My 2 favorite emails that I received during Wednesday's show have led me to a couple of interesting sites that you might want to check out.
I'll explain.
My 2nd favorite email of the night came from Chris. He took the time to search the CBA to aid in my quest to determine why the hell we now talk about "no-move clauses" instead of "no-trade clauses" in the contracts of NHL players. I appreciate the effort in helping out my one-man show, with apologies to Andrew the Intern (who happens to be the best intern I've had in years and perhaps ever.)
Chris wrote:
Brad,
From the almighty CBA on no-move clauses:
http://nhlpa.com/CBA/index.asp
11.8 Individually Negotiated Limitations on a Player Movement.
(b) A no-move clause may prevent the involuntary relocation of a Player, whether by Trade, Loan or Waiver claim. A no-move clause, however, may not restrict the Club's buy-out and termination rights as set forth in this Agreement. Prior to exercising its Ordinary Course Buy-Out rights pursuant to Paragraph 13 of the SPC hereof, the Club shall, in writing in accordance with the notice provisions in Exhibit 3 hereof, provide the Player with the option of electing to be placed on Waivers. The Player will have twenty-four (24) hours from the time he receives such notice to accept or reject that option at his sole discretion, and shall inform the Club in writing, in accordance with the notice provisions in Exhibit 3 hereof, within such twenty-four (24) hour period. If the Player does not timely accept or reject that option, it will be deemed rejected.
So if I'm reading that lawyerspeak correctly, a player with a no-move clause can't be traded, loaned or placed on waivers. It looks like the only thing the team can do to get rid of the player is waive him with the intention of buying him out. But that can only be done with the player's consent. The team can't just waive the player so he can play in the minors, they must buy him out of his contract. At least I think that's what it means.
Keep up the great work,
Chris
http://goosesroost.blogspot.com/
He followed that up, 3 minutes later, with:
Reading that again quickly, I might have been a little wrong in the interpretation. It looks like the player has all the control. "Prevent the involuntary relocation of a player" seems to be the key term there. If the player doesn't want to be traded or bought out, the team is stuck with him.
-Chris
Much like Chris, I can read that in a couple of different ways. Regardless, check out his site for some really well-written, well-conceived stuff and some interviews with the Sabres' draft picks that he procured through Facebook. Impressive. I've been there before but have a new appreciation for it.
The other site I re-discovered is WhatsThatCalled.com. It's a site dedicated to figuring the name of songs/artists that you hear in commercials. Here's how it came up tonight.
My favorite e-mail of the night came from Pat, who offered me a free helicopter ride.
No, you sicko, that's not a code for some deviant act (although it should be.)
It's exactly what he/I said it is. He flies helicopters over the Falls and, as luck would have it, I just recently had a conversation with my fiancee, Carol, about how neither of us has ever been in a helicopter and we both would like to do it. I replied to Pat and we're working out the details.
Later in the night, I received another email from Pat.
Hey Brad trying to figure out a song you had playing about 8:30pm or so on Tuesday night it was also used in a Coke commercial during the Olympics in 2000. Can't think of it hope you remember. Thank you.
Pat
My reply:
I know exactly the song you mean. Unfortunately, I have it saved as
"Coca Cola party" on the computer because it was recorded from the
commercial back then and I never found out the artist or title. I can
email the mp3 to you from work though.
Feeling obligated to help out a listener who also plans to give Carol and me a free helicopter ride, I did some research and found that the song is called "Red Alert" by some "artist" named Basement Jaxx. That said, there's a lot more to see on the site and I'd recommend checking it out.
That's the longest I've spent writing on this site since calculating the NFL playoff scenarios before Buffalo/Cleveland in December... back to poker.
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