RE: NFL Nixes

["Aaron 'Bishop' Read" <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 12:58 PM 2/10/2002 -0500, Hakim Madjid wrote:
>Donna Halper writes:
> >but I don't understand why WBCN doesn't retain the rights to its own
> >programming.  I think the NFL is totally wrong on this one.

Uh...doesn't the NFL owe royalty payments to all the talent involved with 
such games each time they are broadcast?  That would include the 
teams/players (their contracts with the teams do include provisions for 
appearances on TV, endorsements of products (whether specific or simply a 
general "we'll let you do it") etc etc.   I believe there are a LOT of 
people (not just the teams) who get paid every time one of these games airs 
somewhere on any media format.

With something like the Superbowl, I'd imagine those payments must be 
steep...so the NFL is not being greedy as rebroadcasting the game is not 
"free" to them.


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