth $58 million, including more than $25 million guaranteed.

Although Young made two Pro Bowl selections and earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors, he never developed into a top-10 quarterback in the league. Let's face it—he wouldn't be a two-time Pro Bowler if he wasn't so popular.

He lost his starting job a couple of times, had some off-the-field problems, was released by the team and is looking to revive his career in Philadelphia as the backup to Michael Vick.

A Heisman Trophy winner in college, Matt Leinart slipped down to the 10th overall selection in the 2006 draft.

He was picked by the Cardinals, who signed him to a six-year, $50.8 million deal, including $14 million guaranteed.

In four seasons with Arizona, Leinart threw 14 touchdowns and 20 interceptions. He has spent the past two seasons on the Houston Texans but has not thrown a pass since the 2009 season.

Money well spent, Cardinals.

Alex Smith, QB, San Francisco 49ers

The top selection in the 2005 NFL draft, 49ers quarterback Alex Smith signed a six-year, $49.5 million deal, including $24 million in guaranteed money.

In six seasons, he's thrown 51 touchdowns and 53 interceptions, and he's posted a passer rating below the league average every season. He's won 19 of his 50 starts and has never had a winning record.

Ryan Leaf, QB, San Diego Chargers

The second overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft, Ryan Leaf was signed to a four-year, $31.25 million contract, including an $11.25 million signing bonus, the largest ever given to an NFL rookie at the time.

The day he was drafted, he stated that he was looking forward to a 15-year NFL career, a couple of trips to the Super Bowl and a parade through downtown San Diego.

Nope. Instead, he played four seasons, threw 14 touchdowns against 36 interceptions, posted a passer rating of 50.0 and established himself as the largest draft bust in the history of the National Football League.

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ESPN Extends Deal With N.F.L. for $15 Billion

Hours before the N.F.L. season began Thursday, ESPN demonstrated what "Monday Night Football" means to the cable empire by renewing it for $15.2 billion through 2021, according to a person briefed on the details. The completion of the contract was delayed by the league's player lockout.

At $1.9 billion a year, ESPN will be paying 73 percent more than the $1.1 billion a year it has been spending for "Monday Night," the highest-rated show on cable television. ESPN began carrying Monday night games in 2006, when its previous package of Sunday night games moved to NBC.

But when ESPN made that earlier deal, which will expire in 2013, it received no playoff games and no chance of carrying a Super Bowl, which is rotated among CBS, NBC and Fox. All ESPN had were the rights to carry 17 regular-season games a year.

The new deal provides a path to adding a wild-card playoff game on the network by providing the league with an option to give one to ESPN — which would appear to mean taking one away from another network.

How that develops will probably be a part of continuing negotiations with CBS, Fox and NBC, which will be under pressure to retain their N.F.L. rights, at possibly steep fee increases, in a sluggish economy.

ESPN's agreement will allow it to further secure its role as the cable channel with more N.F.L. content than any other except for the NFL Network. ESPN will expand its use of video highlights and add 500 hours of league-branded studio shows almost immediately, including adding a third hour to the Sunday show "NFL Countdown." It will now start at 10 a.m. Eastern.

The daily "NFL Live" show will expand to 60 minutes from 30. The deal will also let ESPN stream its N.F.L. programming to Verizon cellphones. Tablet users will be able to see "Monday Night" games and other league shows by using the WatchESPN app.

"The value of the N.F.L. to us is the ubiquity of the sport across our platforms all the time," said John Skipper, the executive vice president for content at ESPN. "It's just stupendous for us. It's daily product — we don't have a day without the N.F.L."

He called the new deal, even at a much higher cost, "fiscally prudent for us" and one that "we will be able to absorb and continue to grow." For ESPN, the length of the deal, eight years, is advantageous because it will span a period in which it will renegotiate all of its deals with cable, satellite and telephone companies. That will almost certainly lead to subscriber fees exceeding the estimated $4.50 a month that ESPN now charges.

In a conference call, George Bodenheimer, the president of ESPN, said there would not be a specific "N.F.L. surcharge" added to subscriber fees.

But, he added: "No portion of any of our fees is associated with any product. Our fees are based on the value of our products."

Neal Pilson, a sports industry consultant, said ESPN's $1.9 billion annual payment was affordable in cable economics.

"Hypothetically," he wrote in an e-mail, "if you say 50 cents or one dollar (or more) of the $4.50 monthly sub fee is attributed to the N.F.L. on ESPN (and push that forward to support future increases in sub fees), you can easily justify the rights fee given all the programming and content ESPN will be carrying."

At $15.2 billion for eight years of N.F.L. rights, ESPN's contract greatly exceeds recent deals like CBS and Turner's $10.8 billion agreement to carry the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament for 14 years and NBC Universal's $4.38 billion investment in the four Olympics from 2014 to 2020.

ESPN made losing bids for the N.C.A.A. and Olympic contracts, perhaps signaling that the deal it really wanted was the N.F.L. extension. "We do not have a more important deal than the N.F.L.," Skipper said.

