twenty years later in this car when you broke. actually you you. know the great contract nascar you used to nextel communications right there scoring record three and a quarter three quarters of a billion dollars what what did you do. in the meantime after leaving nets and before becoming famous for these twenty years well i mean i . would say i'm famous i mean i work hard and thankfully i've been a lucky along the way but i've i've worked for the nets a couple of times i work for the detroit pistons so i had exposure with another n.b.a. franchise and as you said i did have a seven year stint at nascar where we really grew the sport of racing beyond its core in the south we made it into a national phenomenon and along the way we rebranded it with nextel so it was a terrific run wasn't more fun time to manage nascar for our thirty year old white

easter. was a move i mean well you know i was never a fan per se of nascar because it in grew up on it what i was a fan of is the business behind nascar it's an incredible business and one that was thriving at the time that i was there and there's many many similarities between what i was doing at nascar trying to grow the fan base. with respect to what i'm doing here with the nets as we get ready for a move to brooklyn so there are many similarities and i draw against my nascar experience quite often well in two thousand and five after six or even seven successful years in nascar he came back to this why why did you leave this great family business that you liked so much and came back to to a place where they remember you as a kid i mean well actually it's a good question and you know when i took the job in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight. a gentleman often reminded me of the fact that. that in my interview

i did say that one day i'm going to come back and run this place and as a young man who likes to dream big and doesn't like to fail. i was given an opportunity to come back stabilize the new jersey nets in new jersey but the the big moment was the opportunity to take this team to britain was a kid he always said when i went i'm going to buy this. what was it was a sort of a bakery and said well we're at address i'll buy this hairdresser and i'll become the owner but he never did that when he came. so why did you decide they're giving giving yourself promises as a get as one you know what the promise to one day run around the place really wasn't the driver as much as it was a challenge something you know that their challenge of really doing something that could be uniquely special and would provide not only me but with the marketplace big time moment and we think that moment is going to be bigger than we ever anticipated when we could finally get to book on this well ok let's talk about

forty under forty years several time like three times which is the limit yeah you know i've been you know been on the list of the forty biggest managers in the united states who are under forty years of age and and you were there not only as a sportsman sure but just as a businessman right so what does it mean to say for a man to see his name on the list i mean do you grab the paper run to it and said look i've made it so here we are well i mean it was a great accomplishment because you know the business of sport is so dynamic and is growing so rapidly and to be recognised as someone that's making a difference was very pleasing for me i guess the biggest part of you know the forty under forty was sharing it with my twin brother on the third time because he had wanted that year which was the last year that he and i were eligible and sharing the moment with him was very special. when did you first make front page of the. magazine do you remember that member that i don't i don't know you had

probably you were you didn't care or you hadn't you know you know what she was probably around you know when we when we rebranded the sport went to nextel we received a lot of recognition for that moment and that was probably the first time what kind of career would you fancy for your kids. a career that you know gives them an opportunity to bring about change and positive change that's the sort of. not necessarily business i mean well i mean you know if i had my druthers i'd love to see my children get into the area of business but i want them to certainly make change and most importantly make a difference in whatever they do if it's business great if it's not that's ok too but i want them to make a difference my son does i have two children i have a daughter who's ten a son that's seven and my seven year old really loves it you play together you do play together he attends the games and it's very enjoyable to share it with my son

well in two thousand and four when you came back to the nets it was declared in the press release that you have established a new team new team standards in corporate sponsorship can you translate that into into english i think. that's my p.r. . i think at the time we're looking to do things differently and as i said earlier i leaned on my nascar days and my background and one of the things we want to do is become the most accessible team in all of pro sports as the drivers are nascar and i think we just did it very differently we got very close to our to the brands that we're working with us we gave them ownership of many of the platforms that we're establishing but most importantly we enabled our sponsors to get very close to the franchise and i think that was a big differentiator force another. is that you are trying to make the nets and fan friendly and community active team what does that imply or

that implies you want people to feel good about you and in order to do so you need to get out in the community and throughout my years at the nets we've had great players that are willing to get out there. means clinics philanthropy. anything that can truly make a difference in a child's life is what we try to do with our players with respect to our community outreach programs that affect. american basketball players at the start of a million years do they play basketball or they work do they come out there to work to do their work to make the world they go out there to play musical and i think when you say welcome it's themselves to the type of season and the rigors professional athletes have to commit to i think they do it for the passion now obviously they make a good living at it but you have to be passionate about it to want to work at it and to be the best and i think we have some of the greatest athletes in the world

