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		<title>Game On! Why Rupert Murdoch Wants to Tackle ESPN</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2013/03/06/game-on-why-rupert-murdoch-wants-to-tackle-espn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Gustin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a word: money. For months, News Corp., the media giant conglomerate run by billionaire mogul Rupert Murdoch, has been preparing to launch a new national Fox sports network. On Tuesday, Murdoch finally stepped into the batter&#8217;s box. Fox Sports 1, as the company is calling it, presents a direct challenge to ESPN, which dominates cable sports and is one of the most lucrative cable channels on television. Murdoch&#8217;s move is just the latest indication that live sporting events have become one of the hottest areas of the media business. The debut of Fox Sports 1 is not a surprise. Last month, News Corp. COO and trusted Murdoch deputy Chase Carey, called the network&#8217;s launch &#8220;the world&#8217;s worst-kept secret.&#8221; Fox&#8217;s challenge to ESPN, which is majority-owned by Disney, comes amid an increasingly crowded playing field. Both CBS and Comcast-owned NBC have launched national sports networks. So have the major professional sports leagues and many of the most powerful college conferences. (MORE: Murdoch Says ‘YES’ to the Yankees: Why the Deal Could Help Fox Take On ESPN) This August, Fox Sports 1 will become available in 90 million homes across the country, according to company officials, who unveiled the new channel at an event in New York on Tuesday. The network, which is replacing the company&#8217;s Speed motor sports channel, will broadcast Major League Baseball games, college basketball and football, World Cup soccer, and NASCAR racing, among other sports. Fox Sports 1 will also feature the return of legendary talk-show host Regis Philbin, who has been hired to host a 5 p.m. afternoon show. Veteran football broadcaster Terry Bradshaw will also join the network. It&#8217;s not hard to understand why Murdoch is moving aggressively onto ESPN&#8217;s turf &#8212; he&#8217;s been planning this play for years. Americans love to watch live sports, which is why advertisers devote so much effort into developing ads for the Super Bowl, which is considered to be the advertising showcase of the year. “ESPN, quite frankly, is a machine,” Fox Sports executive vice president Bill Wanger said in comments cited by the Associated Press.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=74000&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Spend Your Digital Dollars</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2013/02/11/how-to-spend-your-digital-dollars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Joe Wozny, CEO of Canada-based digital strategy firm Concentric and author of The Digital Dollar (FairWinds Press) began working with companies and government agencies more than 15 years ago, mobile phones were many years away from being “smart,” the iPod was yet to be released, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg was in middle school. No doubt things have changed and will continue changing. What hasn’t, he says, is the importance of mapping out a strategy, rather than taking a “ready, aim, fire approach” to building a web presence. Q: No doubt, digital strategy is no longer an afterthought for most businesses. Should new businesses pick a domain name before all else? A: I would say it’s a very important consideration. I’ve seen many cases where a little due diligence on domain name has influenced the company decision. I’ve also seen cases where companies have done a name search and are ready to go to market only to find the domain is taken by someone else. Q: There’s always the option of going with .biz or .inc, or should new businesses be adamant about securing a .com? A: Dot com still carries a lot of cache. Dot com on the web means business. But for some businesses the decision is going to be determined by what’s available. In Canada we see organizations use .ca quite successfully. Perhaps a bigger factor is how the name does in search. If you can establish the name and an authority brand that suits the category it’s great to do. Using something such as Google trends and looking at what people are actually searching is helpful. Just keep in mind that how Google optimizes you is ultimately based on the content you create and your site’s activity. (MORE: Why U.S. Companies Fail to Innovate) Q: Many startups feel the need to rush to get up their sites, and understandably. Can this be to their detriment if the site doesn’t look good or isn’t on target? A: I think first impressions do count for a lot. Therefore<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=67136&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prop Bets, Sports Books, And Beyoncé&#8217;s Cleavage: Everything You Need To Know About Super Bowl Gambling</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2013/02/01/prop-bets-sports-books-and-beyonces-cleavage-everything-you-need-to-know-about-super-bowl-gambling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Belsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget record TV ratings, closer-than-you-think scores or Kurt Warner&#8217;s passing stats. The most impressive facts and figures when it comes to the Super Bowl are tied to that greatest of American pastimes: gambling. Specifically, sports gambling—and the Super Bowl wins the championship every year in that category. No wonder ESPN The Magazine editor in chief and sports betting expert/author Chad Millman calls Super Bowl Sunday &#8220;our national betting holiday.&#8221; And if you want to know who&#8217;s behind this gambling frenzy, well, just look in the mirror. &#8220;More bets are placed on the Super Bowl than on any other sporting event of the year,&#8221; according to the American Gaming Association, &#8220;including March Madness.