Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cuae2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!cuae2!cwd From: cwd@cuae2.UUCP (Chris Donahue) Newsgroups: net.sport.football Subject: Re: Scheduling Message-ID: <1651@cuae2.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 15:17:44 EST Article-I.D.: cuae2.1651 Posted: Fri Nov 8 15:17:44 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 08:39:42 EST References: <153@msdc.UUCP> Reply-To: cwd@cuae2.UUCP (-Chris Donahue) Distribution: net Organization: AT&T - /app/eng, Lisle, IL Lines: 13 Summary: I think the problem is that football is a big money sport and therefore long term contracts to play teams are made. A 70,000 seat stadium for football brings in a lot more money than a 9,000 seat basketball arena. As a case in point, the University of Michigan will open its season against Notre Dame from 1985 - 1990. This was agreed to via a long term contract signed in 1971 (or so). Both teams stand to make a lot of money from the games and the contract specifies how much the visitor gets to take home. I am not sure that basketball teams negotiate these details. If they did, the amount of money to be shared is still small compared to football. Chris Donahue AT&T Info. Sys. Application Engineering