better representing the n.b.a. absolutely no question so so so so you would say though that for them it's first of all it's a game so so so first of all they are playing after that they think about what they're going to be paid and about the pension plan about whatever but first but but but but first point it was a very a game that they have been playing when they were kids and they're still playing when they're millionaires very very passionate about the game and i think that's the that's the driver for what they do and then what comes along with it is the fame and fortune you know what i think is one of the biggest mistakes in russians or simply basketball is that in soviet times we never said were we pretended to be amateurs we said well they do get some money but but but but this is a game there are amateur amateur sportsman but today nobody says play this is work they work you should work better look they do say they he's playing well since he's working well well i think this may be the problem that that game. is going away

for from the big sports in russia and this may be the key to too many problems that we could be very well i mean so it should be though i'm not here to witness you know what you're saying all i do know is that you know i'm fortunate to work for the n.b.a. . you know as they see you know the nets and i get to see some the greatest athletes every day do some amazing things and they do it because the passion they have for the game so so so you are managing the game absolutely well this is this may be the key to success thank you very much and all the best leave much thank you for coming in just a reminder that my guest on the show was a breath your c.e.o. of new jersey nets and that's all for now from all of that if you want to have yourselves part of my point if someone is the moment you take action into the next bank just drop me a line i'll hear not at the t.v. dot are you and let's keep spotlight interact movie back with more of those phone call and follow what's going on in and outside russia until then stay on r.t.

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fresh attempt to negotiate a cease fire in syria this time by the red cross as people have high hopes that an upcoming referendum about a new constitution will help put a stop to the violence. the upcoming presidential vote in russia causes that outburst of civil activity with people from all walks of life showing a greater interest in politics. in the euro zone strikes a long awaited deal on a second greek bailout after the e.u. demanded harsh austerity measures of athens to secure the package sparking riots in the debt stricken country.

it's ten am in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on our team our top story the red cross says it's in talks with the syrian government and the rebels to stop fighting in the country so it can deliver vital aid this is activists claim regime troops have been gathering around the city of homes while authorities say they're crushing terrorist groups armed from abroad with the deadly violence threatening to get worse many people in the country hope the upcoming referendum on a new constitution will help reduce the bloodshed or to marry if an ocean reports from damascus. ballots instead of bullets mess to his traces and violent protests have been rolling across syria for almost a year by. the syrian government does oakland put it people to shape the future together by taking part in a referendum on the country's and you constitution fulfilling its pledge to

a full. of those who was very excited that soon he'll be able to decide his. tomorrow. it's a completely new era is good for everybody even opposition can take part it's for all the amendments to the country's number one law have been among the key demands of the opposition since the uprising began and the draft seems to cover the most pressing issues. it starts with eliminating both parties supremacy which have ruled the country for the last fifty years introduces a multi-party system and sets a two term limit on any future president however even these reforms a cause in controversy jihad that his friend odin flower shop in damascus he says this new document draws a line between him and his muslim business partner just to shout there's a big contradiction article thirty three says well you raise a number that he says can be

a president so what about the other term percent or not here temporarily they have been living together for ages with the want to be counted. now maybe ten ten percent of the people they speak about this ok but maybe if we was removing this article from the new constitution the ninety percent who said well why you take this article out. public debates on the draft constitution have been organized to bring the people and the authors of the two documents together they don't trust me they don't se as you say they are specific to meet you work for hire if you make a cd as we have seen this become a lot but some say there is still a long way to go to that new syria and they don't believe the government will follow through with their reforms i'm afraid if i were a goes the constitution somebody will in the world will shoot me clashes and

protests almost every day but some hope that the referendum rule not only britain and you constitution it might even be able to stop the bloodshed. there are people who want to improve and develop but also others who want to divide syria is this it we shouldn't help them what we should go and vote for the future and. the draft of syria's new constitution has been made public ten days before the national referendum fourteen new and forty seven amended articles of all here with comments and details to base are also on t.v. and the internet never in the country's modern history for its residents so close to policy making its many here on the ground fear that the ongoing violence could marry any hope of reform. altie damascus syria. the so-called friends of syria group consisting of the u.s. and its allies will meet friday to discuss how to apply further pressure on