The league's next TV deal might be for a second Thursday night package of games to augment the one that the NFL Network carries. But the creation, and sale, of a second such collection of eight games is not imminent. Roger Goodell, the N.F.L. commissioner, said, "It's not likely we will do it in the next year."

by Richard Sandomir

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ESPN Extends Deal With N.F.L. for $15 Billion

Hours before the N.F.L. season began Thursday, ESPN demonstrated what "Monday Night Football" means to the cable empire by renewing it for $15.2 billion through 2021, according to a person briefed on the details. The completion of the contract was delayed by the league's player lockout.

At $1.9 billion a year, ESPN will be paying 73 percent more than the $1.1 billion a year it has been spending for "Monday Night," the highest-rated show on cable television. ESPN began carrying Monday night games in 2006, when its previous package of Sunday night games moved to NBC.

But when ESPN made that earlier deal, which will expire in 2013, it received no playoff games and no chance of carrying a Super Bowl, which is rotated among CBS, NBC and Fox. All ESPN had were the rights to carry 17 regular-season games a year.

The new deal provides a path to adding a wild-card playoff game on the network by providing the league with an option to give one to ESPN — which would appear to mean taking one away from another network.

How that develops will probably be a part of continuing negotiations with CBS, Fox and NBC, which will be under pressure to retain their N.F.L. rights, at possibly steep fee increases, in a sluggish economy.

ESPN's agreement will allow it to further secure its role as the cable channel with more N.F.L. content than any other except for the NFL Network. ESPN will expand its use of video highlights and add 500 hours of league-branded studio shows almost immediately, including adding a third hour to the Sunday show "NFL Countdown." It will now start at 10 a.m. Eastern.

The daily "NFL Live" show will expand to 60 minutes from 30. The deal will also let ESPN stream its N.F.L. programming to Verizon cellphones. Tablet users will be able to see "Monday Night" games and other league shows by using the WatchESPN app.

"The value of the N.F.L. to us is the ubiquity of the sport across our platforms all the time," said John Skipper, the executive vice president for content at ESPN. "It's just stupendous for us. It's daily product — we don't have a day without the N.F.L."

He called the new deal, even at a much higher cost, "fiscally prudent for us" and one that "we will be able to absorb and continue to grow." For ESPN, the length of the deal, eight years, is advantageous because it will span a period in which it will renegotiate all of its deals with cable, satellite and telephone companies. That will almost certainly lead to subscriber fees exceeding the estimated $4.50 a month that ESPN now charges.

In a conference call, George Bodenheimer, the president of ESPN, said there would not be a specific "N.F.L. surcharge" added to subscriber fees.

But, he added: "No portion of any of our fees is associated with any product. Our fees are based on the value of our products."

Neal Pilson, a sports industry consultant, said ESPN's $1.9 billion annual payment was affordable in cable economics.

"Hypothetically," he wrote in an e-mail, "if you say 50 cents or one dollar (or more) of the $4.50 monthly sub fee is attributed to the N.F.L. on ESPN (and push that forward to support future increases in sub fees), you can easily justify the rights fee given all the programming and content ESPN will be carrying."

At $15.2 billion for eight years of N.F.L. rights, ESPN's contract greatly exceeds recent deals like CBS and Turner's $10.8 billion agreement to carry the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament for 14 years and NBC Universal's $4.38 billion investment in the four Olympics from 2014 to 2020.

ESPN made losing bids for the N.C.A.A. and Olympic contracts, perhaps signaling that the deal it really wanted was the N.F.L. extension. "We do not have a more important deal than the N.F.L.," Skipper said.

The league's next TV deal might be for a second Thursday night package of games to augment the one that the NFL Network carries. But the creation, and sale, of a second such collection of eight games is not imminent. Roger Goodell, the N.F.L. commissioner, said, "It's not likely we will do it in the next year."

by Richard Sandomir

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The Anti-Rosenhaus: Priority Sports Challenges Everything You Think About Agents

Priority Sports is the biggest and most successful sports agency that you know nothing about.

That should change.

Priority represents some of the biggest names in many US team sports and a few of their football agents sat down with Bleacher Report to explain why Priority operates in a much different way than how typical sports fans expect an agency to operate.

Mike McCartney is a licensed football agent for Priority out of their Chicago office. McCartney grew up around football because his dad, Bill, was an assistant at Michigan under Bo Schembechler and then a head coach at Colorado. Mike also spent a long time coaching in the college ranks (at Colorado and North Carolina) and working withNFL teams.

When McCartney decided to move to the other side of the negotiating table, he says it was easy to pick which agency to work for.

"My last job in the NFL [Director of Pro Personnel for the Philadelphia Eagles] was to deal with the agents. I got to know and understand who actually worked for their clients. Priority Sports did it the right way, with integrity and character."

Integrity and character aren't names often associated with agents. However integrity and character definitely describes the client list at Priority. Kevin Mawae, the President of the NFLPA, trusts Priority, so does Madieu Williams—the reigning Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. Another NFL Man of the Year, Kurt Warner, signed with Priority when he came home from NFL Europe and stuck with them when he was a Superbowl MVP.

