Defense wins championships. It’s an old sport cliche. However, the Denver Broncos proved it last night in the Super Bowl. The Orange Crush neutralized the NFL’s MVP, Cam Newton. Peyton Manning rounded off his career, landing win 200. Mr. Manning still has the most playoff losses of any quarterback. Of course that is because he … Read more »
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Compliance, Workplace Investigations, and Deflategate
The National Football League kicks off its season tonight with star quarterback Tom Brady starting under center for the defending Super Bowl Champions, the New England Patriots. It was tumultuous off-season because of a botched workplace investigation and bungled discipline. There are lessons to be learned for compliance professionals. First. I’m a long time New … Read more »
Compliance, the Middle-Finger Malfunction, and the Reluctant Touchdown
It’s sad day in Boston. We’ve become accustomed to winning and the Super Bowl drought continues for at least another year. There were two compliance-related stories that came out of Super Bowl XLVI. The first was singer M.I.A.’s obscene gesture and expletive during the halftime show. After Janet Jackson’s nipple-gate incident eight years ago, you … Read more »
Tuesday Morning Quarterback and Compliance
What do these have in common? Gregg Easterbrook includes Tim Geithner, Charles Ponzi, Allen Stanford and Ron Blagojevich in his annual mock of mock football drafts. For those of you have who have not read Gregg Easterbrook’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback, he is not your normal football scribe. Gregg Easterbrook is a contributing editor for The … Read more »