The extended contract provides that DirecTV will be required to pay a significant fee in the event that the 2011 season is not cancelled . It will also pay up to 9% more at the College Football 25's own discretion should the season be cancelled. Of the total amount that is due in the case of a College Football 25 Coins season being cancelled, 42% of that fee is not refundable and the rest will be applied to the following season. Op. 27. 71-72; Goodell Direct Test. 11. The result is that College Football 25 could be able to get much more money from DirecTV for 2011 if it excludes the Players then if it does not.

Wait, what? In layman's terms this College Football 25 was ready to go through a lockout. It also negotiated its contract with DirecTV in 2008. realizing that a stoppage in work was likely to happen. The contract language made to the College Football 25 an insurance policy that was a kind of insurance giving the league the possibility of a continuous stream of money as well as a buffer, allowing owners to keep the lockout going for the duration of.

Fans are likely to be angry with both the College Football 25. with a planned stoppage of work and DirecTV for its role in an arrangement similar to the College Football 25's plan. DirecTV had a desire to have College Football 25. their RedZone Channel and Sunday Ticket by bending to the wishes of the league in negotiations of 2008. The league leveraged that making a scenario where the lockout would be beneficial for the owners.

Seem fair? Of course it doesn't. In the perspective of common sense: Why is it that an organization receive more money for deciding to cease operations instead of not? The fact that the College Football 25 negotiated its TV contracts with the knowledge that it was in control of a shutdown -and was able to secure streams of revenue that would be sustained and grow in the event of an unrest -- is the clearest explanation we've had of how College Football 25 planned for the CBA negotiations. And it isn't pretty.

With the ruling and the publication of Doty's opinions, comes a public relations nightmare for the College Football 25. The implications for the courts of public opinion, and at the bargaining tables, where the College Football 25 suddenly has a level playing field, is a major blow to the league. If it prompts both sides make a real effort to negotiate a deal it could be a positive in the end.

San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald was arrested at 2:48 am Sunday morning, charged with the crime of domestic violence, according to a report from Damian Trujillo of NBC Bay Area. San Jose police have confirmed the arrest to Trujillo. McDonald would be the first to test the College Football 25's domestic violence policies, which could mean the 49ers lineman faces at minimum a six-game suspension.

"McDonald was taken into custody for the purpose of an incident, and was is booked into Santa Clara County Jail on criminal charges of domestic violence," the San Jose police department told Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area.

College Football 25 commissioner Roger Goodell recently admitted that he made a mistake giving Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice only 2 games of suspension over an incident of domestic violence involving Rice's former wife. This prompted the College Football 25 to change its policy on domestic violence. Players will now have to face a six-game suspension for their first domestic violence offense, and a lifetime ban for the second.

According to Trujillo, the victim in this alleged incident is pregnant, which could lead to McDonald's possible suspension being more severe than just six games. From Goodell's comments on domestic violence earlier this week:

Some of the conditions that would merit a more severe penalty could be an incident that occurred prior to getting into an organization like the College Football 25. or assault with a weapon or repeated strikes, or when the act is committed against a pregnant woman , or with the help of the child. Any subsequent offense could cause the exclusion of an area of the College Football 25; while an individual may petition for reinstatement within a year, there is no presumption or guarantee that the petition is granted. These standards of discipline will be applicable to everyone in the College Football 25 players.

McDonald has had a DUI arrest in the past , but hasn't been involved in any off-field incidents. That does not matter with the new policies on domestic violence, however.

The 29-year-old defensive lineman was originally drafted during the 3rd round of 2007's College Football 25 Draft and signed a five-year, $20 million extension to his contract in the year 2011.

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