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Looking at the rest of Priority's client list, it is hard to decide which is more impressive—the number of Pro Bowls or the number of charities. Tony Pashos works with HEAL to find a cure for autism. Alan Faneca leads the fight against epilepsy. Nate Kaeding has hosted a celebrity golf tournament for years benefiting local San Diego charities like cancer research. Haloti Ngata has chose juvenile diabetes as his nemesis. Drew Stanton wants to cure Cystic Fibrosis.

When Drew Stanton left Michigan State for the NFL Draft, Priority was among his top choices for representation but he initially chose Rosenhaus Sports instead. While Stanton had nothing but complimentary things to say about Rosenhaus, it was clear that his switch to Priority was predicated by one thing: growing up.

Kenny Zuckerman of Priority Sports loves when players grow up and choose his agency. In fact, Zuckerman is confident that: "If players were making the decision at 26 instead of 21, we'd get all of them."

Zuckerman also passed on any opportunity I gave him to say anything mean-spirited about Drew Rosenhaus, but made it clear that the two of them have differing views about what constitutes the best interests of their clients.

"I've heard Drew say that 'any publicity is good publicity,' but I don't believe that. I believe that only good publicity is good publicity. That's why a lot of young kids choose Rosenhaus. They see him with his clients on TV and it doesn't resonate that it's negative publicity. Older players realize that sort of thing."

Drew Rosenhaus with client, Terrelle Pryor 
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McCartney painted a wider picture of the sports agency landscape. When he was working for the Eagles, he said that he "learned quickly about an agency when players were struggling." It impressed him when agents like Zuckerman and Rick Smith of Priority would fight for a client just as stridently when he was struggling as when he was at the top of his game.

That care for their clients is largely driven by the type of clients Priority accepts. Read that again—the type of clients Priority accepts. At some point, every agent needs to decide what kinds of kids he wants to represent.

For some agents, the criteria is easy—any kid who will say yes. Priority is in the enviable position to turn away clients that don't fit their specific criteria. Priority talks to scouts, coaches, parents and teachers to decide if a player is high character enough to fit into the Priority family.

McCartney describes his criteria in this way: "We're not going after guys who've been living on the edge. We're looking to help young players navigate throughout their entire football career."

The message to prospective rookie clients is simple: "We're not going to do anything illegal or unethical. We're not going to jeopardize your eligibility. It's not worth it to us."

The career-long strategy for those clients is simple as well.

"If we can keep a player and his family on the straight and narrow; comfortable and happy, it gives him a chance to be successful. So many players are bled by bad investments and poor lifestyle choices. We want the player's environment to be solid, so he has a chance to maximize his opportunities."

How does that happen?

Priority boasts the best agent to client ratio among any team sports agency in the country. That kind of personal attention is important to clients and allows those players to have assistance in scheduling charity events and setting up foundations.

Also, Priority says it treats its company in a fundamentally different way than other agencies. While other agents spend their days golfing with clients and their nights partying with their clients, Priorities agents spend their days and their nights with the families. One of the interesting thing about Priority is that—in a business dominated by bachelors—most of Priority's employees are married with children.

Priority also has a company policy of giving clients an honest look, not telling players what they "want to hear." Priority believes their clients would like to hear the truth.

These facts don't escape clients who appreciate representation that mirrors their own priorities in life.

Sadly, a lot of these facts escape the general public who are more drawn to the controversy of other big agencies. Unlike many of the well known "super agents," Priority has never once been in trouble with the NCAA or the NFLPA.

Zuckerman says that: "We do it the right way and it's a shame that the right way doesn't get you noticed."

Maybe, finally, it should.

By 

Michael Schottey

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MotoGP to Race at Indy Until 2014

The greatest motorcycle racers in the world will continue to race at Indy for the next three years. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Dorna Sports have reached an agreement that will bring MotoGPraces to the Brickyard until 2014.

With the Circuit of the Americas being built in Texas and Indy's contract running out at the end of 2011, there was a lot of speculation that the MotoGP wouldn't return in 2012. Indy repaved the circuit in order to entice Dorna to renew the contract, but after many of the MotoGP riders criticized the pave job, it looked certain that the premier class would find a new venue in 2012.

But those rumors were put to rest this weekend when Dorna announced that they renewed their contract with Indy.

"We're happy to welcome back the exciting action and colorful, daring riders of MotoGP," said
Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Jeff Belskus. "This race meeting brings a unique international flavour and style of racing to the Speedway that has become a solid, new tradition on our annual schedule. We're excited about it's potential for continued growth into the future."

The new contract guarantees that there will be two MotoGP races in the United States in 2012 (Laguna Seca and Indianapolis), and possibly three in 2013 when the new circuit in Texas opens for business.

The new 1000cc MotoGP class will race at Indy in 2012, along with theMoto2 series and the new Moto3 series.

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