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Ｂｙ ｎｏｗ, ｔｈｅ ｗｏｒｄ "ｌｏｃｋｏｕｔ" ｈａｓ ｂｅｃｏｍｅ ａ ｈｏｕｓｅｈｏｌｄ ｎａｍｅ ａｎｄ ｉｔ'ｓ ａｂｏｕｔ ｔｉｍｅ ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｅｉｔｈｅｒ ｇｉｖｅ ｉｎ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｏｗｎｅｒｓ ｏｒ ｊｕｓｔ ｓｔａｒｔ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｏｗｎ ｌｅａｇｕｅ. Ｙｅｓ, ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ, ｓｔａｒｔ ｙｏｕｒ ｏｗｎ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ａｌｒｅａｄｙ. Ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｏｗｎｅｒｓ. Ｈｅｃｋ, ｓｐｏｎｓｏｒｅｄ ｂｙ Ｆａｃｅｂｏｏｋ ｏｒ ｅｖｅｎ Ｂｉｌｌ Ｇａｔｅｓ, ｈｉｍｓｅｌｆ. Ｙｅｓ, ｔｈａｔ'ｓ ｒｉｇｈｔ, ｊｕｓｔ ｓｔａｒｔ ｙｏｕｒ ｏｗｎ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｏｗｎｅｒｓ. Ｓｕｒｅ, ｙｏｕ ｍｉｇｈｔ ｗａｎｔ ｔｈｅ ｔｒａｄｉｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ｐｌａｙｉｎｇ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ Ｃｏｗｂｏｙｓ, Ｒｅｄｓｋｉｎｓ, Ｃｏｌｔｓ, Ｐａｔｒｉｏｔｓ ａｎｄ Ｂｅａｒｓ, ｂｕｔ ｔｏｄａｙ ｉｓ ａ ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔ ｅｒａ ａｎｄ ｙｏｕ'ｖｅ ｓｈｏｗｎ ｏｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｔ ｆｅｗ ｍｏｎｔｈｓ ｙｏｕ'ｒｅ ｃａｐａｂｌｅ ｏｆ ｄｏｉｎｇ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｏｎ ｙｏｕｒ ｏｗｎ. Ｅｖｅｒｙ ｑｕａｒｔｅｒｂａｃｋ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｆｏｒｍｅｒｌｙ ｋｎｏｗｎ ａｓ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ ｈａｓ ｌｅｄ ｓｏｍｅ ｆｏｒｍ ｏｆ ｏｒｇａｎｉｚｅｄ ｗｏｒｋｏｕｔ/ｐｒａｃｔｉｃｅ ｓｏ ｉｔ'ｓ ｃｌｅａｒ ｙｏｕ ｄｏｎ'ｔ ｎｅｅｄ ｍａｎａｇｅｍｅｎｔ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｔｏ ｔｅｌｌ ｙｏｕ ｗｈａｔ ｔｏ ｄｏ ａｎｄ ｈｏｗ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｉｔ. ＤｅＭａｕｒｉｃｅ Ｓｍｉｔｈ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ａｔ ｌｅａｓｔ ｐｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｓｃｅｎａｒｉｏ ｏｆ ａ "ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｌｅａｇｕｅ" ｏｕｔ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｔａｂｌｅ ｔｏ ｇｅｔ ａ ｂｉｇｇｅｒ ｐｉｅｃｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｐｉｅ ｆｏｒ ｙｏｕ, ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ. Ｔｈｅ ｉｎｆｒａｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅ ｉｓ ｔｈｅｒｅ. Ｔｈｅｒｅ ａｒｅ ａ ｔｏｎ ｏｆ ｓｔａｄｉｕｍｓ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｕｎｔｒｙ ａｖａｉｌａｂｌｅ ｔｈａｔ ＮＦＬ ｏｗｎｅｒｓ ｄｏｎ'ｔ ｏｗｎ ａｎｄ ｈａｖｅ ｅｘｌｕｓｉｖｅ ｒｉｇｈｔｓ ｔｏ ｓｏ ｔｈｅｒｅ'ｓ ｏｎｅ ｍａｊｏｒ ｈｕｒｄｌｅ ｃｌｅａｒｅｄ. Ａｎｄ ｙｏｕ'ｖｅ ｃｌｅａｒｌｙ ｄｅｍｏｎｓｔｒａｔｅｄ ｏｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｔ ｆｅｗ ｍｏｎｔｈｓ ｈｏｗ ｋｎｏｗｌｅｄｇｅａｂｌｅ ｙｏｕ ａｒｅ ａｂｏｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｉｎｎｅｒ ｗｏｒｋｉｎｇｓ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ. Ｉｆ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ ｏｗｎｅｒｓ ｄｏｎ'ｔ ｇｉｖｅ ｙｏｕ ｗｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｗａｎｔ ａｎｄ ｄｅｓｅｒｖｅ, ｙｏｕ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｓｉｍｐｌｙ ｔｕｒｎ ｙｏｕｒ ｂａｃｋｓ ｏｎ ｔｈｅｍ ａｎｄ ｃｒｅａｔｅ ｙｏｕｒ ｏｗｎ ｌｅａｇｕｅ. Ａｓ ｏｕｔｌａｎｄｉｓｈ ａｓ ｉｔ ｍａｙ ｓｏｕｎｄ, ｉｔ ｉｓｎ'ｔ ａｓ ｄｉｆｆｉｃｕｌｔ ａｓ ｉｔ ｍａｙ ｓｅｅｍ. Ｗｈｅｎ Ｗｉｌｌｉａｍ "Ｐｕｄｇｅ" Ｈｅｆｆｅｌｆｉｎｇｅｒ ｒｅｃｅｉｖｅｄ $500 ｔｏ ｐｌａｙ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ Ａｌｌｅｇｈａｎｙ Ａｔｈｌｅｔｉｃ Ａｓｓｏｃｉａｔｉｏｎ ｏｎ Ｎｏｖｅｍｂｅｒ 12, 1892, ｉｔ ｂｅｇａｎ ｔｈｅ ｌｏｎｇ-ｌａｓｔｉｎｇ ｒｅｌａｔｉｏｎｓｈｉｐ ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ ｔｈｅ ａｔｈｌｅｔｅｓ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｗｈｏ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｐａｙ ｆｏｒ ａｔｈｌｅｔｅｓ ｔｏ ｃｏｍｐｅｔｅ. Ｂａｃｋ ｔｈｅｎ, ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ ｃｌｕｂｓ ａｎｄ ａｓｓｏｃｉａｔｉｏｎｓ ｗａｎｔｅｄ ｔｈｅ ｂｅｓｔ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ａｖａｉｌａｂｌｅ ｔｏ ｗｉｎ ｇａｍｅｓ, ｗｈｉｃｈ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｇｉｖｅ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｃｉｔｉｅｓ ｓｏｍｅ ｆａｂｒｉｃ ｏｆ ｃｉｖｉｃ ｐｒｉｄｅ. Ｔｈｅ ｏｗｎｅｒｓ ｏｆ ｔｈｅｓｅ ｃｌｕｂｓ ａｎｄ ａｓｓｏｃｉａｔｉｏｎｓ ｎｅｅｄｅｄ ｔｏ ｐａｙ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｂｅｓｔ ｔａｌｅｎｔ ｓｉｍｉｌａｒ ｔｏ ｈｏｗ ｔｏｄａｙ'ｓ ｇａｍｅ ｏｐｅｒａｔｅｓ. Ａｓ ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ ｇｒｅｗ ａｎｄ ｅｖｅｎｔｕａｌｌｙ ｂｌｏｓｓｏｍｅｄ ｉｎｔｏ ａ ｂｕｓｉｎｅｓｓ, ｏｗｎｅｒｓ ｗｅｒｅ ｎｅｅｄｅｄ ｅｖｅｎ ｍｏｒｅ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｔｈｅｙ ｈａｄ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｎｅｙ ｔｏ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅ ｓａｌａｒｉｅｓ, ｔｈｅｙ ｗｅｒｅ ｉｎｓｔｒｕｍｅｎｔａｌ ｉｎ ｇｅｔｔｉｎｇ ｓｔａｄｉｕｍｓ ｂｕｉｌｔ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｉｎｃｒｅａｓｉｎｇ ｎｕｍｂｅｒ ｏｆ ｆａｎｓ, ｔｈｅｙ ｋｎｅｗ ｈｏｗ ｔｏ ｕｓｅ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｂｕｓｉｎｅｓｓ ｓａｖｖｙ ｔｏ ｍａｒｋｅｔ ｔｈｅ ｏｒｇａｎｉｚａｔｉｏｎｓ, ｔｈｅｙ ｈａｄ ｔｈｅ ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｃ ｃａｐｉｔａｌ ｔｏ ｗｉｔｈｓｔａｎｄ ｄｉｐｓ ｉｎ ｒｅｖｅｎｕｅ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｙ ｈａｄ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｎｎｅｃｔｉｏｎ ａｎｄ ｒｅｌａｔｉｏｎｓｈｉｐ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｒａｄｉｏ ａｎｄ ｔｅｌｅｖｉｓｉｏｎ ｉｎｄｕｓｔｒｉｅｓ ｔｏ ｍａｋｅ ａ ｂｏａｔｌｏａｄ ｏｆ ｍｏｎｅｙ ｗｉｔｈ ｂｒｏａｄｃａｓｔｉｎｇ ｄｅａｌｓ. Ｆｌａｓｈ ｆｏｒｗａｒｄ ｔｏ ｔｏｄａｙ ａｎｄ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ａｃｔｕａｌｌｙ ｈａｖｅ ａ Ｈｅｆｆｅｌｆｉｎｇｅｒ-ｔｙｐｅ ｏｆ ｕｐｐｅｒ ｈａｎｄ. Ｈｅｆｆｅｌｆｉｎｇｅｒ ｈａｄ ａ ｒｅｐｕｔａｔｉｏｎ ａｓ ａ ｂｅａｓｔ ｏｆ ａ ｐｌａｙｅｒ ａｎｄ ｅｖｅｒｙ ｃｌｕｂ ａｎｄ ａｓｓｏｃｉａｔｉｏｎ ｗａｎｔｅｄ ｈｉｓ ｓｅｒｖｉｃｅｓ. Ｏｔｈｅｒ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｐｌａｙｅｄ, ｂｕｔ ｈｅ ｗａｓ ａ ｓｔａｒ ａｎｄ ｈｅ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｐｉｃｋ ａｎｄ ｃｈｏｏｓｅ ｗｈｏ ｈｅ ｐｌａｙｅｄ ｆｏｒ ｗｈｅｎｅｖｅｒ, ｗｈｅｒｅｖｅｒ. Ｔｈｅ ｓｔａｒｓ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｄｅｒｎ ｇａｍｅ ｆｕｅｌ ｔｈｅ ｐｏｐｕｌａｒｉｔｙ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｓｐｏｒｔ ｍｕｃｈ ｌｉｋｅ Ｈｅｆｆｅｌｆｉｎｇｅｒ ｄｉｄ. Ｇｏｉｎｇ ｂａｃｋ ｔｏ Ｈａｌａｓ ａｎｄ Ｎａｍａｔｈ ａｎｄ Ｕｎｉｔａｓ ａｎｄ Ｂｒａｄｓｈａｗ ａｎｄ Ｓｔａｕｂａｃｈ ａｎｄ Ｔｈｅｉｓｍａｎ ａｎｄ ｓｏ ｆｏｒｔｈ ａｎｄ ｓｏ ｏｎ, ｔｈｅｓｅ ｎａｍｅｓ ｍａｄｅ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｙ ｈｅｌｐｅｄ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｔｅａｍｓ ｄｅｆｉｎｅ ｔｈｅ ａｒｅａ ｗｈｅｒｅ ｔｈｅｙ ｗｅｒｅ ｓｉｔｕａｔｅｄ. Ｆａｎｓ ｔｏｄａｙ ａｒｅ ｄｒａｗｎ ｔｏ Ｔｏｍ Ｂｒａｄｙ, Ｂｒｅｔｔ Ｆａｖｒｅ, Ｃｈａｄ Ｏｃｈｏｃｉｎｃｏ ａｎｄ Ｍｉｃｈａｅｌ Ｖｉｃｋ ｉｎ ｓｉｍｉｌａｒ ｗａｙｓ, ｂｕｔ ｍｏｒｅ ａｎｄ ｍｏｒｅ, ｉｔ ｉｓ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｓｔａｒ ｓｔａｔｕｓ ａｎｄ ｎｏｔ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｔｈｅｙ ｗｅａｒ ａ ｐａｒｔｉｃｕｌａｒ ｊｅｒｓｅｙ. Ｉｆ Ｂｒａｄｙ ｐｌａｙｅｄ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ Ｂｒｏｗｎｓ ｏｒ ｔｈｅ Ｃｈｉｅｆｓ ｏｒ ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｘａｎｓ, ｈｅ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｐｉｃｋｅｄ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｆａｎｔａｓｙ ｄｒａｆｔ ｊｕｓｔ ａｓ ｏｆｔｅｎ ａｓ ｈｅ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｉｆ ｈｅ ｗｅｒｅ ｗｅａｒｉｎｇ ａ Ｐａｔｒｉｏｔｓ ｊｅｒｓｅｙ. Ｂｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｓｔａｒｓ ｏｆ ｔｏｄａｙ ｈａｖｅ ｉｔ ｂｅｔｔｅｒ ｔｈａｎ Ｈｅｆｆｅｌｆｉｎｇｅｒ ｄｉｄ. Ｕｎｌｉｋｅ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ ｂａｌｌｅｒ, ｔｈｅｙ ｈａｖｅ ｔｈｅ ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄｉｎｇ ｏｆ ｈｏｗ ｔｏ ｍａｎａｇｅ ｔｈｅ ｇａｍｅ. Ｔｈｅｙ ｈａｖｅ ｔｈｅ ｋｎｏｗｌｅｄｇｅ ｏｆ ｈｏｗ ａ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｗｏｒｋｓ ａｎｄ ｈｏｗ ｔｏ ｏｐｅｒａｔｅ ｉｔ. Ａｎｄ ｍｏｓｔ ｉｍｐｏｒｔａｎｔｌｙ ｔｈｅｙ ｈａｖｅ ｓｔａｄｉｕｍｓ ｔｏ ｐｌａｙ ｇａｍｅｓ. Ｓｏ ｈｅｒｅ ｉｎ ａ ｎｕｔｓｈｅｌｌ ｉｓ ｈｏｗ ｙｏｕ, ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ, ｃｏｕｌｄ ｍａｋｅ ｉｔ ｏｎ ｙｏｕｒ ｏｗｎ: 1. Ｓｅｅｋ ａ ｍａｊｏｒ ｓｐｏｎｓｏｒ ｔｏ ｆｕｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｅｎｔｉｒｅ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｔｏ ｍａｋｅ ｕｐ ｆｏｒ ａｎｙ ｓｔａｒｔ-ｕｐ ｃｏｓｔｓ. Ｉｆ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｄｅｃｉｄｅｄ ｔｏ ｇｏ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｏｗｎ ｗａｙ, ｔｈｅｙ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｄｏ ｉｔ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｐｒｉｖａｔｅ ｉｎｖｅｓｔｏｒｓ ｗｈｏ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｆｒｏｎｔ ｔｈｅ ｓｔａｒｔ-ｕｐ ｃｏｓｔｓ ｂａｓｅｄ ｕｐｏｎ ｆｉｇｕｒｅｓ ａｌｒｅａｄｙ ｉｎ ｐｌａｃｅ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ'ｓ ｎｕｍｂｅｒｓ. Ｔｈｅ $9.3 ｂｉｌｌｉｏｎ ｉｎ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎ ｗｏｕｌｄｎ'ｔ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｂｅ ｄｉｖｉｄｅｄ ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ａｎｄ ｏｗｎｅｒｓ; ｉｔ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｄｉｖｖｉｅｄ ｕｐ ａｍｏｎｇｓｔ ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ａ ｆｏｒｍｕｌａ ｍａｄｅ ｆａｍｏｕｓ ｂｙ ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｓｔ Ｇｅｒａｌｄ Ｓｃｕｌｌｙ (ｓｅｅ ｂｅｌｏｗ). Ｉｔ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｃａｌｌｅｄ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ ｌｉｋｅ ｔｈｅ Ｇｏｏｇｌｅ Ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ Ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｏｒ ｔｈｅ Ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ Ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ Ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｓｐｏｎｓｏｒｅｄ ｂｙ Ｆａｃｅｂｏｏｋ. Ｉｍａｇｉｎｅ ａｌｌ ｔｈｅ Ｌｉｋｅ'ｓ. Ｗｈｉｌｅ ｔｈｅ ｉｎｉｔｉａｌ ｍｏｎｅｙ ａｖａｉｌａｂｌｅ ｗｏｕｌｄｎ'ｔ ａｐｐｒｏａｃｈ ｔｈｅ $9.3 ｂｉｌｌｉｏｎ ｉｎ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎ, ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｎｏ ｌｏｎｇｅｒ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｂｅ ｃｏｎｃｅｒｎｅｄ ｗｉｔｈ ｄｅｂａｔｉｎｇ ｗｈｅｔｈｅｒ 50 ｐｅｒｃｅｎｔ ｏｒ 47.5 ｐｅｒｃｅｎｔ ｏｒ 49 ｐｅｒｃｅｎｔ ｏｒ ｗｈａｔｅｖｅｒ ｐｅｒｃｅｎｔ ｗａｓ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｓｔ ｒｅａｓｏｎａｂｌｅ ｐｅｒｃｅｎｔ. Ｅｖｅｎ ｉｆ ｔｈｅ ｉｎｉｔｉａｌ ｍｏｎｅｙ ａｖａｉｌａｂｌｅ ｄｒｏｐｐｅｄ ｂｙ $2 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ, ｔｈｅ $7.3 ｂｉｌｌｉｏｎ ａｖａｉｌａｂｌｅ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｅａｓｉｌｙ ｅｘｃｅｅｄ ｈａｌｆ ｏｆ $9.3 ｂｉｌｌｉｏｎ. Ｉｎ ａｄｄｉｔｉｏｎ, ｓｐｏｎｓｏｒｓｈｉｐ ｄｅａｌｓ ｏｎ ｕｎｉｆｏｒｍｓ ｓｉｍｉｌａｒ ｔｏ Ｅｕｒｏｐｅａｎ ｓｏｃｃｅｒ ｃｌｕｂｓ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｂｒｉｎｇ ａ ｓｕｂｓｔａｎｔｉａｌ ａｍｏｕｎｔ ｏｆ ｍｏｎｅｙ ｔｏ ａｎｙ ｓｔａｒｔ-ｕｐ ｓｃｅｎａｒｉｏ. 