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09/12/2007 - Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Major League Soccer's CD Chivas USA announced that Shawn Hunter has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Chivas USA Enterprises, LLC, Chivas USA's parent company. With a 20-year track record in ticket sales and corporate partnerships, and hands-on experience with start-up sports franchises, Hunter takes over the day-to-day operation of MLSs three-year-old Mexican-owned, Los Angeles-based club.
"We are excited today to present Shawn Hunter, one of the most recognized sports businessmen in this country, as our new President and CEO," Chivas USA Co-Owner Antonio Cue said. "I am confident that, with the addition of Shawn to both our front office team and our ownership group, Chivas USA will continue its ascent towards the upper echelons of the soccer landscape in the United States."
Hunter joins Chivas USA from AEG, one of the worlds leading sports and entertainment presenters, where for five years he held the dual titles of Chief Marketing Officer and President, AEG Sports. In the latter role, Hunter oversaw AEGs marquee sports events and eleven sports teams worldwide - including MLS's Los Angeles Galaxy and Houston Dynamo - as well as the companys marketing partnership with Chivas USA.
"Words can't describe how excited I am about this newest challenge in my career," Hunter said. "Since I first began working with Chivas USA on behalf of AEG three years ago, I have been captivated by the passion of this organization and the intense devotion of both its fans and players. I know that Chivas USA has only begun to realize its tremendous potential and though I know it will be a process I look forward to helping take this club to the next level. I can't wait to get to work."
Hunter replaces the recently fired Javier Leon, who left the position, "to pursue other endeavors, including the prospect of outside projects with Cue," according to Chivas USA. While the Goats have made great strides on the field since their inaugural season, ticket sales and corporate sponsorship has been near the bottom of the league, which Hunter will be responsible for correcting.
The 44-year-old Hunter brings a proven track record in successfully launching fledgling sports organizations. Prior to joining AEG, Hunter was for six years the President of the NHLs Phoenix Coyotes. Under his leadership, in the Coyotes' first four seasons, the club played to a 94-percent capacity (including 69 sellouts).
Hunter joined the Coyotes from the Colorado Avalanche in 1996. As the clubs executive vice president, Hunter's first achievement was reaching a cap of 12,000 season ticket sales in just under six weeks - before the team even had a name. He was instrumental in creating and implementing the Avalanche team colors and logo as well as the logo for the Denver Nuggets. His initiatives and team merchandising efforts resulted in a Top 10 placement among NBA teams on an international level for licensed apparel sales.
Since joining AEG in 2002, Hunter has also been influential in a number of major business developments in MLS. As one of AEGs representatives on MLSs Board of Directors, Hunter played a role in the formulation of the Designated Player Rule, which opened the doors for the arrival of such international stars, during the 2007 MLS season.
In addition, for the past five years Hunter has chaired - and will continue to chair - the MLS Business Development Committee, which has recently approved such important initiatives as the sponsorship of MLS jersey fronts and the guaranteed distribution of every single MLS game via local television.
"Since Chivas USA was founded in 2004, we have managed, in just three short years, to turn Chivas USA from the leagues last-place team to a team that, this Thursday night at The Home Depot Center, will looks to claim first place in the Western Conference with a win against the L.A. Galaxy," Cue said. "Now, the time is right for us to build upon our successes in corporate sponsorship, merchandising and commercial rights and continue to improve our front office."
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In the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree.
And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so.
Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal.
So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them.
Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.)
The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money.
As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached.
The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs.
In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season.
Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done.
And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting.
So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year.
There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve.
So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal.
And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million.
There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.)
Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft.
Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey.
Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year.
So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation.
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