&#8221; Since it seems like everybody and their cubiclemate has a brackets sheet in at least one NCAA tournament pool every year, that&#8217;s got to add up to a lot of money. How much? According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, some $94 million was wagered on the 2012 Super Bowl at &#8220;sports books&#8221; across the state—the only one in the U.S. where sports gambling is legal. But it&#8217;s estimated that legal bets represent just 1.5% of  all Super Bowl wagers, which means the total pot on Super Bowl Sunday approaches $6.3 billion. (By comparison, it&#8217;s estimated that legal and illegal March Madness betting adds up to less than $3 billion.) And some experts have the figure approaching $10 billion. If those figures give you pause, you can thank &#8230; yourself. What distinguishes Super Sunday betting from all other sports-related gambling is not the size or number of wagers but rather the breadth of the wagerers. That is, more individual people make bets on the Super Bowl than on any other single U.S. sporting event—legally in Nevada, possibly legally online and definitely illegally but also mostly harmlessly in countless pools/squares&#8221; and other casual wagers with friends, colleagues, classmates, relatives and the occasional stranger. This herd mentality is in large part a function of three factors. (Four if you count Super Bowl parties; even Real Simple has gotten into the game.) (MORE: Why Beyoncé<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=69160&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NBA Teams Struggle to Fill Arenas, Even When &#8216;Cheap Seats&#8217; Are $1 – or Free</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2013/01/14/nba-teams-struggle-to-fill-arenas-even-when-cheap-seats-are-1-or-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Tuttle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re in the market for a quiet evening on the town with minimal excitement and lots of room to relax and spread out, an NBA game in Detroit or Charlotte might be just the ticket. The Detroit News recently ran a story about how the hometown Pistons are second-to-last in the NBA in terms of average league attendance. Only the Sacramento Kings, which are expected to leave northern California for Seattle after the season ends, attract fewer fans per game. According to ESPN statistics, the Pistons are averaging 13,272 tickets sold per home game, and they play in the 21,000-seat Palace arena. Some of these &#8220;sold&#8221; tickets are given away free, and many more ticketholders simply don&#8217;t show up. The net result is a sea of unoccupied seats in the Palace, as fans who watch the games on TV can attest. Essentially the same scene is being played out at several NBA arenas this season. The Pistons are hardly the only team finding it difficult to attract fans. To boost attendance, the Milwaukee Bucks (fourth-worst in league attendance) have been hosting promotions like &#8220;Buck Night,&#8221; when tickets for kids 14 and under are $1, and hot dogs sell for just $1 as well. (Naturally, the event took place when the Bucks were playing the Pistons.) (MORE: NHL Lockout Is Over! Guess Who&#8217;s Happier Than Fans or Players?) The Charlotte Bobcats, which are owned by all-time great Michael Jordan and ended last season with the worst record in the NBA (7-59 during the shortened season), have struggled to fill seats for quite some time now. On secondary ticket-sales markets like StubHub—where tickets to Nets games cost 11¢ a couple seasons back—seats at Bobcats&#8217; home games are currently going for as little as $1 (versus the Washington Wizards and, yet again, the Pistons) plus fees. There have been plenty of discounts on officially sold Bobcat tickets as well. Toward the end of last season, the Charlotte Bobcats offered an entire season&#8217;s worth of tickets for as little as $1 apiece. To<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=66561&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NHL Lockout Is Over! Guess Who&#8217;s Happier than Fans or Players?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2013/01/08/nhl-lockout-is-over-guess-whos-happier-than-fans-or-players/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Tuttle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After an annoying 113-day lockout, the NHL season appears to be saved. All along, hockey fans have felt like they&#8217;ve been held hostage by both sides of the negotiations. But that&#8217;s nothing compared with the businesses that rely heavily on the NHL, and that have been laying off workers and facing bankruptcy because of the lockout. Early on Sunday morning, an agreement was reached to end the NHL lockout and begin organizing a shortened season for 2013. Per the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, here&#8217;s part of the announcement: &#8216;We&#8217;ll get back to what we used to call business as usual as fast as we can,&#8217; NHLPA executive director Don Fehr said at a joint news conference with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman at 5:45 a.m. on Sunday. &#8216;Hopefully, within a very few days, the fans can get back to watching people who are skating, not the two of us.&#8217; To which anyone who remotely enjoys hockey can say: Hallelujah! There are still some details to iron out. Owners have to officially vote on the agreement on Wednesday, and it&#8217;s uncertain whether games would start on Jan. 15 or 19, and whether the shortened season would consist of 48 or 50 games. But for the most part, a deal is done, and that has left players and fans almost universally &#8220;excited.&#8221; (MORE: Hockey&#8217;s Wealth Distribution: What&#8217;s Really Behind the NHL Lockout?) &#8220;I am happy a deal has been reached and excited to get back to playing hockey,&#8221; Penguins star Sidney Crosby told ESPN via e-mail. Pain and hassles of negotiations aside, &#8220;you&#8217;re just excited to play hockey again and do what you really enjoy and have a passion for,&#8221; chimed in Phoenix Coyotes veteran Shane Doan. &#8220;It&#8217;s been such a long deal, and it&#8217;s been such a sad thing for the game,&#8221; the Minnesota Wild&#8217;s Matt Cullen told the Star-Tribune. &#8220;So to be able to put it behind and get a deal done and get back on the ice, I can&#8217;t tell you how excited I am.