Archive for June, 2009
UFL…now serving football fans in Europe?
I see your visionary thinking and I raise you one Michael Huyghue! Who’s Michael Huyghue? The commissioner of the very recently created United Football League (UFL). Is spending the day in Europe. While there, he got to thinking, and tweeted this message, Currently in Europe. Foreign expansion for UFL very likely for year two or [...]
U.S. Supreme Court to hear NFL antitrust licensing case
From the Associated Press, The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether the National Football League and its 32 teams can enter an exclusive licensing deal with a maker of team jerseys and other gear without violating federal antitrust law. The court said it will hear an appeal from American Needle Inc., of Buffalo Grove, [...]
Comparing NBA/NFL rookie contracts
Last weeks NBA draft was chock full of surprises; surprise picks, surprise trades, surprise apperances (Brandon Jennings, I’m looking at you). One thing that won’t be surprising though, are the contracts. The NBA has had a rookie contract scale in place since the mid 1990′s, which sets it apart from its football counterpart, where #1 [...]
USA Track & Field – Nike: Extend sponsorship until 2013
From the “If it ain’t broke then don’t try to fix it” department, USA Track & Field and Nike have decided to extend their sponsorship agreement until 2013, with an option to extend it to 2017. Details from Reuters, The contract with Nike, the world’s largest sports shoe and apparel maker, extends its deal through [...]
PGA & Turner Sports Expand/Extend Media Agreement
Press release from PGA.com, The PGA of America and Turner Sports have extended their broadcasting and interactive media agreements covering the PGA Championship, PGA Grand Slam of Golf and PGA.com through 2019. The new agreement between the two organizations will also expand to include licensing, with Turner’s Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) serving as the PGA’s [...]
June 24, 2009: The 4 @ 4
The daily link dump for Sports Business Digest The case for MLB contraction Apple granted patent for sports sensors…what does the future hold now? U.S. Open score cards are available for sale…If you’re in to that sort of thing. Manny Ramirez suspesnion…the best thing to happen to the Dodgers pocketbooks
