Daily Archives: December 7, 2006

The Poston Congressional hearings?

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Postons3.jpgThis previous post reported on the strange case of Houston-based lawyer and former sports agent, Carl Poston, who is currently serving a two-year suspension levied by the National Football League Players’ Association from representing any NFL players. I thought the suspension pretty much ended that story, at least until coming across this ESPN.com article:

New York Giants linebacker LaVar Arrington is tentatively scheduled to testify before Congress this week at a hearing involving his former agent.
Arrington, a three-time Pro Bowl player; NFL Players Association general counsel Richard Berthelsen; and a law professor were on a “tentative witness list” e-mailed to The Associated Press on Tuesday by House Judiciary Committee press secretary Terry Shawn. [ . . .]
The Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law has scheduled an oversight hearing for Thursday to examine the NFL Players Association’s arbitration process. Lawmakers will be looking into the NFLPA’s suspension of Arrington’s former agent, Carl Poston, stemming from his handling of a contract the linebacker signed with the Washington Redskins near the end of the 2003 season.

Now, I recognize that a post-election Congress is the Washington, D.C.-equivalent of professional golf’s “silly season,” where members of a lame duck Congress are passing time until the new Congress is sworn in early next year. But still, can’t our elected officials find something more noteworthy on which to hold a Congressional hearing than a relatively small, not-very-well handled contractual matter between two private parties?

Priceless!

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OU Logo2.jpgThese previous posts passed along that the Aggies are having quite a bit of fun over their recent victory over the Texas Longhorns, and now it appears that fans of the Horns’ other primal rival — the Oklahoma Sooners — are getting in on the act.
During the Big 12 Championship game between the Sooners and Nebraska in Kansas City last weekend — which the Sooners were playing in only because of the Aggies’ upset win over the Horns — several OU fans were spotted by the television cameras holding up three sequential signs that read as follows:

“Cost of tickets to the Big 12 championship football game . . . $350”
“Cost of hotel rooms to attend the Big 12 championship football game . . . $700”
“Cost of taking Texas’ tickets and hotel rooms . . . PRICELESS!”

C.T.’s Time profile

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christomlin3.jpgI have to admit that it’s not every day that an old buddy of mine is profiled in Time:

There are two paths to music immortality: the Prince route and the Patty and Mildred Hill route. In the Prince model, you write a piece of music that people love so much, they seek it out, download it and turn up the radio whenever it comes on. The Hill sisters model is trickier; they composed the melody for Happy Birthday to You. They achieved their fame by writing a tune that people don’t listen to so much as sing.
Chris Tomlin belongs in the second camp. People sing his songs a lot, often repeatedly. Specifically, they sing them in church. According to Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI), an organization that licenses music to churches, Tomlin, 34, is the most often sung contemporary artist in U.S. congregations every week. Since glee clubs have fallen out of popularity, that might make Tomlin the most often sung artist anywhere.

Chris started his ministry at my family’s church in The Woodlands when he was freshly graduated from Texas A&M University, and we hit it off immediately. He has sinced moved on to base his ministry in a church comprised of mostly students and young couples in Austin, but we stay in touch as his career continues to flourish. The success that Chris is experiencing could not happen to a nicer fellow and is a testament to his grace and humility. But he still does lose control on the golf course at times. I’m helping him work on that. ;^)