Pro sports possibly in county's future - Houston Courier Upper Deck hopes Adu worth the hype - The Bristol Press Just to get things started.
Brown still with wizards: Four's a crowd for Revolution striker By Frank Dell'Apa, The Boston Globe, 3/15/2004 http://www.boston.com/sports/soccer/articles/2004/03/15/brown_still_with_wizards?mode=PF Twellman hopes to lick his wounds By Gus Martins, Boston Herald,Monday, March 15, 2004 http://sports.bostonherald.com/soccer/view.bg?articleid=103 Trio stays behind, won't play By Gus Martins, Boston Herald,Monday, March 15, 2004 http://sports.bostonherald.com/soccer/view.bg?articleid=102
NE fans better hope they don't equal the scoring of KC in 2000, or no one will be left to watch. That's a really poor article.
What?? Former Revolution midfielder Tony Frias performed for Lusitania in a 1-0 loss to Odivelas in a Division 2B game in Angra do Heroismo on the island of Terceira yesterday.
Adu generating more hype and $$. Does Upper Deck pay MLS for the rights to sell the cards? Does MLS get a cut of each pack sold? Just curious how it all works.
I don't know if it's true in MLS, but in most sports leagues trading card companies negotiate with the players union (or association, whatever) for the right to use players' likenesses on their cards. I suppose the union could make card revenue an issue in any labor negotiation. My understanding of the basic legal issues involved (which admittedly isn't very deep; I certainly don't claim to be an authority on this) is that, absent another arrangement between the league and the players, the league controls the use of any of its trademarks such as team names, uniforms, and logos, while the players control the use of their own names and pictures. My recollection is that usually the players unions have negotiated the right to have all the licensing revenue from the trading card companies, with the leagues allowing the card companies to use their team names, uniforms, and logos on the cards. The amount of money involved is small on a relative basis in big-money sports, and in soccer I imagine it's small on an absolute basis as well. I wouldn't even be surprised if Upper Deck only agreed to issue the cards if they didn't have to pay any licensing fees at all.
You know I'd rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue, than spend one more minute with you.