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American football sets foot in cricket-crazy India
Bollywood beware. American football is bringing a hint of Hollywood and some star-spangled celebrities and former players to India to battle for a share of attention in this cricket-crazy country of 1.2 billion.
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The Elite Football League of India (EFLI), with supporters including actor Mark Wahlberg and former Super Bowl-winning quarterback Kurt Warner, is planning a launch in November with 12 teams - and has grander plans for a 52-team league by 2022.
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Some of the former NFL coaches who have stakes in the league are former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski, former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin of the Dallas Cowboys and former Green Bay Packers linebacker Brandon Chillar.
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Ambitious? Consider this: cricket is THE sport in India, drawing more than a quarter of the country?s total advertising revenue of $2.41 billion last year, when it won the World Cup. National team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni signed a $39.7 million contract with a management company in 2010.
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The Indian Premier League has given cricket an even higher profile, with billionaires and Bollywood beauties falling over each other to buy stakes in the teams, which then bid at auction for the hired guns from all over the cricket world for a six-week season.
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?There is relatively no competition on air in the sporting landscape of Asian TV,? EFLI founder and chief executive Sunday Zellar told The Associated Press. ?In addition, given the lack of alternatives, we are finding the biggest, strongest and most agile athletes from all over India and Sri Lanka to participate in this new game of chess played by the ultimate gladiator.?
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Organisers haven?t finalised a TV deal and negotiations with the kind of wealthy local industrialists who back the IPL are ongoing, but talent scouts have been raiding rugby, wrestling and volleyball to unearth talented prospective players for the EFLI.
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?India has a host of very talented athletes and they are honing their skills very quickly and adapting to the game as though they have played for many years,? said Zellar, a brand marketing consultant who is hoping the trial season in Kolkata in May will generate more exposure for the main tournament.
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?We hope to introduce the heroes, the players and educate the public on the rules and format of the game. It is our intention that it will spark interest and develop a following that will be sustained through to the opening game in November.?
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Unlike the IPL, the American football backers are trying to build a group of stars from scratch.
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Among them could be 19-year-old Santu Sardar, a soccer player who had little hope of a regular job or football contract while he languished in the second division of the local Kolkata league. He now has a monthly salary of 15,000 rupees ($300), a significant boost for a poor family which had survived until then on roughly the same amount earned by his cabdriving father.
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?My life has changed after I signed up for this league as it promises me a better life and financial security,? Sardar told AP in a telephone interview. ?I?ll now give my everything to ensure my team Kolkata does very well in the competition.?
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But the question remains: will the best efforts of Sardar and dozens of young men from similar backgrounds be enough to get even a glimmer of attention in a sports landscape so dominated by cricket?
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Other sports, including field hockey and soccer which already have a history and profile in India, rely on government handouts to keep afloat.
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The EFLI is starting with an initial investment of $5 million, with another $3 million expected to be raised through the first season. Backers like Wahlberg are committing only endorsements and effort toward building the brand.
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The Salt Lake Stadium, a massive 120,000-capacity venue in Kolkata, is the hub of activity where coaches from the United States are drilling hand-picked Indian coaches and players.
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The Stadium will host the inaugural tournament, with teams from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh lending an international flavour. The nine Indian franhcises in the 58-game regular season are Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Rajasthan and Punjab.
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Each team will have a pool of five coaches and 40 players, excluding support staff. The salaries will be comparable with soccer and field hockey, in which players are generally contracted to teams but paid through government departments or banks they notionally work for.
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?The next five years will be revolutionary in the sporting arena for India. As the talent grows and people become familiar with the game, you will see children tossing the football around,? Zellar said. ?Attendance at live games will increase dramatically and the culture of the American football game will have planted itself on the ground and in the hearts of the Indian people.?
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Zellar has recruited sports producer Sandy Grossman to help put together a TV coverage that will help sell and spread the league?s appeal.
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?It?s very challenging to introduce the game to Indian cameramen and producers,? said eight-time Emmy Award-winning director Grossman. ?American football is fast, a contact sport, and involves a lot of strategies.?
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Grossman says programming in India will have to be different because the game has to be introduced to viewers.
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?They will be like tutorials. An Indian announcer will talk with coaches, explain the game. My job is to guide the producers and cameramen and then leave them to decide how to cover games,? he told AP on telephone.
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The US National Football League, which folded its European competition in 2007 after 16 years spent establishing a league on the continent, has no direct stake in the EFLI.
