Posts made in December, 2017

Asmussen cleared to be selected in the Hall of Fame

Asmussen cleared to be selected in the Hall of Fame

Back in 2014, the People for Ethical treatment of Animals went to court to sue trainer Steve Asmussen for charges on animal cruelty and mistreat. This prompted the Hall of Fame in eradicating his name from the main contenders of the inclusion in the Hall of Fame. Nonetheless, these charges were dropped and brought a new beginning for Asmussen who now is eligible to take part in the final listing for the top awards in the Hall of Fame calendar year.

Two times has Asmussen scooped the Eclipse Award winner for Outstanding Trainer and conditioner of Horse of the Years Curlin and Rachel Alexandra. This was followed by a recent break through after one of his own horses Untapable scooped the 2014 Kentucky Oaks. Asmussen is currently ranked second in the all-time winning as a trainer in the US after he achieved the 7,000 win mark last year.

Investigation conducted undercover by Kentucky investigators could not verify the accusations made by PETA which prompted the New York State Gaming Commission in clearing Asmussen from the charges. However, he would be found guilty of directing the use of thyroxin hormone to his horses two days before the races.

It was during this investigation by the New York and Kentucky investigation that his Hall of Fame matter was put into consideration. In the end, Asmussen was cleared to vie in the hall in Saratoga Springs in New York. He will be among other trainers who have been operation for at least 25 years including Shug McGaughey, Bob Baffert and D. Wayne Lukas.

However, the case is yet to be over as on Tuesday the PETA senior vice president Kathy Guillermo claimed that they had clear prove that shows Asmussen injecting his horses with sedatives and other drugs which kept them running on daily basis. And for this reason, he went against the new legislation to protect horses from drug abuse and thus would be fined $10,000 by the New York State Gaming Commission.

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Improved cardinals becoming favorites in NFL

Improved cardinals becoming favorites in NFL

Carson Palmer teammates are on high attitude after clinching another victory gunning over 30 points. The Arizona Cardinals oversaw a 38-8 win over Green Bay Packers in another demolition game in style and the quarterback was only amazed by their achievements. With the completion of the first round, the Cardinals are on 13-2 margin. Last week they clinched the NFC West title and have won nine times consecutively.

Nonetheless, Palmer claims that being in the playoffs in not a great achievement unlike winning it all up to the finals. With the playoffs draw yet to be revealed, each team should be worried about the potential threats that the Cardinals pose and come January, their true weight and power will be revealed.

Their strong and agitated mode of play they portrayed last Sunday against Green Bay Packers at the University of Phoenix Stadium shocked many as they didn’t expect the Green Bay Packers to lose in such a huge margin having in mind that this was the first loss for the latter. If the Cards take the motives and agitation to the playoffs, then definitely they will prosper and propel all the way to the finals.

The Cards who were without their veteran Pro Bowl defensive Tyrann Mathieu allowed just 178 yards and their head coach Bruce Arians claimed that this was not their best game yet. However he claimed that the team had their best play in the season at the defense.

 

Palmer has been instrument to the team’s performance with a record of 26-4 in his 30 games. He has combined efforts well with other players including John Brown, Larry Fitzgerald and Michael Floyd. The team has boosted the inform services of running back David Johnson who made an astonishing 127 yards run last Sunday.

 

Nonetheless, the team will have to make it through the playoffs without the services of star player Mathieu who will be out for the rest of the season after having torn his interior cruciate ligament against Philadelphia Eagles. Nonetheless, they still boost services of various midfield players who can be called upon to replace Mathieu and this may pose a direct threat to other teams in the playoffs. The Cards are the hottest team to watch in the NFL as we speak.

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Sky Bet and Football League extends their deal

Sky Bet and Football League extends their deal

The English second division tier Football League and their main sponsors Sky Bet have decided to sign a three year deal as an extension to their existing one.

Sky Bet has been the main sponsor of the League as from 2013 and signed a three year deal that is scheduled to end in August 2016. However, the new extension deal is scheduled to start from August 2016 and scheduled to end in August 2019. The deal comes to a great advantage to the Football League’s 72 teams who will oversee their income increase drastically.

