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	<title>Sports Business Digest</title>
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	<description>Opinions on sports business, sports marketing, sports news, sponsorships, endorsements and more</description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh Steelers PSL&#8217;s&#8230;now easily bought and sold.</title>
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Fret no more, Steeler fans.  Have you been waiting for years to get your opportunity to buy a Heinz Field seat license so that you can watch your beloved Steelers up close and personal for every home game?
Your opportunity has finally arrived.
The team announced it is working with Houston-based STR Marketplace, which has created a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/pittsburgh-steelers-psls-now-easily-bought-and-sold/</link>
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		<title>Tommy Bahama &amp; MLB: Collectors Edition Shirts</title>
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via Press Release,
SEATTLE, March 8 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; Tommy Bahama, the popular lifestyle brand, has announced the release of a new series of &#8220;Collector&#8217;s Edition&#8221; Major League Baseball team shirts. These custom designed shirts are the next phase in the unique collaboration between Tommy Bahama and Major League Baseball Properties for co-branded collections of premium apparel.
Tommy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/tommy-bahama-mlb-collectors-edition-shirts/</link>
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		<title>NCAA Tournament ads are 90% sold</title>
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The recession is over!
At least, from the standpoint of commercial ads for the NCAA tournament&#8230;for this year.  CBS has sold 90% of the ad space available for the 2010 NCAA tournament, despite a serious cut back in advertising spend by embattled car company General Motors (for those that don&#8217;t know the Pontiac brand is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/ncaa-tournament-ads-are-90-sold/</link>
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		<title>Your new owner of the Charlotte Bobcats?  Michael Jordan</title>
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The Charlotte Bobcats have a new majority owner.  His name is Michael Jordan.  Jordan, who initially became a minority owner of the Bobcats back in 2006, has now become the teams majority owner, at a bargain of a price.
Terms of the deal weren&#8217;t disclosed, but the sale price is based on a franchise value of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/your-new-owner-of-the-charlotte-bobcats-michael-jordan/</link>
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		<title>The future of baseball ticket sales: Sponsored by the Chicago Cubs</title>
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Last week the Chicago Cubs unveiled their future methodology behind the selling of baseball tickets.
The Cubs idea? A pre-sale&#8230;with an added price.
&#8230;the Cubs will launch a special First Chance Presale for individual game tickets. The sale, which runs through Thursday at noon, will allow fans early access before all tickets go on sale Friday.
The Cubs are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/the-future-of-baseball-ticket-sales-sponsored-by-the-chicago-cubs/</link>
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		<title>The Williams&#8217; StarCaps suit goes forward.  Single entity in question again.</title>
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Set your calendars for March 8th.
Last week, Hennenpin County District Judge Gary Larson ruled that the &#8220;Williams Brothers&#8221;, Vikings defensive tackles Pat and Kevin Williams are allowed to sue the NFL in Hennepin County for their four game suspension the NFL imposed on them in 2009.
The Williamses testified during arbitration they used StarCaps, a diuretic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/the-williams-starcaps-suit-goes-forward-single-entity-in-question-again/</link>
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		<title>US Airways signs sponsorship deal with Charlotte Bobcats</title>
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(via Press Release)
CHARLOTTE, N.C.&#8211;Charlotte’s hometown airline, US Airways (NYSE: LCC), teams up today with the city’s NBA franchise, the Charlotte Bobcats, in a new corporate sponsorship agreement. US Airways and the Bobcats will hold an event for the airline’s 6,100 Charlotte-based employees later this week to celebrate the new partnership.
US Airways will sponsor in-game promotions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/us-airways-signs-sponsorship-deal-with-charlotte-bobcats/</link>
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		<title>Michael Phelps wears Under Armour</title>
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&#8220;Neither rape allegations, marijuana pipes, pleading no contest to double murder, or vehicular homicide shall keep athletes from signing their endorsement deals.&#8221;
- Athlete Credo
Add Michael Phelps to the growing list of athletes who can not only overcome a PR nightmare, but can still turn a profit after its all said and done.  Phelps recently signed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/michael-phelps-wears-under-armour/</link>
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		<title>Hey, nice Sweet Cheeks!</title>
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U.S. Olympic Snowboarder Hannah Teter is all about giving back.
Having already pledged to give her recent winnings to support Haitian relief efforts, she has now taken her giving one step further.
Although her feet aren&#8217;t the body part that is taking relief efforts to the next level.
Teter this past weekend launched “Sweet Cheeks,” a personally designed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/hey-nice-sweet-cheeks/</link>
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		<title>NCAA Basketball video game in 2010? Not at EA Sports</title>
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Sure, it would be easy to say that EA Sports NCAA Basketball franchise got &#8220;O&#8217;Bannon&#8217;ed&#8221;, but truth be told, there was a strong likelihood that we would have seen the death (read as: extended sabbatical probably meaning death) of the franchise anyway.  Apparently another NCAA game just didn&#8217;t fit into EA Sports plans financially, although [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/ncaa-basketball-video-game-in-2010-not-at-ea-sports/</link>
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		<title>United Football League: Coming to a city near you!</title>
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&#8230;well maybe.
The UFL&#8217;s New York franchise (the Sentinels) is moving to Hartford.  Apparently its a move that has been in the making, at least in Commissioner Michael Huyghue&#8217;s mind, for quite awhile,
&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled because I feel like I&#8217;m coming home to a market that I&#8217;ve always wanted to have a team in,&#8221; Huyghue said Monday. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/united-football-league-coming-to-a-city-near-you/</link>
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		<title>BP is the newest USOC sponsor</title>
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Even though NBC is losing money on the American coverage of the Olympic games, it looks like the American Olympic committee itself, the USOC, is doing pretty well.  It was announced today that BP signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with the USOC, paying the committee upwards of $3.5 million dollars over the next 4 (four) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/bp-is-the-newest-usoc-sponsor/</link>
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		<title>At the Olympics? Don&#8217;t forget to say &#8220;Thanks, Mom&#8221;</title>
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(Thanks to Christian Matthews of Taylor PR)
If you&#8217;re the parent of an Olympian, you&#8217;ve undoubtedly put up with a lot over the years.  Early morning practices, shelling out money to buy equipment, dealing with the highs of your child&#8217;s successes and the lows of their defeats&#8230;The Olympians realize what their parents did to put them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/at-the-olympics-dont-forget-to-say-thanks-mom/</link>
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		<title>Haier extends NBA agreement</title>
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The NBA has decided to extend their agreements with Haier, they announced Wednesday.
The deals involve a variety of NBA-themed promotions, including advertising, retail promotions, hospitality and NBA-themed sweepstakes, according to a statement from the league.
The partnerships also include activities with NBA Digital, including media, digital promotions, and special content on NBA.com and NBA TV, along [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/haier-extends-nba-agreement/</link>
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		<title>NFL owners forced to keep revenue pool in place&#8230;a victory for the players?</title>
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A win is always a win&#8230;except when it might not be a win.
Last week Special Master Stephen Burbank ruled that league owners wouldn&#8217;t be allowed to dismantle the supplemental revenue sharing pool (SRS) in 2010.  The pool will be valued at roughly $220 million dollars in 2010.  The NFLPA viewed the ruling as a victory,
&#8220;The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/nfl-owners-forced-to-keep-revenue-pool-in-place-a-victory-for-the-players/</link>
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