Originally Posted By: peter
(And how come, given that TV plays such a massive part in popularising the sport and lionising its stars, it's the TV people paying the clubs in order to televise their matches, and not the other way round?)

Peter


I don't know how it works over there, but over here, sports programing generates tons of ad revenue for the TV people, so it's well worth it for them to pay the leagues for the rights to televise the games.
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Heather

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