2. Ｕｓｅ ｓｔａｄｉｕｍｓ ｔｈａｔ ｅｉｔｈｅｒ ａｒｅ ｐｕｂｌｉｃｌｙ-ｆｕｎｄｅｄ ｅｎｔｉｔｉｅｓ ｏｒ ｕｓｅ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｖｅｎｕｅｓ ｔｈａｔ ａｒｅ ｖａｃａｎｔ ａｎｄ ｈｏｕｓｅ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ ｓｐｏｒｔｓ. Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍｓ ｉｎ Ｓｔ. Ｌｏｕｉｓ, Ｏａｋｌａｎｄ (ｗｈｉｃｈ ｗａｓ ｒｅｎｏｖａｔｅｄ, ｎｏｔ ｃｏｎｓｔｒｕｃｔｅｄ, ｆｏｒ $128 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ), Ｂａｌｔｉｍｏｒｅ, Ｔａｍｐａ Ｂａｙ, Ｃｌｅｖｅｌａｎｄ ａｎｄ Ｃｉｎｃｉｎｎａｔｉ ｗｅｒｅ ｂｕｉｌｔ ｐｒｉｍａｒｉｌｙ ｗｉｔｈ ｐｕｂｌｉｃ ｆｕｎｄｓ ａｎｄ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｕｓｅｄ ｃｏｎｔｒａｃｔｕａｌｌｙ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ ａｕｔｈｏｒｉｔｙ ｔｈａｔ ｒｕｎｓ ｅａｃｈ ｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅ. Ｍｅａｎｗｈｉｌｅ, ｔｈｅ Ｈｏｕｓｔｏｎ Ａｓｔｒｏｄｏｍｅ ｎｏｗ ｓｉｔｓ ｅｍｐｔｙ ｗｉｔｈ $32 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ ｉｎ ｐｕｂｌｉｃ ｄｅｂｔ ｏｎ ｉｔ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ Ｓｉｌｖｅｒｄｏｍｅ ｉｎ Ｄｅｔｒｏｉｔ, ｗｈｉｃｈ ｗａｓ ｒｅｃｅｎｔｌｙ ｂｏｕｇｈｔ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ａｎ ａｕｃｔｉｏｎ ｂｙ Ｃａｎａｄｉａｎ ｒｅａｌ ｅｓｔａｔｅ ｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｅｒ Ａｎｄｒｅａｓ Ａｐｏｓｔｏｌｏｐｏｕｌｏｓ ｆｏｒ $550,000, ｉｓ ｌｏｏｋｉｎｇ ｆｏｒ ｔｅｎａｎｔｓ. Ｏｒ ｔｏ ａｖｏｉｄ ａｎｙ ｃｏｎｆｌｉｃｔ ｗｈａｔｓｏｅｖｅｒ, ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｓｅｅｋ ａｌｔｅｒｎａｔｉｖｅ ｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅｓ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｇａｍｅｓ. Ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ ｗａｓ ｐｌａｙｅｄ ａｔ Ｙａｎｋｅｅ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ ａｎｄ Ｔｒｏｐｉｃａｎａ Ｆｉｅｌｄ ｌａｓｔ ｙｅａｒ ａｎｄ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｅａｓｉｌｙ ｈｏｕｓｅ ａ ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ ｔｅａｍ. ＣｉｔｉＦｉｅｌｄ ｉｎ Ｎｅｗ Ｙｏｒｋ ａｌｒｅａｄｙ ｐｌａｙｅｄ ｈｏｓｔ ｔｏ ａ ｓｏｃｃｅｒ ｍａｔｃｈ -- ｔｈｅ Ｇｒｅｅｋ ｎａｔｉｏｎａｌ ｔｅａｍ ａｇａｉｎｓｔ Ｅｃｕａｄｏｒ -- ｔｈａｔ ｗａｓ ｗｅｌｌ-ａｔｔｅｎｄｅｄ ａｎｄ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｅａｓｉｌｙ ｂｅ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗ ｈｏｍｅ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗ ｔｅａｍ ｆｏｒｍｅｒｌｙ ｋｎｏｗｎ ａｓ ｔｈｅ Ｊｅｔｓ. Ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｐｌｅｎｔｙ ｏｆ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ ｓｔａｄｉｕｍｓ ｔｏ ｃｈｏｏｓｅ ｆｒｏｍ, ｉｎｃｌｕｄｉｎｇ Ｂｏｓｔｏｎ Ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ'ｓ Ａｌｕｍｎｉ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ, Ｐｅｎｎ'ｓ Ｆｒａｎｋｌｉｎ Ｆｉｅｌｄ ａｎｄ Ｗａｓｈｉｎｇｔｏｎ'ｓ Ｈｕｓｋｙ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ. Ａｎｄ Ｌｏｓ Ａｎｇｅｌｅｓ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｈａｖｅ ｉｔｓ ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ ｂａｃｋ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｅａｍｓ ｐｌａｙｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｃｏｌｉｓｅｕｍ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ Ｒｏｓｅ Ｂｏｗｌ. 3. Ｆｉｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｈｉｇｈｅｓｔ ｂｉｄｄｅｒ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗ ｔｅｌｅｖｉｓｉｏｎ ｃｏｎｔｒａｃｔ, ｔｈｅｎ ｒｅａｐ ｔｈｅ ｐｒｏｆｉｔｓ. Ｃｕｒｒｅｎｔｌｙ, ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ ｈａｓ ｃｏｎｔｒａｃｔｓ ｗｉｔｈ ＣＢＳ ($3.73Ｂ), ＮＢＣ ($3.6Ｂ), Ｆｏｘ ($4.2Ｂ) ａｎｄ ＥＳＰＮ ($8.8Ｂ) ｔｈａｔ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅｓ ａ ｃｏｍｂｉｎｅｄ ｔｏｔａｌ ｏｆ $20.4 ｂｉｌｌｉｏｎ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｃ ｐｏｏｌ. ＥＳＰＮ'ｓ ｄｅａｌ ｅｑｕａｔｅｓ ｔｏ $1.1 ｂｉｌｌｉｏｎ ａｎｎｕａｌｌｙ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｎｅｙ ｍａｄｅ ａｎｎｕａｌｌｙ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｔｅｒｒｅｓｔｒｉａｌ ｎｅｔｗｏｒｋｓ ｒａｎｇｅｓ ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ $600 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ (ＮＢＣ) ｔｏ $712.5 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ (Ｆｏｘ). Ｉｎ ａｄｄｉｔｉｏｎ, ＤｉｒｅｃｔＴＶ ($3.5Ｂ) ｊｕｓｔ ｈａｄ ｉｔｓ ｆｉｖｅ-ｙｅａｒ ｃｏｎｔｒａｃｔ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ ｅｎｄ ａｆｔｅｒ ｌａｓｔ ｓｅａｓｏｎ. Ｏｔｈｅｒ ｍａｊｏｒ ｄｅａｌｓ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ ｈａｓ ｐｒｏｆｉｔｅｄ ｆｒｏｍ ｏｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｔ ｆｉｖｅ ｏｒ ｓｉｘ ｙｅａｒｓ ｉｎｃｌｕｄｅ $600 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ ｆｒｏｍ Ｓｐｒｉｎｔ, $300 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ ｆｒｏｍ ＥＡ Ｓｐｏｒｔｓ, $220 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ ｆｒｏｍ Ｓｉｒｉｕｓ Ｓａｔｅｌｌｉｔｅ Ｒａｄｉｏ ａｎｄ $120 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ ｆｒｏｍ Ｗｅｓｔｗｏｏｄ Ｏｎｅ. Ｔｈｅ ｔｏｔａｌ ｃｏｍｂｉｎｅｄ ｒｅｖｅｎｕｅ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅｓｅ ｃｏｎｔｒａｃｔｓ ａｐｐｒｏａｃｈｅｓ $4 ｂｉｌｌｉｏｎ ａｎｎｕａｌｌｙ. Ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅｓｅ ｆｉｇｕｒｅｓ, ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｎｅｇｏｔｉａｔｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｎｅｗ ｓｕｉｔｏｒｓ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ｕｓｅ ｔｈｅ ｐｒｏｊｅｃｔｅｄ ｉｎｃｏｍｅ ｔｏ ｆｕｌｆｉｌｌ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ' ｓａｌａｒｉｅｓ ａｎｄ ｏｐｅｒａｔｉｎｇ ｃｏｓｔｓ. 4. Ｕｓｅ Ｇｅｒａｌｄ Ｓｃｕｌｌｙ'ｓ ｆｏｒｍｕｌａ ｔｏ ｄｅｔｅｒｍｉｎｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒ ｃｏｎｔｒａｃｔｓ. Ｓｃｕｌｌｙ, ａｎ ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｓｔ ｗｈｏ ｐａｓｓｅｄ ａｗａｙ ｉｎ 2009, ｗｒｏｔｅ ａｎ ａｒｔｉｃｌｅ ｉｎ ａ 1974 ｅｄｉｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ａｍｅｒｉｃａｎ Ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｃ Ｒｅｖｉｅｗ ｅｎｔｉｔｌｅｄ, "Ｐａｙ ａｎｄ Ｐｅｒｆｏｒｍａｎｃｅ ｉｎ Ｍａｊｏｒ Ｌｅａｇｕｅ Ｂａｓｅｂａｌｌ," ｓｈｏｒｔｌｙ ａｆｔｅｒ ｔｈｅ 1972 ｂａｓｅｂａｌｌ ｓｅａｓｏｎ ｏｐｅｎｅｄ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ' ｓｔｒｉｋｅ ｉｎ ｂａｓｅｂａｌｌ ｈｉｓｔｏｒｙ ａｎｄ ａｆｔｅｒ ａ ｌｏｃｋｏｕｔ ｔｈｒｅａｔｅｎｅｄ ｔｈｅ 1973 ｓｅａｓｏｎ (ｉｔ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｔｒａｎｓｐｉｒｅｄ), ｔｈａｔ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｐｌａｙ ａ ｈｕｇｅ ｒｏｌｅ ｉｎ ｄｅｔｅｒｍｉｎｉｎｇ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ' ｓａｌａｒｉｅｓ ｔｏｄａｙ. Ｉｎ ｔｈｅ 1974 ａｒｔｉｃｌｅ, Ｓｃｕｌｌｙ ｄｅｖｉｓｅｄ ａ ｆｏｒｍｕｌａ ｔｏ ｆｉｇｕｒｅ ｏｕｔ ａ ｐｌａｙｅｒ'ｓ ｗｏｒｔｈ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｏｒｇａｎｉｚａｔｉｏｎ, ｂｏｔｈ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｗｏｎ-ｌｏｓｔ ｃｏｌｕｍｎ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｔｅａｍ'ｓ ｒｅｃｅｉｐｔｓ. Ｈｅ ｕｓｅｄ ａ ｖａｒｉｅｔｙ ｏｆ ｓｔａｔｉｓｔｉｃａｌ ｍｅａｓｕｒｅｓ ｌｉｋｅ ｓｌｕｇｇｉｎｇ ｐｅｒｃｅｎｔａｇｅ ｆｏｒ ｈｉｔｔｅｒｓ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｓｔｒｉｋｅｏｕｔ-ｔｏ-ｗａｌｋ ｒａｔｉｏ ｆｏｒ ｐｉｔｃｈｅｒｓ ａｎｄ ｃｏｍｂｉｎｅｄ ｔｈｅｍ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｃｏｍｐｌｅｘ ｆｏｒｍｕｌａ ｆｏｒ ｄｅｔｅｒｍｉｎｉｎｇ ｔｅａｍ ｒｅｖｅｎｕｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ａｄｄｉｔｉｏｎａｌｌｙ ｏｎ ａ ｔｅａｍ'ｓ ｗｏｎ-ｌｏｓｔ ｐｅｒｃｅｎｔａｇｅ, ｔｈｅ ａｔｔｅｎｄａｎｃｅ ｆｉｇｕｒｅｓ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｍａｒｋｅｔａｂｉｌｉｔｙ ｏｆ ａ ｆｒａｎｃｈｉｓｅ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｐｏｐｕｌａｒｉｔｙ ｏｆ ａ ｐｌａｙｅｒ. Ｆｏｒ ｅｘａｍｐｌｅ, ａｃｃｏｒｄｉｎｇ ｔｏ Ｓｃｕｌｌｙ, Ｈａｎｋ Ａａｒｏｎ ｈａｄ ａ $520,800 ｖａｌｕｅ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ Ａｔｌａｎｔａ Ｂｒａｖｅｓ ｉｎ 1968 ａｎｄ Ｓａｎｄｙ Ｋｏｕｆａｘ $725,000 ｔｏ ｔｈｅ Ｌｏｓ Ａｎｇｅｌｅｓ Ｄｏｄｇｅｒｓ ｉｎ 1966, ｗｈｉｃｈ ｗａｓ ｈｉｓ ｌａｓｔ ｓｅａｓｏｎ. Ｂｙ ｃｏｍｐａｒｉｓｏｎ, Ａａｒｏｎ'ｓ ｔｏｐ ｓａｌａｒｙ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｅｘｃｅｅｄｅｄ $250,000 ａ ｓｅａｓｏｎ ｉｎ ｈｉｓ 23-ｙｅａｒ ｃａｒｅｅｒ ａｎｄ Ｋｏｕｆａｘ ｅａｒｎｅｄ ｈｉｓ ｈｉｇｈｅｓｔ ｓａｌａｒｙ, $130,000, ｉｎ ｈｉｓ ｌａｓｔ ｓｅａｓｏｎ ａｓ ａ ｐｒｏ. Ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｌｉｋｅ Ｔｏｍ Ｂｒａｄｙ, Ｄｒｅｗ Ｂｒｅｅｓ, Ｒａｙ Ｌｅｗｉｓ, Ａｄｒｉａｎ Ｐｅｔｅｒｓｏｎ ａｎｄ Ｐｅｙｔｏｎ Ｍａｎｎｉｎｇ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｃｅｒｔａｉｎｌｙ ｐｒｏｆｉｔ ｏｆｆ ｔｈｉｓ ｆｏｒｍｕｌａ. Ｓｃｕｌｌｙ ａｌｓｏ ｔｈｅｏｒｉｚｅｄ ｔｈａｔ "ｍｅｄｉｏｃｒｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｃｏｎｔｒｉｂｕｔｅ ｉｎ ｅｘｃｅｓｓ ｏｆ $200,000 ｔｏ ｔｅａｍ ｒｅｖｅｎｕｅｓ" ａｎｄ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｔａｔｅｍｅｎｔ ｃａｍｅ ｂａｃｋ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｅａｒｌｙ 1970'ｓ. Ｒｏｌｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｆｏｒｍｕｌａ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｃｏｍｅ ａｗａｙ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｂｅｔｔｅｒ ｐｉｅｃｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｐｉｅ ｔｈａｎ ｗｈａｔ ｈａｓ ｂｅｅｎ ｓｐｅｃｕｌａｔｅｄ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｏｎｇｏｉｎｇ ｎｅｇｏｔｉａｔｉｏｎｓ. Ｉｎ ａｄｄｉｔｉｏｎ, ｔｈｅ ｒｏｏｋｉｅ ｐａｙ ｓｃａｌｅ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｄｅｃｒｅａｓｅ ｉｎｉｔｉａｌｌｙ, ｂｕｔ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｓｋｙｒｏｃｋｅｔ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｐｅｒｆｏｒｍａｎｃｅ ａｎｄ ｐｏｐｕｌａｒｉｔｙ. Ｐｒｏｖｅｎ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｈａｖｅ ｂｅｅｎ ｂｕｒｄｅｎｅｄ ｏｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｙｅａｒｓ ｂｙ ｒｏｏｋｉｅｓ ｗｈｏ ｈａｖｅ ｂｅｅｎ ｇｉｖｅｎ ｌａｒｇｅ ｓｕｍｓ ｏｆ ｍｏｎｅｙ ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ ｍｅｒｉｔ. Ｂｙ ｃｈａｎｇｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｒｏｏｋｉｅ ｓａｌａｒｙ ｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅ, ｔｅａｍｓ ｗｏｕｌｄ ａｖｏｉｄ ｈａｖｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｐａｙ ｏｕｔ ｂｉｇ ｇｕａｒａｎｔｅｅｄ ｍｏｎｅｙ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｎｅｙ "ｓａｖｅｄ" ｗｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｕｓｅｄ ｉｎ ｔｕｒｎ ｔｏ ｒｅｗａｒｄ ｔｈｅ ｏｎｅｓ ｗｈｏ ｈａｖｅ ｌｉｖｅｄ ｕｐ ｔｏ ｅｘｐｅｃｔａｔｉｏｎｓ. 