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08/25/2010 -
NEW YORK (AP) - The average value for NFL teams has fallen for the first time since Forbes began keeping track in 1998.
The magazine released its annual rankings Wednesday, which show the average decreased 2 percent from last year to $1.022 billion. The Dallas Cowboys remain No. 1 and widened the gap between themselves and the rest of the NFL.
They're now worth $1.805 billion, a league-best 9 percent increase.
The report finds large-market teams have held up better than their smaller counterparts. None of the top 12 franchises lost more than 3 percent of their value. The bottom six dropped by 5 percent to 16 percent.
The Jacksonville Jaguars dropped 16 percent to fall to last place at $725 million.
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<< Royals down Tigers in 12th to avoid sweep
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Willie Bloomquist hit a solo homer off Alfredo
Figaro in the top of the 12th inning, as the Kansas City Royals rallied past
the Detroit Tigers, 4-3, to avoid a three-game sweep at Comerica Park.
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<< Dodgers place Manny Ramirez on waivers
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed
outfielder Manny Ramirez on waivers, according to the Los Angeles Times, which
cited a baseball source.
Should a team claim Ramirez, the Dodgers can arrange
<< Dementieva lands in New Haven quarters
New Haven, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former U.S. Open runner-up Elena
Dementieva was a hard-fought second-round winner Wednesday at the $600,000
Pilot Pen Tennis event, a final hardcourt U.S. Open tune-up.
The fourth-seeded 2008 Olympic
<< San Jose GM Doyle handed contract extension
Santa Clara, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Jose Earthquakes announced on
Wednesday that they have signed general manager of soccer operations John
Doyle to a contract extension for the 2011 season.
The extension also includes an o
Goodell: "Overwhelming support" for 18-game season >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - An 18-game NFL regular season appears imminent
following Wednesday's special league meeting, according to league commissioner
Roger Goodell.
Goodell indicated that owners have not voted on the "enhanced se
Red Sox shuffle rotation after scratching Matsuzaka >>
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Wakefield will start the second game of
Wednesday's day-night doubleheader against Seattle as the result of the Red
Sox shuffling their rotation.
Boston scratched Daisuke Matsuzaka from his schedule
Dibble takes time off, had criticized Strasburg >>
WASHINGTON (AP) -Washington Nationals announcer Rob Dibble will take some time off two days after making comments critical of rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg.MASN spokesman Todd Webster said Dibble would not work Wednesday night's game against the
Marlins SS Ramirez dyes hair, drops to No. 3 spot >>
NEW YORK (AP) -Hanley Ramirez has a new hairstyle - and a familiar spot in the batting order.Florida's star shortstop tried to dye his dark hair blonde before Wednesday night's game against the New York Mets, but it didn't quite turn out that way. R
In the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree.
And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so.
Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal.
So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them.
Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.)
The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money.
As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached.
The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs.
In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season.
Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done.
And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting.
So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year.
There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve.
So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal.
And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million.
There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.)
Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft.
Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey.
Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year.
So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation.
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Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.
MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.
Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.
Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.
After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.
Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.
Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.
If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.
Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.
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