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NFL Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton on the success of football in America and the latest revenue sharing program.
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Weekend -- and then song that means one thing for the NFL -- money.
The NFL just signed a record setting deal with the major netbooks is the most ever paid in broadcast rights history.
By the time the deal expires nine years from now it amount to tens of billions of dollars.
Football not just the king of sports in America it is the king live entertainment.
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Found horrible customer dot com and an NFL -- -- not joins us now from Atlanta seems to me.
The football is just running away with the money it is totally dominant in American sports at this moment -- is getting.
More -- more dominant in my accurate.
You're totally -- no recession depression with the NFL continues to grow.
Each team this year received from television 97 million dollars each.
If you just mentioned they haven't found a new DO -- going to -- don't 2014.
Each team.
Will receive 150.
Million dollars now I came out -- football 1961.
The Minnesota Mike has got 50000 dollars.
From television here's what help make a difference for the NFL in 1962.
They negotiated a league wide contract for the New York Giants the New York big market got the same amount of money -- the Green Bay Packers.
They leveled the playing field there.
And made that -- more competitive and now Green Bay.
Can compete with the New York Giants although they got paid -- last week.
And so the Green Bay franchise and 44 people get a 150 million dollars from television saying that the New York Giants.
That was -- really brilliant thing.
Why is full -- pulling away.
I mean it really is leaving baseball hockey in basket via Lehman do -- now why is that not just the structure beleaguered us something about -- -- I don't know.
It's an action sport it's physical its -- It's a great television sport it takes you back -- people love.
You you go back to the Roman coliseum and and the warriors in the coliseum and now we have the warriors on the field and their big and they're strong in their muscle bound and they're better than ever there.
And they run fast and -- so fast action game and it's perfect for television.
I watch it here I am a former pro football player I watched ten hours on DirecTV of football every Sunday.
Cannot get away from -- but think what it's done also.
Without the NFL -- I wouldn't be here today because mr.
Murdoch he went and tried to break into the three major network to have a fourth network.
He got the rights to the NFL and outbid the CBS for that.
That really set off fox to -- the separated and the bill illegitimate for that work and there we go.
I've I've got thirty seconds left -- -- about this from Michael one last question yet with a soft cut will really make it big in America.
Never this is they football I think you don't I think -- wrong I think -- -- about played by Americans for American teams is not gonna make it.
But watching Soka watching the soccer games played by the big teams in Britain and Italy and Germany and Spain.
That I think is going to be -- and that's where -- is putting some money by the way.
And it won't happen here because there's not enough scoring.
One nothing games we like -- weren't we like office we like we like.
We like CN Tom Brady for over six touchdowns.
A half right that'll do it I'm not gonna argue with from -- -- about those auto outlook I got it from target and thank you very much for joining us as always thank you Stuart.
