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Monday, November 06, 2006

Decision Tuesday will impact the Storm and Monarchs, even though The New York Sun's Evan Weiner doesn't mention them when he writes about the ramifications of tomorrow's votes:
Election day has become as important to sports leagues and associations as championship events. It has become a referendum on sports projects even though politicians now try to keep stadium and arena initiatives off the ballot because getting the public to agree on raising taxes for sports facilities is a tough sell.
There's been some posturing from Congress about the tax-exempt status of the NCAA, especially with the high salaries of men's basketball and football coaches. At the the NCAA's blog, "Mondays With Myles" features NCAA President Brand discussing the issue.