[Husker] Pederson

[todd strong]

Jim Rome ate up NU and Pederson today on the radio for the exact things you 
mentioned Mike.

"Would the boy I was yesterday, be proud of the man I am today?"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Jaixen" <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
To: "Mark Landin" <marklandin at gmail.com>; <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Pederson


> There was more than "talk", there was a proposed
> contract on the table that Houston and apparantly ESPN
> had signed.  And Steve Pederson had apparantly
> verbally agreed to the arrangement as well.
>
> Is this verbal agreement binding?  In a legal sense,
> probably not.  In terms of morals, ethics, and
> integrity, that is a different situation.
>
> --- Mark Landin <marklandin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > >I have been willing to give Pederson the benefit
>> of the doubt but this
>> > > Houston situation is unsettling. I'm willing to
>> wait until all of the
>> > > facts
>> > > come out but if what the Houston AD says is
>> true, I have lost all respect
>> > > for Mr. Pederson.
>>
>> All I've seen the Houston AD say is, basically, "we
>> talked about
>> playing a game, but NU called today and said we
>> weren't".
>>
>> > > Playing Maine would be great if NU had a hockey
>> team, but.....
>>
>> > > It all comes down to $$'s doesn't it? A home
>> game against Maine will bring
>> > > in more money than a nationally televised road
>> game at Houston. That's
>> > > the,
>> > > no pun intended, bottom line. Once again
>> decisions are not made on what's
>> > > right, but what is more financially lucrative.
>>
>>
>> There was never any contract for the game, so there
>> was no "deal" from
>> which to back out. At what point does NU become
>> "honor bound" to play
>> a game?
>>
>> Notice that it was Houston who set up the televised
>> game, not NU. It
>> may be that Houston put a lot more effort into
>> getting the game done,
>> it fell through, and they're upset about possibly
>> losing the TV
>> revenue (NU is not the only school motivated by the
>> financial bottom
>> line).
>>
>> It's not like this happened in late July or August.
>> It appears NU was
>> upfront about their scheduling with Houston and UH
>> has ample time to
>> try to find a replacement game. Further, we don't
>> know how many other
>> schools NU was talking to about playing a game on
>> that date, but which
>> were also snubbed in favor of Maine.
>>
>> I'm not willing to convict Mr. Pederson's ethics
>> based on the facts
>> revealed so far.
>
>
>
> =====
> Mike Jaixen
>
>
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