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From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Revenue sharing
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Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 10:50:52 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 28 10:50:52 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 29-Jan-85 07:09:14 EST
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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