Based on these numbers, the Jets and Giants would be among the top three or four most profitable clubs in the National Football League. |
Because of the clock, the three-quarters of us who live in eastern and central time zone don't get to see those clubs as much, don't get to see the highlights on Sports Center. For a nightly league that is largely dependent on national television revenue, that's a big issue. |
But everything else will be fair game. |
Fans really want to feel intimate with the action. This is part of what has made the NBA so successful. You can almost smell the sweat. |
For whatever the reason, the geographic moniker makes a difference, ... The geographic connection creates a base of fans. |
For whatever the reason, the geographic moniker makes a difference. The geographic connection creates a base of fans. |
Fox just had to overpay on a rights fee basis for the Celtics games in order to keep the lights on the Boston market, ... So they're saving a lot of money owning the Dodgers. If the Dodgers' broadcast rights were up for public bid right now, they could go to an astronomical sum, and that would mean either a loss of programming for Fox or far greater costs. |
He is one of the greatest labor leaders around. The players are almost 60% partners without putting up any capital at all. Every union should have it so good. |
I say that from some personal knowledge and from the historical perspective of nothing happening in South Florida to get a stadium deal done. |
I suspect you would see a handful of clubs that can pay more and would pay more. But you would also see a lot of clubs not spending $100 million, like they now do. |
I think what Bank of America's suffering from is a surplus of riches. They have so many ways of putting themselves in front of the sports-minded public on a year-round basis. |
I'd be surprised if he did. Reggie Bush has the potential to become the most significant endorser in the universe of football players. But top-flight basketball players as a general rule are more sought-after. |
If the team is competitive, the Los Angeles fans will pay top dollar, make going to the games an event, ... But they won't support a loser. There are too many alternative activities can be conducted in the fall. You can go to beach. You can't do that in Chicago. |
If you're a relocated franchise you can decide to put a stadium anywhere. It changes the dynamic. It changes the whole economic equation. |
In the NFL, for most of the teams the profitability is about $5 million to $18 million a year, with a handful above or below. If this proposal adds $10 million to the cap, you'd be operating not making any money. The numbers the players are asking for may not be feasible from the owners' standpoint. |