tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post4109032986450994505..comments2024-03-05T06:32:37.180-05:00Comments on The Daly Planet: Busy TV Friday In RichmondDaly Planet Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-40381073940620309292009-05-02T10:54:00.000-04:002009-05-02T10:54:00.000-04:00Anonymous said...
"Glen,
Yep, if it means I can ke...Anonymous said...<br />"Glen,<br />Yep, if it means I can keep earning a paycheck, I'd be happy earning 40 hours for 60 hours of work. Beats unemployment and a $0 paycheck anyday.<br /><br />SPEED employees just need to suck it up and work a bit harder."<br /><br />late to the comments here but, with all due respect, i can't let this comment stand uncontested, anon. <br /><br />as a mgr, i will NEVER allow my employees to work off the clock for any reason. it is wrong for the following reasons (in order of importance to me as a mgr):<br />1. it is unethical and immoral to ask people to work without pay. basic fact of my managerial life for over 30 years: if you work, i have a responsibility to pay you and despite all the best intentions, i can't allow you to offer your talent to me for free.<br /><br />2. it is illegal according to most state laws and federal labor laws and a company found to be in violation will be heavily fined. <br /><br />3. if i can't manage the workload to get it done within the labor/payroll budget, then i need to dink with the task load. in this particular instance, speed has no control over what happens when and so had to make a payroll decision based on what they could and couldn't cover. i cannot fault them for that decision from a business perspective.<br /><br />bottom line for me is that an ethical company doesn't allow employees to work "off the clock" and a smart company minimizes OT and monitors payroll aggressively so that all employees will be paid and the company can survive.<br /><br />if the decision was to sacrifice part of the coverage in order to meet that goal, then i'm ok with it. and that being said: speed historically does seem to be ambivalent about covering "all things n'wide" and so this latest example, altho' explained by anon@4:49, just seems like a continuation of that pattern.redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469882559901586219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-73112009113755018352009-05-01T23:38:00.000-04:002009-05-01T23:38:00.000-04:00Glen,
Yep, if it means I can keep earning a payche...Glen,<br />Yep, if it means I can keep earning a paycheck, I'd be happy earning 40 hours for 60 hours of work. Beats unemployment and a $0 paycheck anyday.<br /><br />SPEED employees just need to suck it up and work a bit harder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-39099799450001183212009-05-01T22:40:00.000-04:002009-05-01T22:40:00.000-04:00Stricklin, I respect and value your comments, I ju...Stricklin, I respect and value your comments, I just have to disagree about the S&P's. <br />It's not only in racing, if you want more out of "whatever you do", you have to work harder and be better than everyone else. <br />I just don't think "big brother" needs to save the day for the ones who can't keep up. (assuming the health of the person is not an issue) <br /><br /> Anonymous said... <br />If SPEED employees value their jobs in this economy, they'd do any and all work necessarly to bring us all practice sessons 'off the clock' if thats what it takes without overtime. There are plenty of people out there that can easily replace them.<br /><br />I assume you will work a 60 hour week for 40 hours of pay?Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695831353283754366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-73545351475861887212009-05-01T20:58:00.000-04:002009-05-01T20:58:00.000-04:00If SPEED employees value their jobs in this econom...If SPEED employees value their jobs in this economy, they'd do any and all work necessarly to bring us all practice sessons 'off the clock' if thats what it takes without overtime. There are plenty of people out there that can easily replace them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-78159181070729343912009-05-01T20:41:00.000-04:002009-05-01T20:41:00.000-04:00NASCAR should hand out severe penalties to teams t...NASCAR should hand out severe penalties to teams that fail to run 15%-20% of the scheduled laps, including lifetime bans on anyone involved in the team operation if it happens repeatedly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-8240361458849657212009-05-01T19:21:00.000-04:002009-05-01T19:21:00.000-04:00stricklinfan82- The #73 of Derrike Cope has a spon...stricklinfan82- The #73 of Derrike Cope has a sponsor for the race and will attempt the distance. The #49 I'm not sure. You can expect the usual M$RP parks (typical) and the JD Motorsports #0 to park (to pays the bills and keep the #01 racing)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-58984683758806233542009-05-01T18:29:00.000-04:002009-05-01T18:29:00.000-04:00There is a new post up for your comments on the Na...There is a new post up for your comments on the Nationwide Series race on ESPN2 that goes on the air at 7PM ET.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />JDDaly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-63312154498334019292009-05-01T18:14:00.000-04:002009-05-01T18:14:00.000-04:00Ken,
What was that about? Did you see Mike Joy, D...Ken,<br /><br />What was that about? Did you see Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip or Larry McReynolds on NASCAR Now?<br /><br />Little confused about your issues.<br /><br />JDDaly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-79957420062180511482009-05-01T18:03:00.000-04:002009-05-01T18:03:00.000-04:00I know they're doing nothing wrong according to NA...I know they're doing nothing wrong according to NASCAR's rules, but I still feel it's completely wrong take a 43 car Nationwide race and replace four legitimate racecars - 09, 31, 42, 52 - with cars that are presumed to have no intentions of running more than 10 or so laps tonight (90, 91, 0, 49, maybe the 73 as well?).<br /><br />I sure would like to see NASCAR make efforts to nip the start-and-park in the bud before things evolve to the point where the number of legitimate teams being sent home in favor of start-and-parkers grows from 4 to 6, then from 6 to 8, then to 10, then to 15, then to 20, and then perhaps to the point where every race track becomes nothing more than a 43 car parking lot.<br /><br />I'm still very surprised that (as best as I can remember) no one on the TV side has chosen to publicly voice their concerns over something I perceive to be a very big problem for the integrity and without a doubt a huge problem for the future health of this sport's on-track product.stricklinfan82https://www.blogger.com/profile/01808897974344304657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-44874606303781499792009-05-01T16:49:00.000-04:002009-05-01T16:49:00.000-04:00I would like to make a comment as to Speed not cov...I would like to make a comment as to Speed not covering the Nationwide practice. I know many people who work in the TV compound and I know their schedule this weekend. IF Speed had covered that practice the TV crew would have had to be there at 6 am. Those people then would have to stay through the taping of NASCAR Performance and are hoping to leave the track by 9:30 pm. Speed would have to pay each person for 4.5 hours of overtime. I know that everyonee wants to see all of the coverage they can (I know I do!) BUT it isn't fiscally responsible to cover that practice. I don't want to see other stuff get cut just to show this practice. The TV compound has had to make many cuts to stay afloat so I think we can cut Speed a break for not covering the practice this morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-51518426906465218192009-05-01T16:45:00.000-04:002009-05-01T16:45:00.000-04:00Ken-Michigan... you make it sound as if that's a s...Ken-Michigan... you make it sound as if that's a small chunk of the NASCAR fan population--I just think the *numbers* of people who read That's Racin, or read articles Poole wrote linked directly at Jayski would be a pretty big number--especially since he's been doing it for many, many years. I suppose the number of fans with Sirius may not be that large; I don't know. But plenty of times under these circumstances, with people a lot less known than Poole, mention would have been made on a broadcast just out of respect. Sounds like they finally got to it.glenc1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-61573429542694904672009-05-01T15:50:00.000-04:002009-05-01T15:50:00.000-04:00Finally a mention of David Poole.Finally a mention of David Poole.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138762423112575914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-20942308401369850242009-05-01T15:44:00.000-04:002009-05-01T15:44:00.000-04:00Rhonda,
ESPN just has the rights to the races. Fo...Rhonda,<br />ESPN just has the rights to the races. For practice and qualifying, they are all up for grabs. Since SPEED airs a late practice session and qualifying, logic says they could have had the rights for the early session as well, which they refused to show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-51340080649795607762009-05-01T15:33:00.000-04:002009-05-01T15:33:00.000-04:00Weather.com says rain late in the afternoon and to...Weather.com says rain late in the afternoon and tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night. May be a long weekend for racers and fans.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138762423112575914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-50104468442334087522009-05-01T14:43:00.000-04:002009-05-01T14:43:00.000-04:00Didn't Poole get a nice tribute earlier this week ...Didn't Poole get a nice tribute earlier this week on NASCAR NOW ??<br /><br />The majority of that show remembered Poole.<br /><br />He'll get a moment of silence prior to the race(s) this weekend....what more do you want ?<br /><br />I respect the work he did and his dedication to the sport, but for people who don't have Sirius radio or read the Charlotte Observer or go to Facebook.... enough is enough.Ken-Michigannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-9107436524397445902009-05-01T13:34:00.000-04:002009-05-01T13:34:00.000-04:00Or maybe they'll wait for the race tonight or tomo...Or maybe they'll wait for the race tonight or tomorrow night. Surely, Trackside will say something.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138762423112575914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-10698407010946834562009-05-01T13:30:00.000-04:002009-05-01T13:30:00.000-04:00Hopefully they'll touch on it the half hour betwee...Hopefully they'll touch on it the half hour between practices. Shameful if they don't.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138762423112575914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-17130697254515319782009-05-01T13:27:00.000-04:002009-05-01T13:27:00.000-04:00Are you guys surprised about the lack of a David P...Are you guys surprised about the lack of a David Poole discussion/tribute?<br /><br />Two words come to mind...John Madden.<br /><br />JDDaly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-17473155101745439972009-05-01T13:17:00.000-04:002009-05-01T13:17:00.000-04:00JD said There is little doubt that the topics ment...JD said <B>There is little doubt that the topics mentioned above will dominate the early portion of the telecast, as perhaps they should.</B>I'm kind of doubting it since Dega was only talked about briefly and Poole hasn't really been mentioned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-42375710194890629672009-05-01T12:10:00.000-04:002009-05-01T12:10:00.000-04:00I must say, I am a little suprised that not a peep...I must say, I am a little suprised that not a peep has been said about David Poole.Haus14https://www.blogger.com/profile/06348382223779617438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-48027314421571054542009-05-01T12:08:00.000-04:002009-05-01T12:08:00.000-04:00That was me (haus) who made that last post as Rhon...That was me (haus) who made that last post as Rhonda...evidently, my wife has a blogger account now and it logged her in automatically.Haus14https://www.blogger.com/profile/06348382223779617438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-41636417603730090912009-05-01T12:07:00.001-04:002009-05-01T12:07:00.001-04:00Anon, I am sure you meant to say that ESPN dropped...Anon, I am sure you meant to say that ESPN dropped the ball on NW practice, since they do have the rights to it.Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550077838645955163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-85319846150863819942009-05-01T12:07:00.000-04:002009-05-01T12:07:00.000-04:00JD, do you happen to know why they don't draw on t...JD, do you happen to know why they don't draw on the screen or whatever the correct term is on replays? It's often hard to know which car is which when they replay a spin using a distance camera shot so it would be nice if they marked it with an X or something so you'd know which one to watch.<br /><br />JohnInVaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-57756155579953779332009-05-01T12:05:00.000-04:002009-05-01T12:05:00.000-04:00Nice job SPEED for missing Nationwide practice. Y...Nice job SPEED for missing Nationwide practice. You guys can care less about that series. I know Pink reruns are more important to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-31964458800323661822009-05-01T11:51:00.000-04:002009-05-01T11:51:00.000-04:00Heads up to those going to the track. Trackside w...Heads up to those going to the track. Trackside will tape at 4:15 pm during Nationwide qualifying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com