Alecko Eskandarian fined

by Josh

10 comments

1 Nate { 04.26.06 at 2:13 pm }

$250 is going to be a huge hit to his bank account I’m sure.

2 Josh { 04.26.06 at 2:16 pm }

Hey, it’s the MLS, not the NBA!

3 Nate { 04.26.06 at 2:31 pm }

Right, but at six figures+ for salary, it’s still little more than a slap on the wrist. I don’t necessarily agree with the fine, but if they want it to have some teeth, $250 isn’t going to do it.

4 Josh { 04.26.06 at 2:39 pm }

I agree with your overriding point.

However, I think there’s a fair shot that he’s not making six figures.

5 Nate { 04.26.06 at 2:50 pm }

This is from 2005, so I think it’s safe to assume that his salary either stayed the same or even increased.

6 Nate { 04.26.06 at 2:52 pm }

Not sure why the first link didn’t work – here you go…

7 Josh { 04.26.06 at 3:32 pm }

Very well sir. I don’t know why I could find that…

Anyway, your point is well-taken.

8 Homey Boehme { 04.27.06 at 7:17 am }

The only reason he was fined $250.00 was so there would be some news. The MLS needs all the publicity they can get. When I heard about the celebration and that he could be facing a “fine”, I seriously was trying to figure out what the big deal was.

He was thrown a can. He drank some. He spit it out. Controversy?

When this all started I thought that he was getting fined because Red Bull interpreted his actions as “Red Bull go screw yourselves for renaming the team and pissing a lot of people off.” And maybe that is what he was doing, but Red Bull certainly wouldn’t want to make a big show of being pissed as people are already pissed at them so they pressured the MLS back office to do something. So rather than make a mountain out of a molehill all parties decided that $250.00 would just be laughable enough to not really mean anything at all except “Don’t Drink, Spit, and Celebrate”.

Makes one wonder if the same thing would have happened had Eskandarian been thrown a bottle of Pepsi, Gatorade, or Perrier.

9 Josh { 04.27.06 at 7:28 am }

Makes one wonder if the same thing would have happened had Eskandarian been thrown a bottle of Pepsi, Gatorade, or Perrier.

Well, it would have been a big deal if they were playing the Columbus Perrier Sparkling Soccer Stars.

10 Jeremy { 04.27.06 at 8:44 am }

I think he should have brought out a real bull, painted it red, and then shot it.

Now that’s controversy.