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The inaugural Indian season will run in winter, sparing the need to expose heavily padded players to the searing heat on the subcontinent.
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
Former school district security guard charged with workers ...
INDUSTRY CA April 1 2012?- For the sixth time since January 2011, an employee of the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District has been accused of workers? compensation insurance fraud.
Julio Santiago, a 52-year-old former security guard for the school district, was arrested Wednesday. He is accused of working as a private security guard while claiming a knee injury prevented him from working at the district.
?We have reason to believe he continued to work while he claimed his injury,? said Angela Brunson, the prosecutor on the case.
Bill Warner, manager of the special investigations unit for the company that handles the school district?s insurance claims, said his office began the investigation into Santiago, but later passed it to the California Department of Insurance after being unable to amass enough evidence against Santiago.
Santiago worked as a campus security officer for the district until February 2011, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Rob Roberts said. He declined to discuss the case further.
Santiago was due to be arraigned on Thursday, but was instead released on bail. He is due back in Los Angeles Municipal Court on April20.
Messages left at a Rowland Heights phone number registered to a Julio Santiago of the same age were not returned.
Santiago?s case is the latest in a string of alleged fraud cases discovered in the district.
Most recently, Mark McCleave, a high school teacher in Hacienda
La Puente, settled with the district for $5,000 after it was discovered that he worked at several race tracks while collecting leave of absence pay for an elbow injury he claimed.
Last year the district saw four other insurance fraud cases.
In early February 2011, Patricia Elena Leon, 41, of Hacienda Heights, was arrested by Los Angeles County Sheriffs Deputies after being charged with insurance fraud, perjury and grand theft.
Leon claimed injuries to her left knee, chest and lower back in September 2010 after being kicked by a special-education student.
Leon claimed to be disabled, but she was videotaped working at a medical clinic for about two weeks.
Leon later pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud and was ordered to pay $8,800 in restitution and serve five years of probation.
Also arrested that month was Alfred Thomas Velasquez, 55. Velasquez claimed he injured his neck and shoulder while trying to catch a falling bag of fertilizer in 2009. Shortly after Velasquez filed the claim, an investigator observed him putting up large and heavy Christmas decorations and hammering stakes into the ground at his home.
He later pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud and was ordered to pay $4,910 in restitution.
In March 2011, April Metzinger, 39, was arrested and charged with insurance fraud and attempted perjury.
Metzinger claimed she had injured herself while performing the Heimlich maneuver on a choking child and further injured herself when she ran into a pole while carrying the child. She said her injuries were aggravated when another child jumped off a trampoline onto her.
Metzinger said she had injuries to her ribs, breast, chest, neck, legs and back, as well as ulcers induced by stress.
But investigators hired by the school district?s insurance company recorded video of Metzinger visiting Disneyland, riding roller coasters, carrying one of her children, going camping for several days in Wrightwood and ?moving about without any apparent restrictions.?
In December she pleaded guilty to a single count of workers? compensation insurance fraud. She was sentenced two to days in jail, two years of probation and ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution to the district.
Victoria Jimenez, a 46-year-old payroll technician, was arrested in January 2011 after investigators observed her lifting a child, despite her claims that she had disabling neck and shoulder pain.
Jimenez originally faced two counts of insurance fraud, but both were dismissed in September. Neal Curatola, an attorney for Jimenez, said the charges were dismissed due to lack of evidence.
?The bottom line is the woman was vindicated, she didn?t do anything wrong,? Curatola said.
The prosecutor on the case was not available for comment.
Curatola said the district and Jimenez eventually settled her workers? compensation claim, with the district paying her $37,500.
Source:sgvn.com
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Big comeback leads KU to 64-62 win over Ohio St
Kansas forward Thomas Robinson celebrates with fans after their 64-62 win over Ohio State during an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball tournament game Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) 0
Kansas forward Thomas Robinson celebrates with fans after their 64-62 win over Ohio State during an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball tournament game Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) 0
Ohio State's Jared Sullinger looks on after an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball tournament game against Kansas Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New Orleans. Kansas won 64-62. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Kansas head coach Bill Self hugs Kansas forward Thomas Robinson (0) after their 64-62 victory over Ohio State in an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball tournament game Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Ohio State forward Sam Thompson sits with his head down in the locker room after their 64-62 loss to Kansas in an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball tournament game Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger (0) sits on the court after losing to Kansas 64-62 in an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball tournament game Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Same story, new night for Kansas. The team that's been teetering on the edge of the tournament since before it even began is now one of the last two left.
