The sport is richer than ever because of its globalisation

The sport is richer than ever because of its globalisation.Blatter has had a history of controversy throughout his tenure as FIFA president. The EU has stated that this is a more workable solution.A quick look at the EPL and the potential effect of the proposed changes is immediately apparent. Then in the final you are surprised that you have two teams of the same association? We want to bring some remedies, and this is the six-plus-five rule's objective.”As clubs get richer (especially in the EPL), is making world football a fairer and more equal sport Blatter’s real motivation? In the last few years, international football has been swamped with new countries, meaningless friendlies and World Cup whipping boys. As a result, interest has waned.Is Blatter attempting to resurrect the love for international competition, which is his responsibility?Is he also looking to get one over on the nations of the UK, with whom he has battled on the International Football Association Board over the laws of the game that he wishes to change?The UK nations have four of the eight delegates who sit on this board because of their unique status within the history of the sport, and this has never sat well with the FIFA president.Although FIFA is the governing body of the sport, it is a governing body, and Sepp Blatter is the president of that body. His motivations will seem to be within the interests of the game, but he is l no more than a politician and politicians have their own agendas.Whatever the new rules suggest, six-plus-five, eight by three or seven of eleven, the numbers ultimately add up to one.Unfortunately, he’s in charge.. Shepherd, Smith, Edwards & Kantas Has Filed Yet Another Claim Against UBSInternational for a Latin American Client - This Time InvolvingOverconcentration in Financial Sector Preferred StockHOUSTON, April 23, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shepherd, Smith, Edwards & KantasLLP (), a firm specializing in litigation/arbitration involvingsecurities fraud and brokerage firm misconduct has filed another arbitrationclaim on behalf of a client of UBS International ("UBSI").

The allegations inthe claim are similar to claims filed earlier this year against UBSI, a divisionof UBS (NYSE:UBS). The allegations in the claims involve the use of leverage(loans) to purchase securities, and also overconcentration of assets inpreferred stocks issued by financial based companies (i.e. banks, brokeragefirms and insurance companies).The present case involves an 81 year old retiree who entrusted his life savingsto the UBSI branch office in San Antonio, Texas. His broker of recordrecommended that he place all of assets, over $1,000,000, into two preferredstocks that were purchased on the initial public offering ("IPO") Bothpositions were in the financial sector. Specifically, the IPOs were forpreferred shares of Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DCE) and AIG (NYSE:AVF) UBS was one ofthe underwriters for both positions Margin was utilized to complete thetransactions.

It is alleged in the claim that UBSI omitted to fully explain theramifications of leverage, and that "boilerplate" risk disclosure documentswere, for the most part, in English. The 81 year old Mexican national does notread or speak English, so he instead relied on the representations of hisbroker, who is fluent in Spanish. On information and belief, the broker'ssupervisor is also fluent in Spanish.One of the hallmarks of suitable recommendations and proper portfolio managementis diversification or "not putting all your eggs in one basket". This was known,or should have been known, by UBSI, the broker and his supervisor.

The act ofplacing all of a retiree's assets in just two positions is unreasonable by anystandard. Coupled with margin usage, the recommendation would likely be viewedas unscrupulous by an arbitration panel. As alleged in the claim, loans areoften recommended by brokers, to increase their commissions/fees. What isusually not explained are the downsides associated with using leverage based ona fluctuating asset.Furthermore, the act of overconcentrating a portfolio in a specific sector isalso inappropriate. Many financial based companies that were cash strapped inlate 2007 and early 2008 worked with brokerage firms to issue preferred stock togenerate income Many of these IPOs paid relatively generous commissions. If youhave any information or questions regarding the above described events, orsuffered a similar experience, feel free to contact the law firm of ShepherdSmith Edwards & Kantas LLP. All communications will be kept strictlyconfidential, and you will not be billed in any way for establishing contact.Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LLP has a team of attorneys, consultants andstaff with more than 100 years of combined experience in the securities industryand in securities law.

Since 1990, we have represented thousands of investorsnationwide to recover losses. We have represented clients in Federal and statecourts and in arbitration through the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority(FINRA), the New York Stock Exchange Inc. (NYSE), the American ArbitrationAssociation (AAA) and in private arbitration actions. Collectively, we haverepresented over 1,000 investors during the last 18 years in negotiation,mediation, arbitration and litigation.-0-CONTACT:Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LLPKirk Smith Patricia Martinez (speaks Spanish)800-259-9010713-227-2400. The 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Champions have selected their agents for the 2008 NBA Draft.On April 7th, I pondered whether any of the departing Kansas Jayhawks would be signing with either Jeff Austin or Mike Higgins based on their historical ties with Jawhawks players.Four Jayhawks have made themselves ineligible for the 2009 season and entered their names into the 2008 NBA Draft with the formal signing of an agent.None of them have selected Austin or Higgins.Russell Robinson - Bob McClaren of McClaren SportsSasha Kaun - Justin Zanik of ASM SportsDarnell Jackson - Roger Montgomery of Montgomery Sports GroupBrandon Rush - Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports and Entertainment. Media Advisory: Attorney General Eric Holder to Travel to Europe for MeetingsWith Foreign LeadersWASHINGTON, April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Eric Holderwill travel to Europe next week for meetings with his foreign counterparts inLondon, Prague and Berlin and to participate in the European Union Justice andHome Affairs Ministerial.