Blog MaverickBlog MaverickAll Your Video Is Belongs to Us- May 28, 2008 A couple weeks ago i wrote about the Ala Carting of Video on the Net. The premise was very simple. To paraphrase an old saying, "If you give away the milk for free, there is no need to buy the cow". If you give away your best stuff on an ala carte basis, then the value of everything that depended on that "stuff" declines.Some folks agreed, others searched for ways to disagree. Many in their responses seemed to think that because I own HDNet that I am biased and my judgement is clouded. In fact,.http://www.blogmaverick.com/2008/05/28/all-your-video-is-belongs-to-us/ Understanding Salary Caps and Why The NFL opted out- May 25, 2008 OK, maybe I can't say for certain why the NFL opted out of their current CBA. But what I can speak to is the problem with salary caps as they are structured in the NHL, NFL and NBA, so that sports fans can understand why the NFL is doing what it is doing and why it could and probably will happen in any league governed by a salary cap.The basic structure of a salary cap is that the revenues of the league are aggregated into a total pool, call it football, basketball or hockey related...http://www.blogmaverick.com/2008/05/25/understanding-salary-caps-and-why-the-nfl-opted-out... NBA Agents and High School Kids- May 18, 2008 There is a very specific NBA rule that says that team personnel can not talk to High School players unless it is at an approved event or function. No one associated with an NBA team can shill, sell, preach, promise, promote or praise to , with or around High School players. This is a good thing. A very good thing. However, the lack of open communication between anyone at the NBA and High School players and coaches creates an obvious information gap. As with any business, when there are...http://www.blogmaverick.com/2008/05/18/nba-agents-and-high-school-kids/ Beating Google- May 14, 2008 Is there anything more fun than sitting around, growing your hair, drinking a Bud while listening to Jethro Tull and pondering how to change the balance of power in the search world and unseat Google Better search Too subjective. Better monetization After the fact. Better User Interface Will we know it when we see it A new and different search Semantic Human powered We won't know till we know.But what about the Google Index, all the websites that are indexed by Google What is it...http://www.blogmaverick.com/2008/05/14/beating-google/ The Ala Carting of Video on the Net - Will it lead to disaster- May 4, 2008 Craig Moffett of Bernstein Research wrote an amazing report entitled And Now for the News...The Emperor Has No Clothes". If you can get a copy, read it. Starting with the disappointing but expected news that journalism is no longer a service consumers desire to pay for, he moves on to the problems facing Internet video. He does a far better job than I ever did explaining the failings of Internet video and the expectation of free content. This is the report I wish I had blogged.From the...http://www.blogmaverick.com/2008/05/04/the-ala-carting-of-video-on-the-net-will-it-lead-to... Talking Mavs- May 2, 2008 There is no worse feeling in sports than being eliminated in the playoffs. It's an exclamation point on a disappointing season. Like everyone else, I try to look back and see what we did right and wrong and look forward to see where we stand for the upcoming and future seasons. We made mistakes, no question. We took the start of the regular season for granted. The entire staff wanted to avoid another meltdown like we had against Golden State, so we started off the season with a willingness to...http://www.blogmaverick.com/2008/05/02/talking-mavs/ |