Soon Roy Keane, who could surely get a job running His Master's Voice when football is over, was coming out and reminding team-mates of their duties and responsibilities.
In the last few years professional football has cracked down on the covert release of drug test results by reminding teams of the potential penalty.
He seems to see his role as constantly reminding teams of what they should be focusing on, rather than telling them whether they've got the right idea or not.
This past Friday, a day after Silver's comments, the league distributed the memo reminding teams of the rule that players and coaches must stand during the anthem, ESPN reports.
The new YouGov finding that Ken Livingstone has pared Boris Johnson's head-to-head lead back from six points to two in the space of a week will cheer up Team Ken and remind Team Boris, should this remotely be required, that the race for City Hall is not yet lost or won.
Numbers (eg OT1, PT2) correspond to de-identified individual professionals as summarised in Table 1 Enablers included changes in their attitudes, especially Beliefs about Capabilities, change in their Professional Role Identity (particularly role expansion), Memory and Attention (introducing procedures that reminded team members to act) and Emotions (positive feelings about the intervention).
The restrictions, which Commissioner Bud Selig reminded teams of Thursday, will cut down on the celebrities and friends who have flocked around the Yankees' facilities, including Manager Joe Torre's office.
"Clubs must ensure that all medical information issued to the media is credible, responsible, and specific in terms that are meaningful to teams, media, and fans," says the policy, which goes on to remind teams that "the injury reporting policy relates directly to the integrity of the game".
> NFL reminds teams that only the league can make relocation decisions.
In the final minutes, as the Rockets pulled away, he was pointing to his head, reminding his team to think.
