Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Media & Entertainment Law Blogs -> Sports Biz

Media & Entertainment Law

: Sports Biz

Jewish Jordan Back Home in Baltimore

By Mark

After an extended tour in Israel that last saw him playing in the Israeli second level national league, Tamir Goodman, fated to be forever haunted as the "Jewish Jordan", is back home in Baltimore. He was recently signed to play with the Maryland Nighthawks of the new Premier Basketball League, a recently formed minor league which plans to take on the wild and wacky ABA. The PBL opened play this year with ten teams, several of which are refugees from the ABA.

Goodman returned from Israel for the chance to play basketball in his hometown for a professional team that would allow him to both play basketball professionally and still observe his faith. The Nighthawks, in conjunction with league officials, restructured their schedule to eliminate Friday night and Saturday afternoon games so that the team would not play on the Jewish sabbath, thus allowing Goodman to observe Sabbath restrictions prohibiting work. It made possible something he thought would only be available to him in Israel. Of course, it's not likely that even were his talent level high enough, (it's not) to make the NBA that David Stern would ever work out a schedule with whatever team signed him to allow that to happen at the Big Show. Enjoy while you can Tamir, you'll be back in Israel soon enough.

HT to Sports by Brooks

Full post as published by Sports Biz on March 14, 2008 (boomark / email).