president assad over a violence in the country and to support the opposition earlier china accused the west of stirring a civil war in syria with its pro opposition stance international politics professor professor john young eugene says beijing would like to see a libya scenario repeated elsewhere but simply warning the possibility of these rhetoric eventually becoming part of the policy by the west i mean there is a very interesting parallel between the syria situation and libya situation with the british army for example the libyan opposition there's a lot of rhetoric and that eventually became part of the official policy of trading on france to do some kind of encouragement for the opposition well to accept any kind of political solution and keep fighting and this call for assad to step down we've agee's very concerned obviously about how these kind of possibility of peaceful resolution of the syrian situation is undermined by any such rhetoric and

also this direction. but of us are will be speaking with a former senior advisor to several u.s. presidents who thinks the country should think twice before urging out president assad. i think it states. american strategists would have to be fools not to see what al qaeda is doing not to ask the question if it's good for al qaeda can it be good for us not to look at didn't say he may be a ruthless dictator and what he's doing but what comes after him when he phoned so we've got to ask ourselves is the devil we know preferable to the devil we don't know. u.n. nuclear inspectors back in iran for the second time in a less than a month the i.a.e.a. team expected to hold key talks over tehran's nuclear program with the islamic

state hoping to dispel all allegations of its military use despite growing international pressure triggered by a top iran's atomic development some experts think the west war rhetoric is misguided. there is no evidence that iran is developing a nuclear weapons program there is only evidence that iran has a nuclear energy program which it iran's says it does there is no evidence that iran is violating the nuclear nonproliferation treaty all of these facts are in contrast with israel in the united states by the way which if these were justifications for war there would be justification for war against us but of course they are not and this crazy media madness leads us down the same path where we all begin to assume that if iran does have a nuclear weapons program then we need to nuke it and nobody can prove it doesn't the president himself claims not to want war with iran but suggests that it's up to iran to cease its probably not existant nuclear weapons program or the blame is on

iran and we should have a war whereas of course there is no such thing as a justification for a war based on what weapons a country has. our we look at a standoff involving another country facing international pressure over its nuclear program north korea this time the threat of military confrontation coming from a different source young southern neighbor holds military exercises near the disputed border and sea border area in spite of warnings from the north we ask what experts make of the war games timing. but first with russia's election campaign in full swing it's not just presidential candidates attracting voters' attention ahead of next month's ballot people from very different walks of life have stuck to step up to try and make their mark in shaping the country's future or hysteria push kovar reports on the unprecedented rise in civil activity in russia in recent years. russia's counsel to paris hilton t.v.

host sirius upchuck has a reputation to match claiming to earn two million dollars a year she leads a life of glamour bloodiness putin was once very close to her father and is still a family friend if rumors are true he could even be such a good father hence the shock when she became a vocal part of the new energized opposition i laughed putin as a man who saved my father but i don't respect his politics right now he is a free person to think whatever he wants he can think of anything as a betrayal it's his choice i can't interfere with his politics and i it's not of the trail at all i just don't agree with this in december subject for the first time in her life joint thousands for street rallies triggered by leaking with falsifications during parliamentary elections. it all started with videos like this one showing eleggua relations at polling stations your post i immediately

understood i had to make this video available for everyone and i felt it was my civic duty to report what i believed to be a breach of electoral law when you hear legations led to an outburst of civility between russia encouraging people to get involved in the political process tens of thousands willing to brave subzero temperatures in support of fair elections is that why we don't do anything nothing will change we have no guarantees but it would be stupid not to use this opportunity for change i'm happy the country has woken up at that hasn't happened for many years but with the fact that all of us who are so remote from politics gathered for this rally that is a sign the country is on life new civic organizations are noting over time the old ones are getting a second wind before no one even talked about the civil society people didn't have this feeling they had their own business and this was most important for them. russia wouldn't be the same. now and this is for sure not everyone is unhappy with

the current state of affairs b.b. how muscular a factory worker from russia's euros region has been absolutely indifferent to politics until recently that there are people who don't want revolution or against rocking the boat and want stability and for us stability means little used to the much promise he made headlines after a televised q. and a session with the prime minister where he offered to come to moscow and help early street protests shoes the need arise of these things you can point signs of civil looked at the almost anywhere in russia for example this campaign has decided to hold their own presidential election unofficial of course anyone can cast their vote simply by choosing their coffee with an image of a relevant candidate on its phone this is the new ground for russia where shaping the country's future has become everyone's business and could lead to being stalked . so it seems you're out of your mind you're not the students to freeze out there.

