is will we ever see a-rod play again. right, and maybe the yankees right and the yankees could try to terminate his huge contract. they may want to do that. i don t know. all right. there s a provision in the contract that does give that authority to the yankees. morals clause. thanks so much. always great to have you. brilliant mind that is you are. thank you. brilliant. take care. we have got much more on the breaking news about alex rodriguez. we ll go to jason carroll in new york for details and reaction. is it africa? the middle east? canada? or the u.s.? the answer is. the u.s. most of america s energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz.
it s a morals clause. almost always is in these kind of contracts. can you say a&e waived it by virtue of the fact that even after they suspended him they continued to air him over and over and over and over again on these marathons? absolutely not. i would argue no. it s a broadly drafted agreement. i have seen enough of these where it s essentially you can do something bad and they can get rid of you. and so i would definitely think that it s broad. so they re going to. i can t imagine that because the whole idea of a morals clause is that you have said or done something that fully embarrasses us so we no longer want to be part of you or you have done something that we believe is immoral. how in the world you can stand on that argument. how could a&e stand on that when making like they can t put them on the air enough now to get every last squeeze, every last dime out of this? i can t imagine that they would be the least bit
phil robertson s family is saying they cannot imagine the show going forward without their patriarch. so i take it that there s probably something called a morals clause in this contract, both ways. there usually are in these entertainment contracts. how do you define morals? does it mean more than we just don t like your opinion? well, not exactly. even though this is a bizarre situation, it s very simple. a&e s perspective is if they have a morals clause that is very broadly drafted, in which it is, because if they want to get rid of him, it s like an at will contract, good-bye phil, you re fired. whereas if there s a reverse morals clause whereby phil has a morals clause in his agreement, that allows him to rip up the contract if they do something bad. so essentially, it s all
land in a legal mess. steve joins us. good evening, sir. happy holidays, thanks for having me. same to you. so i take it that there is probably something called a moral clause in this contract both ways. they usually in these entertainment contracts. how do you define morals. does it mean moral we don t like your opinion? not exactly. even though this is a bizarre situation, it s very simple. a&e s perspective is if they have a morals clause that is very broadly drafted, in which it is is, because if they want to get rid of him it s like an at-will contract, goodbye, phil, you are fired. versus if there is a reverse morals clause whereby phil has a morals clause in his agreement with a&e, that allows him to actually rip up up the contract if they do something bad. so, essentially, it s, you know, it s all contract as you know, it s a negotiation. this is about money. can you say a&e i assume
if you don t agree with it, fine. but leave us an i loan to be able to preach it. it s even beyond the issue of, you know, first amendment to say what you want. this is fundamental when it comes to religion. you cannot, you know but what about the idea, father, of a contract? if that company feels that, you know, our viewers don t agree with what he said, should they be able to suspend him? well, i thought it was ironic, a morals clause. usually that s invoked when you do bad things, not read the bible. i was laughing about this. it s an interesting plan. where the whole thing, there s a great irony to all of it. but father, let me ask you about christmas. i mean, just a few days away. i remember as a little girl, you know, growing up and christmas was about jesus an the birth of the baby jesus and there was a spirit that seems to have dissipated and for this to happen now i think is, again,