Tag: NIL

Notes: Fenway Park workers to strike, Trump’s NIL EO, Hulk Hogan is dead

Fenway Park’s workers will strike on Friday if Aramark doesn’t change their approach, and Donald Trump inserted himself into the ongoing NIL and student-athlete discussion.

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Fenway Park’s workers to strike, today

In June, Fenway Park’s unionized workers with UNITE HERE authorized a strike. On Friday, July 25, there will be a strike by those same workers — unless Aramark changes course and their negotiation style by noon.

Members of UNITE HERE Local 26, who work at both Fenway Park and MGM Music Hall, are set to strike for their demands, which are to simply be paid like the same kinds of employees elsewhere. Per WGBH:

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Notes: Rizzo on the Rockies, NCAA women’s tournament, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Someone else dislikes Dick Monfort as much as I do, why the women’s version of March Madness needs its own TV deal, and why the Jays were right to re-sign Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

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Before last weekend’s series between the Phillies and Dodgers, Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper made a perfect little statement. When asked about the Dodgers’ spending habits and all the complaining that’s been going on regarding said habits, he said, “I don’t know if people will like this, but I feel like only losers complain about what they’re doing. I think they’re a great team. They’re a great organization.” He’s right, in that this is some loser mentality stuff at work, but the thing is, we need more of that energy out there from players and the media to hammer home just how big that loser energy is.

Alanna Rizzo, formerly part of the Dodgers’ broadcast team but now back at MLB Network, apparently agrees. While speaking to Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post about the Rockies, she did not mince words when it came to owner Dick Monfort and his thoughts on the Dodgers and spending:

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