EU enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn expressed support for Iceland's membership, stating that as "a country with deep democratic traditions", Iceland will be welcome in the EU's expansion plans.
Joey Saputo, who runs the Montreal Impact of the United Soccer Leagues First Division, was in New York last week to discuss expansion with Commissioner Don Garber and the league's president, Mark Abbott.
The potential for Pac-10 expansion forced Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany to acknowledge that the Big Ten's timeline for growth, which had been set at 12 to 18 months in December, could be expedited.
For those who may not remember, Rozelle was a Southern California guy who was NFL commissioner during expansion, during battles with Al Davis, the creation of the Super Bowl and turning television into the league's personal yellow brick road.
The dance between the Met and city hall included public battles over budgets and the many expansion plans with NYC Parks commissioners, from Robert Moses to Henry Stern.
In a report on the EU's expansion plans, Olli Rehn, the European commissioner with authority for enlargement, said that there had been "stagnation" in Turkey's efforts to meet the political and economic conditions for entry.
Chivas is facing an ugly employment court case, and immediately after his expansion announcement on ESPN, the Commissioner had to endure a reasonably intense cross-examination about whether the club discriminated against non-Hispanic players and staff.
Robert C. Bonner, a recently retired Customs commissioner, favors the expansion of alternative solutions such as advance electronic shipping manifests and container inspection at ports of departure to speed screening at U.S. ports.
INDIANAPOLIS — At his state of the league news conference Friday, Commissioner Roger Goodell said that expansion was not being considered "at all", and that the N.F.L. preferred that teams stayed in their current cities.
