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SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated
"At the intersection of sports, business, law and money—and when you are talking about sports, you know it's all about the money."
Author: "Mark" is a recently retired corporate attorney with 30 years experience in private corporate practice specializing in mergers and acquisitions, new and emerging companies and sports law, having represented several professional sports franchises and Division I athletic programs."
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Recent Posts from SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated
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LPGA 2010 Tour Dates Highlight Difficulties
As we all know, sports has been particularly hard hit by the Great Recession as companies slash marketing budgets, fans are pressed to come up with cash for the ever increasing ticket prices, and TV…
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Bayern Munich Lands Highly Lucrative Jersey Deal
In the high stakes world of European club soccer, nowhere does the battle takes place for higher stakes than for the name on the front of the jersey. Leading the pack is Real Madrid, the…
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The 25 Highest Paid Coaches in the World
What do you think it would take to be among the highest paid coaches in the world? Wouldn't you imagine that you should be at the very pinnacle of your game, having won mutliple championships…
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Supreme Court Won't Hear Redskins Case - Name Stays For Now
After a tortuous 20 year legal battle, the US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a lower court's ruling that activists had waited too long to bring a case asserting that the Redskins…
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Federer Nets Big Deal with Credit Suisse
Who says all banks are pulling in their spending. Tennis great Roger Federer has landed a ten year deal, which should take him right into retirement, with Credit Suisse. The deal thought to be worth…
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Mazel Tov Yuri, Israel's First World Champion
Last night's Miguel Cotto-Manny Pacquiao title match was being hailed as the return of boxing for the press attention it drew and the number of celebrities who attended the fight. The early rounds didn't disappoint…
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5 Clubs Beakaway from USL-1 and Form New League
The current situation in professional soccer in the US and Canada at the level below MLS can charitably be described as chaotic. Earlier this year, Nike sold USL-1, the recognized, and despite its name, Division…
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Leafs Prove Losing Can Pay in the NHL
Forbes is out with its annual look at the business of the NHL and its valuation of NHL clubs. A number of things are striking at first glance of the valuation of the franchises. The…
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Interesting Reading
Below is a collection of links to articles I have read lately that I think you may find interesting: BARTICLEURL Co-owner of Boston Celtics running for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat (Bloomberg) BARTICLEURL Battle of the…
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2020 Olympics
Now that the 2016 Summer Olympics have been awarded to Rio, campaigning has begun for the 2020 Games. Candidate cities are starting to express their interest or at least begin a whisper campaign of their…


