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One by one, Brad Jacobs, Brad Gushue, Kevin Martin, and Jeff Stoughton
will shake up their rinks by picking a new crop of teammates during the
Travelers All-Star Curling Skins Draft Show Presented by Pintys. Shot
outdoors against the stunning backdrop of Banff, Alta., the networks
30-minute original production airs Friday at 8 p.m. ET on TSN2.
The four All-Star teams will play for $100,000 in prize money during
TSNs annual skins game, airing live this weekend on TSN from The
Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre.
Vic Rauter hosts TSNs second consecutive all-star curling draft show
alongside Bryan Mudryk, who will be interviewing curlers after they have
been selected.
All curlers will be wearing a microphone throughout the broadcast to
give fans unfiltered access as the skips make their picks.
Following a snake-style draft format, the Travelers All-Star Curling
Skins Draft Show Presented by Pintys features each skip drafting a new
third, second, and lead � ensuring fans will see their favourite curlers
compete with new teammates.
Some of the potential scenarios include:
Will Brad Jacobs pick any past Olympians? Ahead of Sochi 2014, Team
Canadas skip may look to draw from a pool of Olympic experience, which
includes Olympic gold medallists John Morris, Mark Nichols, Marc
Kennedy, and Ben Hebert.
Will John Morris and Kevin Martin be reunited? Before parting ways prior
to this curling season, the duo combined for two Brier wins (2008 and
2009) and an Olympic gold medal in Vancouver.
Will Kevin Martin take a chance on Ryan Fry? Martin is the only skip in
the All-Star field that Fry has never competed with at a Brier (Fry
played with Stoughton in 2007, with Gushue from 2009-2012, and won with
Jacobs in 2013).
Will former teammates John Morris, Brent Laing, and/or Craig Savill be
drafted to the same team? Together, these three curlers won two World
Junior titles (1998-99) and competed in the 2002 Brier final.
Will Brad Gushue select Mark Nichols? Before Nichols moved to Manitoba
to play with Team Jeff Stoughton, he and Gushue represented Newfoundland
& Labrador in eight Briers and became Olympic gold medallists in
2006.
The Travelers All-Star Curling Skins Draft Show Presented by Pintys
features the following Top 16 curlers, as chosen by fans:
SKIP Brad GushueBrad JacobsJeff StoughtonKevin Martin
THIRDDave NedohinJohn MorrisJon MeadRyan Fry
SECONDBrent LaingCarter RycroftE.J. HarndenMarc Kennedy
LEADBen HebertCraig SavillMark NicholsRyan Harnden
The Travelers All-Star Curling Skins Draft Show Presented by Pintys will
be one of the last major curling events featuring Brad Jacobs and his
rink before they head to Russia for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
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legends within reach.With Wolves the latest club to receive investment
from China, Johnny Phillips examines the trend and what it means for the
game...
The Chinese revolution?
Explaining the explosion of moves to China
Ordering a Chinese takeover has never seemed so
easy.Earlier this year, the Chinese Super League grabbed global
headlines as it broke its transfer record four times in a single month,
luring Ramires away from Chelsea and persuading Alex Teixeira to sign
for Jiangsu Suning instead of Liverpool. But in recent months, the
focus has changed, with many Chinese companies and entrepreneurs linked
with European clubs - especially those in England.These are changing
times and China is looking to play a huge role in shaping the future of
football. Sports business journalist Mark Dreyer, a former colleague on
Soccer Saturday, has spent the past eight years in Beijing and has
documented much of this for China Sports Insider.
Alex Teixeira (right) signed for Jiangsu
Suning after opting against moving to Liverpool
The government has been actively looking for new areas to drive the
economy and the sports sector is one that has been actively targeted,
Dreyer says.Chinese president - and football fan - Xi Jinping has
announced a long-term vision to overhaul the football industry from top
to bottom, with the aim of making China a true global soccer power by
2050.Chinese companies are being encouraged to become more global in
their outlook and diversify their businesses to become more competitive
both domestically and overseas.Many Chinese companies have been piling
into football investment, both at home and abroad, not only because they
want to be a part of Chinas next growth story, but because they also
want to maintain good government relations.
Former Tottenham midfielder Paulinho (right)
lifted the Chinese Super League title with Guangzhou Evergrande
Right now, the West Midlands appears to be a focal point
for much of this interest, with Aston Villa recently bought, Wolves
confirming a takeover on Thursday and West Brom the subject of on-going
speculation.So little is known overseas about the vast majority of
potential Chinese owners that rumours can spread like wildfire, Dreyer
adds. Chinas market is so big that investors could emerge from any
sector, possibly venturing into sports for the first time.In fact,
Chinese companies are making deals in the energy, real estate, transport
and consumer sectors that often run to billions of dollars, so these
football purchases equate to mere pocket change in comparison.As a rule,
I would say nine out of 10 stories dont really have much basis in
reality - but fans keep hoping that their club is the lucky tenth one.So
who are the potential investors with real clout?
Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda Group,
has a 20 per cent stake in Atletico Madrid and has been linked with West
Brom Wang Jianlin, chairman of the Wanda Group
[recently linked with West Brom], and Chinas richest man, is definitely
leading the way here. Not only was he among the first to make an
overseas investment with a 20 per cent stake in Atletico Madrid, but he
has also made some massive deals.Elsewhere, Jack Ma - chairman of
Alibaba, Chinas second richest man and seen as an Asian equivalent to
Steve Jobs - owns 40 per ceent of Guangzhou Evergrande, Chinas leading
domestic club and winner of the Asian Champions League twice in the past
three years.ddddddddddddhen theres Zhang Jindong, whose Suning
e-commerce group owns a team in the Chinese Super League that broke the
Chinese transfer fee record twice earlier this year and also purchased
Inter Milan last month.The long-term plan is evident, as Dreyer
explains. Towards the end of last year, China Media Capital (CMC) led a
group that invested $400m into the City Football Group, Manchester Citys
parent company, in exchange for 13 per cent of the company.
Sergio Aguero poses for a photo
with Chinas president Xi Jinping and former prime minister David
Cameron The franchise model, with clubs in the
US, UK, Japan and Australia, plus Manchester Citys impressive academy
set-up are both elements that Chinese football is known to
favour.Instead of attempting to buy the whole thing, the idea is that
this investment can be used as a way to see how the club is run and some
of that expertise can be brought back to China.Of course, it didnt hurt
that Chinese legend Sun Jihai played for Manchester City or that
President Xi had posed for a selfie with Sergio Aguero on a visit to the
training ground just weeks before the deal was announced.What of Aston
Villa, where Dr Tony Xia has taken over?
New Aston Villa owner Dr Tony Xia
My advice would be to take the big statements of intent with a
pinch of salt, says Dreyer.There are dozens of top European clubs all
actively trying to crack the Chinese market and Chinese fans wont flock
to Villa simply because of their owner - but Villa fans have had such a
torrid time in recent years that even modest improvement on the pitch
would be a big step forward.Should Wolves fans be getting carried away?
Robin Li, founder of search engine Baidu, was first reported to be
purchasing the club and now Fosun International, a Shanghai investment
company, have completed a Molineux buyout.Founder Guo Guangchang is
another in the upper reaches of Chinas rich list. Fosuns previous
investments in Club Med, Thomas Cook, Cirque du Soleil and other health
and happiness deals, as they put it, should stand them in good stead.Put
it this way - my guess is that Wolves will be higher up the league
table than Villa ten years from now!
How are the Chinese Super League signings
doing? Have Jackson
Martinez, Gervinho and Alex Teixeira been a success?
Dreyer is convinced there will be many more takeover
stories over the coming months, not least due to the changing political
environment.Undoubtedly the weaker pound, following the Brexit vote,
has made English clubs that much more attractive in recent weeks. Wanda
specifically mentioned this as a factor when it announced a deal to buy
the Odeon and UCI cinema chain last week.The Premier League may have
missed a trick when it failed to renegotiate the television rights deal
with Chinas national broadcaster CCTV 10 years ago. Since then, Europes
other leagues have garnered interest from football fans in China. But
now it appears that English football is attracting attention once
more.Every week there are new targets - and new buyers. With the Villa
and Wolves local rivalry now gaining an oriental sub-plot, and West Brom
looking to follow suit, a Chinese takeover could be coming to a club
near you soon.
Also See:
Wolves set for ￡45m takeover
Edwards on Wolves takeover
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