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QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 01:03 PM)
http://deadspin.com/5042479/thats-it-world...-the-final-time

 

that is such a sweet picture of him

 

Okay then, Obama has something to do with getting Jay Marrioti out of the Chicago sports media. I can't think of a better reason to vote for him.

 

 

 

 

I'm just s***ting you. It ain't happening.

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QUOTE (YASNY @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 02:08 PM)
Okay then, Obama has something to do with getting Jay Marrioti out of the Chicago sports media. I can't think of a better reason to vote for him.

 

 

 

 

I'm just s***ting you. It ain't happening.

 

 

pffffft cubs fan

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however the reaction in this thread is EXACTLY why he lasted so long and made so much money.

 

I guess but I think he made his name on shock value and after so many of the same columns there was no shock value anymore. I mean 16 years ago blasting specific sports figures in Chicago was compelling. But it was the same ol same ol at least regarding columns on specific teams.

Maybe he even got bored writing it. It was the same formulaic blasts of Oz, KW, Hawk at least as far as his Sox columns. At least the Olympics gave him something new to write about.

It must have killed him to write positive columns about the Sox in 05 if indeed he did write some. I also skimmed his stuff.

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With a contract like he had, there HAS to be some sort of no-compete clause in there. Maybe the Sun-Times can throw a little legal muscle around and prevent him from taking another sports commentator type gig that 'competes' with the Sun-Times.

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My favorite Mariotti moments are when we have another thread about some s*** he posted and why he's so wrong. Then two threads down are 60 posts saying the exact same thing. That always cracks me up.

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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 05:48 PM)
With a contract like he had, there HAS to be some sort of no-compete clause in there. Maybe the Sun-Times can throw a little legal muscle around and prevent him from taking another sports commentator type gig that 'competes' with the Sun-Times.

 

I've been surprised at times when people do not have them. It's just as easy to believe the Sun-Times did not meet his price and he said, fine, then you don't get a non-comp. But I mostly agree, they probably do, but it may be limited to the Trib.

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QUOTE (Texsox @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 06:09 PM)
I've been surprised at times when people do not have them. It's just as easy to believe the Sun-Times did not meet his price and he said, fine, then you don't get a non-comp. But I mostly agree, they probably do, but it may be limited to the Trib.

I would hope that it least the language would have been more generic liek 'the chicagoland market', and that some enterprising lawyer could make a case that an ESPN website gig would infringe on the chicagoland market. Jay getting screwed by the Sun-Times like that would make me giggle.

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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 07:16 PM)
I would hope that it least the language would have been more generic liek 'the chicagoland market', and that some enterprising lawyer could make a case that an ESPN website gig would infringe on the chicagoland market. Jay getting screwed by the Sun-Times like that would make me giggle.

 

It could be almost anything, or nothing. There is a price tag associated with a non comp. What's it worth to each side determines if it gets done. With some of his other TV/Radio type stuff, I could see it being a newspaper only or possible a print only.

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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 07:14 PM)
Do not competes are strange.

 

They have to be both reasonable in duration and geography.

 

 

Not only that, (lack of) laws on the books in Illinois make it very difficult to enforce them.

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 05:44 AM)
Mac (of Mac, Jurco and Harry) was saying his sources told him that same story yesterday.

 

Chris DeLuca, Mully and Hanley were talking about it this morning as if if was fact. Considering they are employed by the Suntimes, Im thinking the story is true.

 

DeLuca said that Mariotti flashed his "Im gonna quit" card one too many time, and insulted his employer and colleagues way too many times

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QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 06:55 AM)
Chris DeLuca, Mully and Hanley were talking about it this morning as if if was fact. Considering they are employed by the Suntimes, Im thinking the story is true.

 

DeLuca said that Mariotti flashed his "Im gonna quit" card one too many time, and insulted his employer and colleagues way too many times

 

And at a time when they REALLY need to cut costs, it probably didn't sound too bad to the ST.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 07:56 AM)
And at a time when they REALLY need to cut costs, it probably didn't sound too bad to the ST.

 

DeLuca actually said just that "at a time when the paper is laying off people to cut costs, it probably wasnt a good idea to throw one of the highest contracts on the table to say 'take it I dont need it'"

 

 

There were a couple of funny stories. Something about how he didnt think they would call his bluff, and he walked out of the editors room to do his segment for ATH, and he wasnt allowed in because his key card was already deactivated.

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QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 07:02 AM)
DeLuca actually said just that "at a time when the paper is laying off people to cut costs, it probably wasnt a good idea to throw one of the highest contracts on the table to say 'take it I dont need it'"

 

 

There were a couple of funny stories. Something about how he didnt think they would call his bluff, and he walked out of the editors room to do his segment for ATH, and he wasnt allowed in because his key card was already deactivated.

 

The only way that could have been better is if they had an armed security guard escort him out of the building.

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QUOTE (Steff @ Aug 27, 2008 -> 07:21 PM)
Not only that, (lack of) laws on the books in Illinois make it very difficult to enforce them.

Most states have "right to work" laws on the books. Plus, most of the time the parties involved just do not care when it gets to that level. The only area I ahve heard of it being enforced was when a group of sales reps left to start their own company and took clients with them. Then the suit was like a pitchfork. Theft of trade secrets, fraud, the non comps, etc. Even then, with those guys basically putting their employer out of business, very little happened to them.

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