what has it got to do what they age it concerns everyone in the world by the end of january thousands of ordinary russians have volunteered as presidential election. the more people come as observers to fear the elections will be. in future and the future of your kids working as an observer means defending civil values. and i commend you to do the same and no matter the outcome of the elections this spate of political activity has made it all the tissues no need to listen to what people have got to see. r.t. . you can explore all our stories in depth by logging on to our website r t dot com where there's plenty more a click away right now including this dockings cat one of the massive stockpile of weapons belonging to the former libyan regime on earth in algeria find out more on

our web site plus. top ranked politicians and nuclear sites just a few of the other possible targets chosen by norwegian anders breivik who confessed to killing seventy seven people and wounding more than one hundred fifty others last year find his fall hit list at our t.v. dot com. euro zone ministers have reached a deal on the second greek balla talks in brussels on the hundred thirty billion euro cash injection went well into the night the greek parliament went through a storm of public outrage and several internal conflicts to approve the austerity measures demanded by international creditors the plan requires drastic cuts in civil service jobs minimum wages and pensions frustrations been growing among e.u.

politicians over athens failing to meet necessary demands on time there are now calls for the you with the european central bank and the i.m.f. to maintain a permanent presence of christopher green creator of alternative media t.v. network green wave t.v. so as the outcome of the debt crisis may already be set in stone. the greek people do not have any sovereignty over their nation anymore it's been taken over by technocrats this is a complete to talent to rehabilitate go over which the people have no say in again it's the reason that we have riots in the streets right now and i've got to give it to the greek people for actually standing up to the plate other dealing with the norm his problems we're looking upwards of forty percent unemployment rates fifty percent in some european countries among the youth that is catastrophic there is no bailout measure or quantitative easing or stimulus program that would prevent the collapse of europe in this is extended to economics this is the land of

chocolate colored lollipops and dandelions it doesn't exist this is fantasy so this will not end well i don't have a time frame on it i just know it's a mathematical certainty again you cannot solve the debt problem with more debt and that is what our leadership around the world on the merkel sarkozy double do a better noticed more cozy is trying to sell to the public. despite a grim outlook for some there are still e.u. members waiting for euro take it latvia planning to join the mali monetary union by two thousand and fourteen but as artie's alexei era shift here reports many in the country thing membership may only bring more pain for an already struggling economy . as the eurozone continues to combat the painful debt crisis witnessing bloodshed on its streets and the euro sees less support across the continent. this project is doomed to failure it was always too young to fail some of the more recent e.u.

members are still keen to make a leap of faith while poland recently rejected the idea of having the euro by twenty fourteen the latvian government still firmly believes that the single currency will make its problems go away eleven years my very. strong intention to adopt the euro in twenty four. through the past few years and being consistent with that or any other country are concerned. they want to see good solutions to that but at the same time still using its time. for your adoption and the problems are massive to say the least a lot of there has only just now started to recuperate from the recession which made it one of the most economically affected e.u. countries it still has the highest poverty risk rate in europe alarming unemployment and

a vast gap between rich and the poor one of the country's leading euro skeptics as joining the euro zone by twenty fourteen would be nothing short of economic suicide for riga. latvia would then have to participate in the bailout fund and that's a four billion euro contribution their g.d.p. had only fourteen billion i think it's like we've been invaded on the titanic the ship is sinking and we're being asked to be late all the water. no doubt lots of it will also be looking at the experience of their baltic neighbor in two thousand and nine is stony apostate sterrett emerges to meet euro zone accession criteria in twenty eleven it converted to the euro but now the country's chancellor of justice reports of lower wages and poor social welfare not to mention sixty thousand children living below the poverty line plus continuing and we gratian. something this father to a big family fears will also happen in lot.