david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) (01/28/85)
It has been announce that the Commissioner's Office has reached agreement with the Braves and Yankees on sharing revenue from superstation broadcasts for the next five years. Both will contribute about $0.22 per cable viewer per year to a fund which will be equally divided among all major league teams. Negotiations with the Cubs and Mets are still continuing. For the Braves, this comes to $6 million per year, which is, if I recall correctly, about 40% of their cable revenue. While I would have liked to see even more of the cable revenues go into this joint fund, I applaud the Ueberroth for having reached such a constructive agreement so quickly. I hope the Cubs and Mets will soon agree to similar deals with the Commisioner. David Rubin
schneider@vlnvax.DEC (02/01/85)
I heartily agree with David Rubin concerning the benefits of Ueboroth's (sp?)
plan for sharing the wealth, so to speak. As far as I can tell, baseball
has an oppurtunity with the new commissioner at putting business decisions
in the background, where they belong. It may only be a pipe dream but
perhaps the day is coming when the numbers in a baseball article will
be batting averages again and not dollar figures...
Daniel Schneider
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