The Football League has been in existence for a long time with teams in first to third place at the end of every season being promoted to the higher league. Those finishing at the bottom three positions definitely get a demotion to the lower league. The Football League recently claimed that it will change its identity to EFL and with Sky Bet as their main sponsor up to 2019; the league will be entitled as Sky Bet EFL. However, respective names of various individual leagues including Championship, League one and League two will not change.

Richard Flint who is the Sky Bet Chief Executive claimed that it was with pleasure that his company has extended their deal with Football League for another three years. He claimed that it is the durability, the amazing fans and the entertaining clubs that have attributed for the deal extension. He concluded that he was happy to invest in such a competitive league and claimed that they would bring this enticement to their betting clients.

At the same time, the Chief Executive of the Football League Shaun Harvey claimed that the main agenda of the League lies on its future and this case includes the renaming of the League. He claimed to be pleased in the manner in which their main sponsors have faith in them to an extent of extending their deal up to 2019. He concluded that the contract extension is a good way to conclude their competitive year and on behalf of the clubs and other stakeholders, he thanked Sky Bet for their support to date.

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Good news for eSports players as twitter authenticates them

Good news for eSports players as twitter authenticates them

There are many social sites in our present days. However, none has surpassed the higher growth that is evident by twitter. Not even Facebook or Whatsapp has had great impact in growth depending on the number of users signing in with the site. The more clients in Twitter has attributed the site in forming a number of partnership with different firms in making adverts to attracts more clients with twitter accounts.

Nonetheless, there are various reasons as to why Twitter has declined to authenticate several eSports figures. Some may argue that the more the verification to different sites, the more the competition and weak groups tend to have little income. This means that there is a higher possibility of having the highest bidder getting it all and having verification of their groups.

The authentication process is basically preserved for major figures along the major industries. Twitter account has had a great significance in the number of userbases and has a huge audience with a higher sense of accountability. This however does not mean that the site has to verify each eSports figure under their roof. More often than not, many applicants have found it rough to have their demands gratified.

Good news however dawn those that have a chance to be authenticated. For instance, this past week was an ideal moment for players from teams Team SoloMid and Cloud9 who saw their verification go through. There are rumors that by 2016, more and more teams will be endorsed.

It has been claimed that the new beginning has dawned for Twitter account holders following the appointment of Rodrigo Velloso as the new Head of Gaming previous week. Velloso who before his appointment at Twitter served as the director of gaming content at YouTube claimed that his career always had content partnership by side and for this reason; it was his duty to have all the required tools at the disposal of content creators which will be crucial in the production of top most contents.

Professionals and industries have considered authentication more important in their daily activities and Twitter analytic has proven even more helpful in making their positions strong in terms of sponsorship deals and other crucial features.

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Paddy Power sued by Roy Keane over image rights violation

Paddy Power sued by Roy Keane over image rights violation

In attempt to publicly announce their products and services they offer, many firms have used images of various superstars with the aim of attracting more clients. For an image of a superstar to be on the front page of an advert, there must be a negotiation on the payment module as well as following protocols to avoid any form of rights violation.

However, former Ireland and Manchester United skipper Roy Keane has moved to court to sue Paddy Power over the allegations that the firm had gone beyond borders and violated his image rights. The firm had infringed Keane’s image rights in their new advert focused upon the ‘Euro 2016 – Braveheart’ campaign.

This didn’t begin this month as Mr. Keane had taken the case to the Irish Commercial Court back in July. According to his representatives, Paddy Power had violated the reputations of the former Irish international by adding an image of him to the advert. This comes after it was claimed that no commercial deal had been entered between Paddy Power and Roy Keane on using his image in the campaign.

Furthermore, the campaign was latter be termed as a very grave and misapprehension as well as misusing of crucial and most valuable well being that Roy Keane has been enjoying through his name, figure, portrait as well as professional status.

His representatives from the Irish law company A&L Goodbody claimed that Keane would ask the firm via the court to make compensation on damaging his image as well as posting it on an advert without any knowledge or any deal being reached. The firm further claimed that these acts were against the constitution and that Paddy Power should face the law.

The leading judge Justice Brian McGovern who was responsible for the Roy Keane vs. Paddy Power case told the Irish news last Friday that the matter was to be set on out of the court.

However, the two parties are yet to come up with an agreed solution to the matter. The two have not yet come out publicly in denouncing their final conclusion on the matter at hand.

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