&#8221; The one group that&#8217;s perhaps even more<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=66025&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hockey&#8217;s Wealth Redistribution Problem: What&#8217;s Really Behind The NHL Lockout</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/12/19/hockeys-wealth-redistribution-problem-whats-really-behind-the-nhl-lockout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Belsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may not have noticed that the NHL hasn&#8217;t started its season yet, which is arguably Problem #1 for the wannabe major league: Ice hockey is fourth in a three-horse race of  pro team sports vying for the affection of casual U.S. fans. Problem #1A is the lockout of players that&#8217;s been in force since Sept. 15, which has resulted in the cancellation of nearly 550 regular-season games to date. But in the event you are following the inaction rinkside, don&#8217;t be fooled when league officials or anyone else claims that the main issue is greedy players. The real problem in hockey is not in the locker room, but in the owners&#8217; suites and commissioner&#8217;s office. The NHL would like you to believe that owners give too much money to players. That was management&#8217;s position almost a decade ago—the last time the league locked out its talent—when players were getting three-quarters of total revenues. After an entire season was voided, the NHL Players Association caved, agreeing to lower its members&#8217; share of revenue to 57%. Peace and harmony have ensued since, but now the owners want an even bigger piece of the pie, claiming financial hardship. Don&#8217;t believe them, not for a minute. First, as I&#8217;ve written about before, sports team accounting is misleading at best, given that club owners can claim to be losing money when a) the losses are on paper only; b) there are tax benefits from whatever losses happen to be real; and c) the value of their teams continue to rise. (MORE: America&#8217;s Gun Economy, By the Numbers) All this is true for NHL owners as a group. The average NHL team, according to Forbes, is worth $282 million, an 18% increase from one year ago. It&#8217;s true, certainly, that sky-high values for a handful of mega-successful teams (Toronto Maple Leafs, $1 billion; New York Rangers, $750 million; Montreal Canadiens, $575 million; Chicago Blackhawks, $350 million; Boston Bruins, $348 million) raise the overall average, while some  struggling teams (Carolina Hurricanes, $162 million; New York Islanders, $155 million;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=64388&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Prices for Sports Teams May Stop Skyrocketing</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/10/05/why-prices-for-sports-teams-may-stop-skyrocketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Belsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All things sports-related have risen in value over the past decades—teams, stadiums, broadcast rights, salaries, ticket prices, merchandise sales, sponsorships and ad rates. But we might be reaching a market top on sports team values.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=50824&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Best &amp; Worst Sports-Team Relocations in History</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/09/24/10-best-worst-sports-team-relocations-in-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Belsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no shortage of speculation about which NFL team might relocate to Los Angeles, despite recent news that Anschutz Entertainment Group, a leading force in the development of a downtown stadium, has been put up for sale by its billionaire owner. But for all the excitement in the nation&#8217;s second-largest media market about the return of the pro game after nearly two decades, history suggests that not all franchise moves work out quite as planned. Exhibits A-J: The five best and five worst pro franchise relos.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=48963&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#NBCFail? Not Quite. Prime Time Olympics Coverage is Surprising Success for Network</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/08/08/nbcfail-not-quite-prime-time-olympics-coverage-is-surprising-success-for-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sanburn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s more than a week into the London Olympics, and Twitter users are still hammering NBC for its tape-delayed coverage, its glitchy streaming online video, and the endless commercials in between and during the competition. But so far, the network’s coverage has been an unexpected success, ratings-wise. NBC paid $1.2 billion for the U.S. rights to air the London Games, a crazy figure even compared to the 2008 Beijing Games, when it paid close to $900 million. But what may seem crazier is that NBC expected to lose about $200 million airing the Games this year. (MORE: 9 Reasons Why This Economy Feels So Bad) Why would NBC be willing to lose $200 million? The Olympics are a viewed as a brand-builder, for one thing: Being the sole provider of the Games to the American audience is something the Peacock Network could really fluff its feathers about. But NBC was also betting that the Olympics would, despite losing money in the short-term, pay off later by helping to promote its fall lineup. Anyone who has watched the Olympics now knows, perhaps all too well, that the Matthew Perry sitcom “Go On” will debut on Sept. 11 and that the lights go off on J.J. Abrams apocalyptic drama “Revolution” on Sept. 17. NBC is also hoping to increase long-term ratings for existing shows like &#8220;Today,&#8221; which has been lagging behind other network morning shows. And so far, so good: &#8220;Today&#8221; beat out &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; every day last week by featuring popular Olympic athletes and