To me it doesn't make Berenson a 'smart and tough'
business man when he offers contracts for you to sign with absolutely
ZERO notice....then says it is okay to think about it for ONE
day....and then when you do just that he pulls one away and goes
back on what he said. That makes him a douchebag not smart and
tough.
So basically as an EMPLOYER he comes in and says here are contracts
for you to sign, I know you weren't expecting this and the jobs
are in other cities...but you have to SIGN RIGHT NOW!! Or you
can think about it for a day, sure. Then one contract disappears.
That's an intimidation management style. If he were alive today
and running any business like that he would have multiple lawsuits
from employees and former employees going.
This is the kind of stuff that players strike over. No other business
can treat its employees like that and get away with it. Of course
most businesses don't want to either.
This guy sounds like a first class prick to me. Whatever good
he did for jai-alai seems to be outweighed by his negatives...and
clearly he set the stage for how poorly players would be treated
(and continued to be treated) especially regarding contracts.
He wanted players in fear for their jobs and willing to sign any
contract on a moment's notice....I think even the greyhounds more
respect than that.