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February 2nd, 2010

Reports indicate that the Minnesota Twins may sign Joe Mauer to a ten-year contract? Should any player receive contracts that long?

Answer: No

This is a simple response! The landscape in a given professional sports league is so dynamic. Not only could injuries and age derail careers, many players completely “fall off the map.” Case in point, after a promising first four seasons with the Florida Marlins, pitcher Dontrelle Willis has posted 5.17, 9.38, and 7.49 earned run averages in the past three seasons respectively. Simply put, when an athlete “loses it” his contract becomes unmovable.

So much changes in the span of ten years. Dishing out such long contracts is irresponsible. Players should not receive contracts longer than five years.

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Cole Rodness says:

February 3, 2010 at 12:30 AM

Are the Leafs done with trades now or do you believe they are still active before the trade freeze and before the trade deadline?

Roth: Burke will be quite active. Exelby, Stempniak, and Ponikarovsky will porbably be moved. John Mitchell may also be shipped off, while Finger could be waived.

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President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Kenya
August 5, 2010 | 4:26 PM

Kenya’s passing of a new Constitution warrants two “People of the Week.” President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga were instrumental in orchestrating this significant step forward. Kenya’s new Constitution, which citizens overwhelmingly voted for through Wednesday’s peaceful referendum, aims to mitigate governmental corruption. It mandates a separation of the executive and legislature, the creation of a Senate (“sober second thought,” to borrow from Canada’s first Prime Minister John A. Maconald), slight devolution to regions, and ameliorated qualifications for judiciary positions. While this list is certainly abbreviated and omits various aspects of the reformation, the message of the changes ought to be clear. Kenya now has a system of checks and balances.

Only 19 years have passed since Parliament allowed a multiparty system. But, corruption abounded. This imperfect, yet tremendously positive document is a necessary step in ending years of bloodshed and destruction. Regardless of their respective political histories, Kibaki, who delivered on his electoral promise of a Constitutional renovation, and Odinga, should be commended.

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