Tyshawn Taylor made two big free throws late, and Thomas Robinson finished with 19 points and eight rebounds Saturday night to lift the Jayhawks to a come-from-behind 64-62 win over Ohio State in the Final Four ? a game Kansas led for a grand total of 3 minutes, 48 seconds.
After scoring the first bucket, Kansas didn't lead again until Travis Releford made two free throws with 2:48 left. That lasted for 11 seconds, but the Jayhawks (32-6), who trailed by as many as 13, overcame another deficit and finally held on against the Buckeyes (31-8).
Taylor's two free throws with 8.3 seconds left gave Kansas a 64-61 lead, matching its biggest of the game. The Jayhawks intentionally fouled Aaron Craft with 2.9 seconds left. Craft made the first, then quickly clanked the second one off the front of the rim but was called for a lane violation.
Kansas dribbled out the clock and celebrated a win that played out sort of the way the whole season has in Lawrence.
"It was two different games," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "They dominated us the first half. We were playing in quicksand it looked like. And the light came on. We were able to play through our bigs; we were able to get out and run, but the biggest thing is we got stops."
Early in the year, Self wondered if this team was even tournament material. The Jayhawks trailed most of the night against Purdue in the second round and were no better than North Carolina until pulling away late in the regional final.
One win. Then another. This latest one came on the biggest stage ? in the Superdome. Next, a meeting Monday with Kentucky and a chance to bring the second title in five years back to Allen Fieldhouse.
The game will be a coaching rematch between Self and John Calipari, who was coaching Memphis in 2008 when the Tigers missed four free throws down the stretch and blew a nine-point lead in an overtime loss to Mario Chalmers and the Jayhawks.
"It would be a great honor" to win, said Kansas senior Conner Teahan, who could become the first Jayhawk to win two rings. "First we have to make it happen. Honestly, it's not something I've focused on."
This was a heartbreaker for the Buckeyes, who came in as co-Big Ten champions and a slight favorite in a game ? a rematch of a 78-67 Kansas win back in December when Ohio State's star, Jared Sullinger, was not available.
Sullinger was there a-plenty Saturday night, but he struggled. He finished with 11 points on 5-for-19 shooting, no fewer than three of them blocked by Jeff Withey, the Kansas center who finished with seven swats. Sullinger also had 11 rebounds and a steal, but the sophomore who gave up NBA lottery money to return and win a championship will go without for at least another year.
When the buzzer sounded, he plopped at midcourt, clearly pooped ? and maybe wondering how his team let this game slip away.
"They're a great team," Craft said. "They're going to make a run, and they did. And we weren't able to weather it like we have before."
Ohio State-Kansas was billed as "The Other Game" of this Final Four ? garnering much less ink than the Kentucky-Louisville blood feud that preceded it ? and started off looking like every bit the undercard.
The Buckeyes built an early 13-point lead on the strength of the shooting of William Buford, who came out of a 13-for-44 tournament slump to lead the Buckeyes with 19 points on 6 for 10 from the floor. Kansas trailed 34-25 at the half and only a steal and layup before the buzzer prevented the Jayhawks from a season-low.
"They wore us out the first half. But it's a 40-minute game," Self said. "There's no 13-point plays. You have to grind it and get one stop at a time"
Things changed when Ohio State came out and promptly missed its first 10 shots from the field, while Deshaun Thomas ? the Ohio State big man in charge of shutting down Robinson ? headed to the bench with his third foul.
That opened everything up for KU: A couple easy layups for Robinson and a kick-out to Elijah Johnson for a 3-pointer were part of a 13-4 run to open the half. It tied the game at 38 and set up for a nip-and-tuck finish between these No. 2 seeds, each of which took at least a share of their conference regular-season title and were in the hunt for top seeding all the way up to Selection Sunday.
Releford finished with 15 points and six rebounds for the Jayhawks. Johnson had 13 points and 10 boards. Taylor finished with 10 points and nine assists ? not bad considering the time Craft spent nearly inside his jersey much of the night.
Releford's free throws with 1:37 left put KU ahead 60-59. Buford tried to take the ball to the basket on the next possession, but Withey swatted it away. Johnson followed with a layup ? hardly as dramatic as his game-winner against Purdue, but enough for a three-point lead, which seemed like a million for the Jayhawks in this one.
Not that the Jayhawks have to have a big lead ? or any lead.
"It's just been our thing all year, coming back," Robinson said. "I don't like doing it, but for some reason my team is pretty good when we're down."
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