through endless promotions during the Games. NBC has also tried to use the Olympics to introduce audiences to new co-host Savannah Guthrie, who recently replaced Ann Curry. It was the show&#8217;s best week since, well, the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. So if you&#8217;ve been wondering why some commercial breaks just feel like one long promotional vehicle for NBC, that&#8217;s because to some extent they are. (MORE: Give the BBC a Gold Medal: A Love Letter to Britain’s Olympic Broadcaster) Considering the sizable loss NBC was projecting, you might think NBC officials all<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=45926&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NFL, MLB Say They Aren&#8217;t Considering Ads on Uniforms</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/08/07/nfl-mlb-say-they-arent-considering-ads-on-uniforms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sanburn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But once the NBA starts bringing in millions of dollars, it’s difficult to think they wouldn’t reconsider. Next month the NBA will officially decide whether or not to place advertisements and corporate logos on player uniforms. Since NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver announced in July that there was essentially unanimous support from the league’s Board of Governors to begin placing ads on jerseys in 2013, the proposal has been denounced by sports bloggers and ridiculed by fans, many of which have tweeted against the proposal with a #NoUniAds hashtag. That’s also inspired a new, anti-ad take on the NBA logo. (MORE: Why Turboprops Are Making a Comeback) Barring fan revolt, if the NBA does move forward with the proposal, the conventional wisdom has held that the other three major North American sports leagues would be right behind. But on Friday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told The Detroit Free Press that jersey ads aren’t “actively being considered in the NFL. … We like the look that we have on the field. We have a very limited number of partners on our field in general, much less on the uniform, and we think that’s right for the NFL.” Meanwhile in baseball – by far the most conservative and traditional of the Big Four leagues, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig told an ESPN radio show a couple weeks ago that he doesn’t expect baseball to consider uniform ads either. “You learn never to say never, but you know, with us, uniforms are really important,” Selig said. The fact that the NBA essentially floated the idea before it officially approves it is allowing the league to gauge what fans and the other sports think of the proposal. (MORE: Best Buy Founder Offers $8.8 Billion to Take Company Private) For the fans, several informal online polls show that a large majority are against it. So it’s not surprising that the NFL and MLB have initially come out against uniform ads, for now. But once the NBA starts bringing in what it projects to be $100 million in the first<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=45744&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Sports Drink Scores By Winning Over Soccer Fans (And Soccer Moms)</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/04/20/a-new-sports-drink-scores-by-winning-over-soccer-fans-and-soccer-moms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Golazo is a new sports drink aimed at soccer players and fans.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=35012&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nike Sues Reebok Over Tim Tebow NY Jets Gear</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/03/28/nike-sues-reebok-over-tim-tebow-ny-jets-gear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Gustin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Tebow has only been a New York Jet for one week, but he&#8217;s already the subject of a legal battle between two of the most powerful names in the sports business world. Nike filed a lawsuit against Reebok on Tuesday accusing its arch-rival of misappropriating Nike&#8217;s rights by introducing a Tebow shirt after the star was traded from the Denver Broncos to the Jets. The dispute underscores the high stakes surrounding the arrival of Tebow, one of the most famous pro athletes in the country, in the nation&#8217;s top media market. Reebok, which is owned by German sportswear giant Adidas, introduced the green Jets T-shirt with Tebow&#8217;s name and number 15 last week, shortly after the trade. In the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in New York, Nike said that Reebok was trying to take quick advantage of the frenzy surrounding Tebow&#8217;s arrival in New York. “Tebow’s trade to the New York Jets, coupled with the franchise’s location within the NFL’s largest market and the nation’s media center, has created enormous demand for Tebow-identified New York Jets apparel,” Nike said in the lawsuit. &#8220;Reebok has no authorization from Mr. Tebow or anyone else to use Mr. Tebow&#8217;s name or other information on such Jets product. Unlike Reebok, Nike is authorized and licensed to use Mr. Tebow&#8217;s name on such product.&#8221; In addition to selling Tebow merchandise in the New York area, Reebok is supplying the gear to Internet retailers for sale elsewhere around the country, Nike charged in the lawsuit. The company said its attempts to obtain orders with retailers for authorized Tebow gear have been &#8220;rebuffed&#8221; because retailers &#8220;have pending orders with Reebok and want to sell through their inventory before placing orders with Nike.&#8221; (MORE: Where Tebow and Lin Might Meet: A Guide to Evangelical New York City) Nike says it has a license acquired directly from Tebow, as well as a &#8220;group license&#8221; from the NFL Players Association, the players&#8217; union. Reebok had previously had a license with the players&#8217; union, but it expired before March<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=32792&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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