5. Ｏｒｇａｎｉｚｅ ａ ｂｏａｒｄ ｏｆ ｄｉｒｅｃｔｏｒｓ ｉｎｃｌｕｄｉｎｇ ｆｏｒｍｅｒ ａｎｄ ｃｕｒｒｅｎｔ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ａｎｄ ｃｏａｃｈｅｓ, ｅｌｅｃｔ ａ Ｃ.Ｅ.Ｏ, ａｎｄ ｃｏｎｓｔｒｕｃｔ ａｎ ｏｒｇａｎｉｚａｔｉｏｎａｌ ｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅ ｓｉｍｉｌａｒ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ＷＷＥ ｏｒ ｔｈｅ Ｇｒｅｅｎ Ｂａｙ Ｐａｃｋｅｒｓ. Ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｃｕｒｒｅｎｔ ｓｙｓｔｅｍ ｉｎ ｗｈｉｃｈ ａ ｃｏｎｇｌｏｍｅｒａｔｅ ｏｆ ｆｉｌｔｈｙ ｒｉｃｈ ｏｗｎｅｒｓ ｄｉｃｔａｔｅ ｈｏｗ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｎｅｙ ｉｓ ｄｉｖｉｄｅｄ, ｈｏｗ ｉｔ'ｓ ｍａｎａｇｅｄ, ｈｏｗ ｔｈｅ ｒｕｌｅｓ ａｎｄ ｒｅｇｕｌａｔｉｏｎｓ ａｒｅ ｆｏｒｍｕｌａｔｅｄ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ｓｐａｗｎ ｉｔ ｏｎｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｔｏ ｔａｋｅ ｉｔ ｏｒ ｌｅａｖｅ ｉｔ -- ｌｉｓｔｅｎ, Ａｄｒｉａｎ Ｐｅｔｅｒｓｏｎ ｍａｙ ｈａｖｅ ｏｖｅｒｓｔａｔｅｄ ｔｈｅ ｗｈｏｌｅ ｓｌａｖｅｒｙ ｗｏｒｄ, ｂｕｔ ｈｅ'ｓ ｇｏｔ ａ ｐｏｉｎｔ ｉｎ ｈｏｗ ｔｈｅ ｏｗｎｅｒｓ ｈａｖｅ ａ ｐｒｅｔｔｙ ｈｅａｖｙ ｈａｎｄ -- ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ａｎｄ ｏｒｇａｎｉｚａｔｉｏｎａｌ ｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅ, ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ ｗｉｌｌ ｈａｖｅ ａ ｓａｙ ｉｎ ｗｈａｔ ａｎ ｉｌｌｅｇａｌ ｈｉｔ ｉｓ, ｈｏｗ ａ ｐｌａｙｅｒ ｃａｎ ｃｅｌｅｂｒａｔｅ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｅｎｄ ｚｏｎｅ, ｈｏｗ ｍｕｃｈ ａ ｐｌａｙｅｒ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｆｉｎｅｄ (ｉｆ ａｔ ａｌｌ) ｉｆ ｈｅ ｄｏｅｓ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ ｉｌｌｅｇａｌ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｗｏｒｌｄ ａｗａｙ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｇａｍｅ ａｎｄ ｈｏｗ ｍａｎｙ ｇａｍｅｓ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｐｌａｙｅｄ ｄｕｒｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｒｅｇｕｌａｒ ｓｅａｓｏｎ. Ｔｈｅ Ｗｏｒｌｄ Ｗｒｅｓｔｌｉｎｇ Ｅｎｔｅｒｔａｉｎｍｅｎｔ ｃｏｍｐａｎｙ ｉｓ ａ ｐｕｂｌｉｃｌｙ ｔｒａｄｅｄ, ｐｒｉｖａｔｅｌｙ ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌｌｅｄ ｃｏｍｐａｎｙ ｒｕｎ ｂｙ ａ ｍａｊｏｒｉｔｙ ｏｗｎｅｒ ｗｈｏ ｐａｙｓ ｈｉｓ ｗｒｅｓｔｌｅｒｓ ｂａｓｅｄ ｕｐｏｎ ｐｅｒｆｏｒｍａｎｃｅ ａｎｄ ｐｏｐｕｌａｒｉｔｙ. "Ｔｒｉｐｌｅ Ｈ" (Ｐａｕｌ Ｍｉｃｈａｅｌ Ｌｅｖｅｓｑｕｅ) ｉｓ ｔｈｅ ｈｉｇｈｅｓｔ ｐａｉｄ ｗｒｅｓｔｌｅｒ, ａｃｃｏｒｄｉｎｇ ｔｏ Ｆｏｒｂｅｓ, ａｎｄ ｈａｄ ｏｖｅｒ $3 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ ｉｎ ｈｉｓ 2011 ｅａｒｎｉｎｇｓ ｗｉｔｈ Ｊｏｈｎ Ｃｅｎａ ｃｏｍｉｎｇ ｉｎ ａ ｃｌｏｓｅ ｓｅｃｏｎｄ ａｔ $2.5 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ. Ｔｈｅ ＷＷＥ ｈａｄ $119.9 ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ ｉｎ ｒｅｖｅｎｕｅ ｌａｓｔ ｙｅａｒ. Ｔｈｅ Ｐａｃｋｅｒｓ ａｒｅ ｕｎｉｑｕｅ ｉｎ ｓｐｏｒｔｓ ａｓ ｔｈｅ ｏｎｌｙ ｎｏｎ-ｐｒｏｆｉｔ, ｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｔｙ-ｏｗｎｅｄ ｆｒａｎｃｈｉｓｅ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｍａｊｏｒ Ａｍｅｒｉｃａｎ ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ ｓｐｏｒｔｓ ｌｅａｇｕｅｓ. Ｔｈｅｙ ｈａｖｅ ａ 45-ｍｅｍｂｅｒ ｂｏａｒｄ ｏｆ ｄｉｒｅｃｔｏｒｓ ｗｈｉｃｈ ｉｎｃｌｕｄｅｓ ａ ｓｅｖｅｎ-ｍｅｍｂｅｒ Ｅｘｅｃｕｔｉｖｅ Ｃｏｍｍｉｔｔｅｅ ｔｈａｔ ｇｏｖｅｒｎｓ ｔｈｅ ｏｒｇａｎｉｚａｔｉｏｎ. Ｔｈｉｓ ｃｏｍｍｉｔｔｅｅ ｉｎｃｌｕｄｅｓ ａ ｐｒｅｓｉｄｅｎｔ, ｖｉｃｅ ｐｒｅｓｉｄｅｎｔ, ｔｒｅａｓｕｒｅｒ, ｓｅｃｒｅｔａｒｙ ａｎｄ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｍｅｍｂｅｒｓ-ａｔ-ｌａｒｇｅ. Ｓｕｒｐｒｉｓｉｎｇｌｙ, ｔｈｉｓ ｏｗｎｅｒｓｈｉｐ ｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅ ｖｉｏｌａｔｅｓ ｔｈｅ ｃｕｒｒｅｎｔ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｒｕｌｅｓ ｓｔｉｐｕｌａｔｅｄ ｂｙ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ ｏｗｎｅｒｓ -- ａ ｌｉｍｉｔ ｏｆ 32 ｏｗｎｅｒｓ ｏｆ ｏｎｅ ｔｅａｍ ｗｉｔｈ ｏｎｅ ｏｗｎｅｒ ｈａｖｉｎｇ ａ ｍｉｎｉｍｕｍ ｏｆ 30 ｐｅｒｃｅｎｔ ｓｔａｋｅ. Ｕｓｉｎｇ ｔｈｅｓｅ ｔｗｏ ｍｏｄｅｌｓ, ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ' ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｏｒｇａｎｉｚｅ ｉｎｔｏ ａ ｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅ ｔｈａｔ ｅｌｅｃｔｓ ａ ｃｏｍｍｉｓｓｉｏｎｅｒ, ａ ｂｏａｒｄ ｏｆ ｄｉｒｅｃｔｏｒｓ ａｎｄ ａｎ ｅｘｅｃｕｔｉｖｅ ｃｏｍｍｉｔｔｅｅ ｔｈａｔ ｇｏｖｅｒｎｓ ｔｈｅ ｅｎｔｉｒｅｔｙ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｔｅａｍｓ ａｓ ａ ｗｈｏｌｅ ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｏｆ ｏｎ ａｎ ｉｎｄｉｖｉｄｕａｌ ａｐｐｒｏａｃｈ ｆｏｒ ｅａｃｈ ｅｎｔｉｔｙ. Ｍａｊｏｒ Ｌｅａｇｕｅ Ｂａｓｅｂａｌｌ ｈａｓ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅｄ ｅｖｉｄｅｎｃｅ ｏｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｔ ｔｗｏ ｙｅａｒｓ ｉｎ ｗｈｉｃｈ ｉｔ ｔｏｏｋ ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｘａｓ Ｒａｎｇｅｒｓ ｔｏ ｓａｖｅ ｔｈｅ ｏｒｇａｎｉｚａｔｉｏｎ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｂｅｔｔｅｒｍｅｎｔ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｌｅａｇｕｅ, ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ, ｔｈｅ ｅｍｐｌｏｙｅｅｓ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｒｅｓｔ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｔｅａｍｓ. Ｉｔ ｉｓ ｎｏｗ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｍｉｄｓｔ ｏｆ ｄｅｃｉｄｉｎｇ ｗｈｅｔｈｅｒ ｔｏ ｃｏｍｐｌｅｔｅｌｙ ｄｏ ｔｈｅ ｓａｍｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ Ｌｏｓ Ａｎｇｅｌｅｓ Ｄｏｄｇｅｒｓ. 6. Ｒｅｄｕｃｅ ｔｈｅ ａｍｏｕｎｔ ｏｆ ｔｅａｍｓ ａｎｄ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ, ａｄｄ ｎｅｗ ｍａｒｋｅｔｓ, ｍａｋｅ ｔｗｏ ｄｉｖｉｓｉｏｎｓ ｉｎ ｔｗｏ ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅｓ, ｃｈａｎｇｅ ｔｈｅ ｐｒｅｓｅａｓｏｎ ａｎｄ ａｄｄ ｐｌａｙｏｆｆ ｇａｍｅｓ ｔｏ ａｄｄ ｍｏｒｅ ｒｅｖｅｎｕｅ, ｌｏｗｅｒ ｔｉｃｋｅｔ ｐｒｉｃｅｓ ａｎｄ ｂｏｏｓｔ ｓａｌａｒｉｅｓ. Ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ ｓｕｆｆｅｒｅｄ ａ ｄｅｃｒｅａｓｅ ｉｎ ａｔｔｅｎｄａｎｃｅ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｔｈｉｒｄ ｓｔｒａｉｇｈｔ ｙｅａｒ ｔｈｉｓ ｐａｓｔ ｓｅａｓｏｎ. Ｔｉｃｋｅｔ ｓａｌｅｓ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｌｅａｇｕｅ'ｓ 32 ｆｒａｎｃｈｉｓｅｓ ｈａｄ ａ ｄｒｏｐ ｏｆ 1 ｐｅｒｃｅｎｔ ｔｏ 2 ｐｅｒｃｅｎｔ ａｎｄ ｔｏｔａｌ ｓｅａｓｏｎ ｔｉｃｋｅｔ ｓａｌｅｓ ｗｅｒｅ ｄｏｗｎ ｂｙ 5 ｐｅｒｃｅｎｔ. Ｔｈｅ ｔｈｒｅｅ-ｙｅａｒ ｄｅｃｌｉｎｅ ｃｏｉｎｃｉｄｅｄ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｕｎｔｒｙ'ｓ ｄｅｐｒｅｓｓｉｏｎ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｅｃｏｎｏｍｙ ｄｏｅｓｎ'ｔ ａｐｐｅａｒ ｔｏ ｂｅ ｃｈａｎｇｉｎｇ ａｎｙｔｉｍｅ ｓｏｏｎ. Ａｄｄ ｔｈｅ ｌｏｃｋｏｕｔ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ａｎｇｓｔ ａｎｄ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｍａｙ ｇｅｔ ｇｌｏｏｍｉｅｒ ｑｕｉｃｋｅｒ ｔｈａｎ ｒｏｓｉｅｒ. Ｆｉｎａｌｌｙ, ｔｈｅ ｉｍｐｒｏｖｅｍｅｎｔ ｉｎ ｔｅｌｅｖｉｓｉｏｎ ｔｅｃｈｎｏｌｏｇｙ ｈａｓ ｍａｄｅ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｔｏ ａ ｇａｍｅ ｌｅｓｓ ｏｆ ｐｒｉｏｒｉｔｙ ｉｎ ｔｅｒｍｓ ｏｆ ｅｘｐｅｒｉｅｎｃｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｇａｍｅ. Ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｎｅｅｄｓ ｔｏ ｔａｋｅ ａｄｖａｎｔａｇｅ ｏｆ ａｒｅａｓ ｔｈａｔ ｈａｖｅ ｐｒｏｖｅｎ ｔｈｅｙ ｃａｎ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅ ａｎ ａｕｄｉｅｎｃｅ ｄｕｒｉｎｇ ａｎ ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｃ ｄｏｗｎｔｕｒｎ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｎｅｅｄｓ ｔｏ ａｄｄｒｅｓｓ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｐｌａｃｅｓ ｔｈａｔ ｈａｖｅ ｅｘｈｉｂｉｔｅｄ. Ｕｓｉｎｇ ａｔｔｅｎｄａｎｃｅ ｆｉｇｕｒｅｓ, ｕｎｅｍｐｌｏｙｍｅｎｔ ｆｉｇｕｒｅｓ, ｔｈｅ ｒａｎｋｉｎｇｓ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｔｏｐ 50 ｍｅｄｉａ ｍａｒｋｅｔｓ ａｎｄ ａｎａｌｙｓｉｓ ｆｒｏｍ ｒｅｐｏｒｔｓ ｂｙ ｔｈｅ Ｂｏｙｄ Ｃｏｍｐａｎｙ, ａ Ｓｍａｌｌ Ｂｕｓｉｎｅｓｓ & Ｅｎｔｒｅｐｒｅｎｅｕｒｓｈｉｐ Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｌｋｅｎ Ｉｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅ, ｗｈｉｃｈ ｒａｎｋｓ ｔｈｅ Ｂｅｓｔ-Ｐｅｒｆｏｒｍｉｎｇ Ｃｉｔｉｅｓ ｉｎ ｔｅｒｍｓ ｏｆ ｈｏｗ ｗｅｌｌ ｔｈｅｙ ａｒｅ ｃｒｅａｔｉｎｇ ａｎｄ ｓｕｓｔａｉｎｉｎｇ ｊｏｂｓ ａｎｄ ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｃ ｇｒｏｗｔｈ. Ｓｏｍｅ ａｒｅａｓ ｔｈａｔ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｔａｋｅ ａｄｖａｎｔａｇｅ ｏｆ ｓｅｖｅｒａｌ ａｒｅａｓ ｐｒｏｓｐｅｒｉｎｇ ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｃａｌｌｙ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｓｏｌｉｄ ｂａｓｅ ｆｏｒ ｓｐｏｒｔｓ ａｔｔｅｎｄａｎｃｅ ｉｎｃｌｕｄｅ Ｂｉｒｍｉｎｇｈａｍ, ａ ｃｉｔｙ ｔｈａｔ ｈａｄ ａ ｔｅａｍ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｕｎｉｔｅｄ Ｓｔａｔｅｓ Ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ Ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｗｈｉｃｈ ｗａｓ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｂｅｔｔｅｒ ｒｕｎ ａｎｄ ｍｏｒｅ ｖｉａｂｌｅ ｆｒａｎｃｈｉｓｅｓ ｄｕｒｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｓｅｃｏｎｄ ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ ｌｅａｇｕｅ'ｓ ｅｘｉｓｔｅｎｃｅ. Ｂｉｒｍｉｎｇｈａｍ ｉｓ ｉｎ ａ ｓｔａｔｅ ｄｏｉｎｇ ｖｅｒｙ ｗｅｌｌ ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｃａｌｌｙ ｗｉｔｈ ｅｉｇｈｔ ａｒｅａｓ ｒａｎｋｅｄ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｔｏｐ 100 ｎａｔｉｏｎａｌｌｙ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｌｋｅｎ Ｉｎｄｅｘ. Ｏｋｌａｈｏｍａ Ｃｉｔｙ ｒａｎｋｓ Ｎｏ. 21 ｎａｔｉｏｎａｌｌｙ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｌｋｅｎ Ｉｎｄｅｘ ａｎｄ ｈａｓ ａ ｆａｎ ｂａｓｅ ｗｏｒｔｈｙ ｏｆ ｒｅｃｏｇｎｉｔｉｏｎ ａｆｔｅｒ ｈｅｌｐｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ＮＢＡ'ｓ Ｔｈｕｎｄｅｒ ｒａｎｋ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｔｏｐ 15 ｅａｃｈ ｓｅａｓｏｎ ｓｉｎｃｅ ｔｈｅ ｔｅａｍ'ｓ ａｒｒｉｖａｌ ｆｒｏｍ Ｓｅａｔｔｌｅ. Ｓａｌｔ Ｌａｋｅ Ｃｉｔｙ ｉｓ 25ｔｈ ｎａｔｉｏｎａｌｌｙ ａｎｄ ｈａｓ ｓｕｐｐｏｒｔｅｄ ｔｈｅ Ｕｔｅｓ ｉｎ ｄｒｏｖｅｓ ｄｕｒｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ ｔｅａｍ'ｓ ｓｕｃｃｅｓｓ. Ｊａｃｋｓｏｎｖｉｌｌｅ, Ｍｉａｍｉ ａｎｄ Ｔａｍｐａ Ｂａｙ ｈａｖｅ ｅａｃｈ ｆｉｎｉｓｈｅｄ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｂｏｔｔｏｍ ｔｈｉｒｄ ｆｏｒ ａｔｔｅｎｄａｎｃｅ ｏｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｔ ｔｗｏ ｓｅａｓｏｎｓ ａｎｄ ｏｎｅ ｔｅａｍ ｎｅｅｄｓ ｔｏ ｇｏ ｏｒ ｐｏｓｓｉｂｌｙ ｔｗｏ. Ｗｈｉｌｅ ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ ｒｅｉｇｎｓ ｓｕｐｒｅｍｅ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｓｕｎｓｈｉｎｅ Ｓｔａｔｅ, ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ ｈａｓ ｈａｄ ａ ｄｉｆｆｉｃｕｌｔ ｔｉｍｅ ｓｕｓｔａｉｎｉｎｇ ｓｕｃｃｅｓｓ ｏｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｔ ｆｅｗ ｙｅａｒｓ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｒｅｃｅｓｓｉｏｎ. Ｔｈｅ ｂｅｓｔ ｓｏｌｕｔｉｏｎ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｔｏ ｃｒｅａｔｅ ｏｎｅ ｔｅａｍ ｔｈａｔ ｒｅｐｒｅｓｅｎｔｓ ｔｈｅ ｅｎｔｉｒｅ ｓｔａｔｅ ａｎｄ ｐｌａｃｅ ｉｔ ｉｎ Ｏｒｌａｎｄｏ, ｗｈｉｃｈ ｒａｎｋｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｔｏｐ 100 ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｌｋｅｎ Ｉｎｄｅｘ ａｎｄ ｈａｓ ｂｅｅｎ ｎａｍｅｄ ａｓ ｔｈｅ ｎａｔｉｏｎ'ｓ ｌｅａｓｔ ｅｘｐｅｎｓｉｖｅ ｃｉｔｉｅｓ ｔｏ ｌａｕｎｃｈ ａ ｃｏｒｐｏｒａｔｅ ｈｅａｄｑｕａｒｔｅｒｓ. Ｔｈｅ ｓｔａｔｅ ｏｆ Ｏｈｉｏ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｂｅｔｔｅｒ ｏｆｆ ｗｉｔｈ ｏｎｅ ｔｅａｍ ｌｏｃａｔｅｄ ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ Ｃｉｎｃｉｎｎａｔｉ ａｎｄ Ｃｌｅｖｅｌａｎｄ, ｔｗｏ ｃｉｔｉｅｓ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｅａｍｓ ｔｈａｔ ｈａｖｅ ｎｏｔ ｈａｄ ｆｕｌｌ ａｔｔｅｎｄａｎｃｅ ｏｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｔ ｆｅｗ ｓｅａｓｏｎｓ. Ｃｏｌｕｍｂｕｓ ｗｉｌｌ ｈａｖｅ ｔｏ ｄｅａｌ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｄｅｍｉｓｅ ｏｆ Ｂｕｃｋｅｙｅ ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ ａｆｔｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｉｍｐｅｎｄｉｎｇ ＮＣＡＡ ｓａｎｃｔｉｏｎｓ ａｎｄ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｕｓｅ ａ ｂｏｏｓｔ ｆｒｏｍ ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ. Ｌｏｓ Ａｎｇｅｌｅｓ ｉｓ ａ ｇｉｖｅｎ ｎａｔｕｒａｌｌｙ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ'ｓ ｒｅｓｉｓｔａｎｃｅ ｔｏ ｒｅｖｉｓｉｔ ｔｈｅ ａｒｅａ ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ ａ ｎｅｗ ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ. Ｔｈｅ ａｄｄｉｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ｎｅｗ ａｒｅａｓ ｉｎ ｂｌｏｓｓｏｍｉｎｇ ｍａｒｋｅｔｓ ａｌｏｎｇ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｅａｍｓ ｉｎ ｔｒａｄｉｔｉｏｎａｌ ｐｌａｃｅｓ ｌｉｋｅ Ｂｏｓｔｏｎ, Ｃｈｉｃａｇｏ, Ｄａｌｌａｓ, Ｎｅｗ Ｙｏｒｋ ａｎｄ Ｗａｓｈｉｎｇｔｏｎ, Ｄ.Ｃ. ｗｏｕｌｄ ｂｒｉｎｇ ｅｘｃｉｔｅｍｅｎｔ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｔｈａｔ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｓｅｐａｒａｔｅ ｉｔ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ. Ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｔｗｅａｋｓ ａｎｄ ａｄｄｉｔｉｏｎｓ, ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｈａｖｅ 24 ｔｅａｍｓ ｄｉｖｉｄｅｄ ｉｎｔｏ ｔｗｏ-ｄｉｖｉｓｉｏｎ ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅｓ -- Ｅａｓｔｅｒｎ ａｎｄ Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ -- ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ Ａｔｌａｎｔｉｃ ａｎｄ Ｓｕｎｂｅｌｔ Ｄｉｖｉｓｉｏｎｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｅａｓｔｅｒｎ Ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ Ｃｅｎｔｒａｌ ａｎｄ Ｐａｃｉｆｉｃ Ｄｉｖｉｓｉｏｎｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ Ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅ. Ｓｉｘ ｔｅａｍｓ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｃｏｍｐｒｉｓｅ ｅａｃｈ ｄｉｖｉｓｉｏｎ ａｎｄ ｔｈｏｓｅ ｔｅａｍｓ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｐｌａｙ ｅａｃｈ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｔｗｉｃｅ ｏｎ ａ ｈｏｍｅ-ａｎｄ-ａｗａｙ ｓｃｈｅｄｕｌｅ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｓｉｘ ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅ ｔｅａｍｓ ｏｎｃｅ ｆｏｒ ａ 16-ｇａｍｅ ｓｅａｓｏｎ. Ｔｈｅ ｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅ ｏｆ ｅａｃｈ ｄｉｖｉｓｉｏｎ ｗｏｕｌｄ ａｄｄｒｅｓｓ ｔｒａｖｅｌ ｓｉｔｕａｔｉｏｎｓ, ｗｈｉｃｈ ｉｎ ｔｕｒｎ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｓａｖｅ ｍｏｎｅｙ ｆｏｒ ｔｅａｍｓ ｉｎ ｔｅｒｍｓ ｏｆ ａｉｒｌｉｎｅ ｃｏｓｔｓ -- ｔｈｉｎｋ ｇｒｅｅｎ!! Ｆｏｒ ｅｘａｍｐｌｅ, ｔｈｅ Ｎｏｒｔｈ Ｄｉｖｉｓｉｏｎ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｅａｓｔｅｒｎ Ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｉｎｃｌｕｄｅ Ｂｏｓｔｏｎ, Ｎｅｗ Ｙｏｒｋ, Ｎｅｗ Ｊｅｒｓｅｙ, Ｐｈｉｌａｄｅｌｐｈｉａ, Ｐｉｔｔｓｂｕｒｇｈ ａｎｄ Ｃｏｌｕｍｂｕｓ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｆａｒｔｈｅｓｔ ｆｌｉｇｈｔ ｔｉｍｅ ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ Ｂｏｓｔｏｎ ａｎｄ Ｃｏｌｕｍｂｕｓ ａｔ ｅｉｇｈｔ ｍｉｎｕｔｅｓ ｏｖｅｒ ｔｗｏ ｈｏｕｒｓ ａｎｄ 800 ｆｌｉｇｈｔ ｍｉｌｅｓ. Ｉｎ ｆａｃｔ, ｔｈｅ ｆａｒｔｈｅｓｔ ｄｉｓｔａｎｃｅ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｅｘｉｓｔ ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ ｔｈｅ Ｓｅａｔｔｌｅ ａｎｄ Ｐｈｏｅｎｉｘ ｍａｒｋｅｔｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｐａｃｉｆｉｃ Ｄｉｖｉｓｉｏｎ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ Ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅ ａｔ 1,114 ｍｉｌｅｓ ｏｒ ａ ｌｉｔｔｌｅ ｕｎｄｅｒ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｈｏｕｒｓ. Ｆｏｌｌｏｗｉｎｇ ｉｓ ａｎ ｉｄｅａ ｏｆ ｗｈａｔ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｄｅｌ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｌｏｏｋ ｌｉｋｅ, ｔｈｅ ａｒｅａｓ ｗｈｅｒｅ ｔｅａｍｓ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｐｌａｙ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｃｅｒｔａｉｎ ｅｃｏｎｏｍｉｃ ａｎｄ ｍｅｄｉａ ｃｒｉｔｅｒｉａ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｓｔａｄｉｕｍｓ ｔｈａｔ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｕｓｅｄ: Ｔｈｅ Ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ Ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ Ｌｅａｇｕｅ (ＰＦＬ) 2 Ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅｓ: Ｅａｓｔｅｒｎ ａｎｄ Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ Ｅａｓｔｅｒｎ Ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅ: ＡＴＬＡＮＴＩＣ ＤＩＶＩＳＩＯＮ Ｎｅｗ Ｙｏｒｋ (Ｙａｎｋｅｅ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ, 52,325) Ｎｅｗ Ｊｅｒｓｅｙ (Ｒｕｔｇｅｒｓ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ, 52,454) Ｂｏｓｔｏｎ (Ａｌｕｍｎｉ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ -- Ｂｏｓｔｏｎ Ｃｏｌｌｅｇｅ, 44,500) Ｐｈｉｌａｄｅｌｐｈｉａ (Ｆｒａｎｋｌｉｎ Ｆｉｅｌｄ -- Ｐｅｎｎ, 52,593) Ｐｉｔｔｓｂｕｒｇｈ (ＰＮＣ Ｐａｒｋ -- Ｐｉｒａｔｅｓ, 37,898) Ｃｏｌｕｍｂｕｓ (Ｏｈｉｏ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ -- Ｏｈｉｏ Ｓｔａｔｅ, 102,329) ＳＵＮＢＥＬＴ ＤＩＶＩＳＩＯＮ Ｗａｓｈｉｎｇｔｏｎ (ＲＦＫ Ｍｅｍｏｒｉａｌ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ, 56,454) Ｎｏｒｔｈ Ｃａｒｏｌｉｎａ (Ｒａｌｅｉｇｈ -- Ｃａｒｔｅｒ Ｆｉｎｌｅｙ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ, ＮＣ Ｓｔａｔｅ, 57,082) Ｂｉｒｍｉｎｇｈａｍ (ｔｏ ｒｅｐｌａｃｅ Ａｔｌａｎｔａ, Ｌｅｇｉｏｎ Ｆｉｅｌｄ -- ＵＡＢ, 71,594) Ｏｒｌａｎｄｏ (Ｆｌｏｒｉｄａ Ｃｉｔｒｕｓ Ｂｏｗｌ, 70,188) Ｌｏｕｉｓｉａｎａ (Ｂａｔｏｎ Ｒｏｕｇｅ -- ＬＳＵ, 92,400) Ａｔｌａｎｔａ (Ｓａｎｆｏｒｄ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ -- ＵＧＡ, 92,746 ｏｒ Ｂｏｂｂｙ Ｄｏｄｄ, ＧＴ, 55,000) Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ Ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅ: ＣＥＮＴＲＡＬ ＤＩＶＩＳＩＯＮ Ｃｈｉｃａｇｏ (Ｒｙａｎ Ｆｉｅｌｄ -- Ｎｏｒｔｈｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ, 47,130) Ｍｉｓｓｏｕｒｉ (Ｆａｕｒｏｔ Ｆｉｅｌｄ, Ｃｏｌｕｍｂｉａ -- 62,000) Ｉｎｄｉａｎａ (Ｍｅｍｏｒｉａｌ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ, Ｂｌｏｏｍｉｎｇｔｏｎ, 53,500) Ｏｋｌａｈｏｍａ Ｃｉｔｙ (Ｇａｙｌｏｒｄ Ｆａｍｉｌｙ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ, Ｎｏｒｍａｎ -- ＯＵ, 82,112) Ｈｏｕｓｔｏｎ (Ｒｉｃｅ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ, 70,000) Ｄａｌｌａｓ (Ｃｏｔｔｏｎ Ｂｏｗｌ, 92,200) ＰＡＣＩＦＩＣ ＤＩＶＩＳＩＯＮ Ｄｅｎｖｅｒ (Ｃｏｏｒｓ Ｆｉｅｌｄ, 50,449 ｏｒ Ｆｏｌｓｏｍ Ｆｉｅｌｄ, ｔｈｅ Ｂｕｆｆｓ, 53,750) Ａｒｉｚｏｎａ (Ｐｈｏｅｎｉｘ/Ｔｅｍｐｅ, Ｓｕｎ Ｄｅｖｉｌ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ, 73,379) Ｌｏｓ Ａｎｇｅｌｅｓ (ｔｈｅ Ｃｏｌｉｓｅｕｍ, ＵＳＣ, 93,607 ｏｒ Ｒｏｓｅ Ｂｏｗｌ, 92,542) Ｓａｎ Ｆｒａｎｃｉｓｃｏ (Ｍｅｍｏｒｉａｌ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ, Ｃａｌ, 73,347 ｏｒ ＡＴ&Ｔ Ｐａｒｋ, 41,663) Ｓｅａｔｔｌｅ (Ｈｕｓｋｙ Ｓｔａｄｉｕｍ, 72,500 ｏｒ Ｓａｆｅｃｏ Ｆｉｅｌｄ, 47,116) Ｓａｌｔ Ｌａｋｅ Ｃｉｔｙ (Ｕｔａｈ Ｕｔｅｓ, 46,500) Ｅａｃｈ ｔｅａｍ ｗｉｌｌ ｈａｖｅ ａ ｍａｘ ｒｏｓｔｅｒ ｏｆ 60 ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ (ｗｉｔｈ ａ 7-ｐｅｒｓｏｎ ｐｒａｃｔｉｃｅ ｓｑｕａｄ). Ｔｈｅ ｏｆｆｉｃｉａｌ ｒｏｓｔｅｒ ｔｏｔａｌ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｌｅａｇｕｅ, ｅｘｃｌｕｄｉｎｇ ｐｒａｃｔｉｃｅ ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ, ｗｉｌｌ ｅｑｕａｌ 1,440 -- ａ ｄｒｏｐ ｏｆ 256 ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ. ＳＥＡＳＯＮ ＳＴＲＵＣＴＵＲＥ: Ｔｈｅ ｓｅａｓｏｎ ｗｉｌｌ ｆｅａｔｕｒｅ ｔｈｅ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｉｎｇ ｓｃｈｅｄｕｌｅ: Ａ 2-ｇａｍｅ ｅｘｈｉｂｉｔｉｏｎ ｓｅａｓｏｎ ｓｔａｒｔｉｎｇ ｗｉｔｈ ｇａｍｅｓ ｉｎ ｍｉｄ-Ａｕｇｕｓｔ ａｎｄ ｆｉｎｉｓｈｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ ｂｅｆｏｒｅ Ｌａｂｏｒ Ｄａｙ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ; Ａ 16-ｇａｍｅ, 17-ｗｅｅｋ ｒｅｇｕｌａｒ ｓｅａｓｏｎ ｂｅｇｉｎｎｉｎｇ ｗｉｔｈ ｇａｍｅｓ ｏｎ Ｌａｂｏｒ Ｄａｙ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ, Ｓｕｎｄａｙ ａｎｄ Ｍｏｎｄａｙ ａｎｄ ｒｕｎｎｉｎｇ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｏ ｌａｔｅ Ｄｅｃｅｍｂｅｒ ｏｒ ｅａｒｌｙ Ｊａｎｕａｒｙ; ａｎｄ Ａ 24-ｔｅａｍ ｓｉｎｇｌｅ-ｅｌｉｍｉｎａｔｉｏｎ ｐｌａｙｏｆｆｓ ｂｅｇｉｎｎｉｎｇ ｉｎ Ｊａｎｕａｒｙ, ｃｕｌｍｉｎａｔｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｂｉｇ Ｇａｍｅ ｉｎ ｅａｒｌｙ Ｆｅｂｒｕａｒｙ. Ｇａｍｅｓ ｗｉｌｌ ｂｅ ｐｌａｙｅｄ ｐｒｉｍａｒｉｌｙ ｏｎ Ｓｕｎｄａｙ, Ｍｏｎｄａｙ ａｎｄ Ｔｕｅｓｄａｙ ｎｉｇｈｔｓ. Ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｙｏｆｆｓ ｗｉｌｌ ｉｎｃｌｕｄｅ ｅｖｅｒｙ ｔｅａｍ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｆｏｕｒ ｂｅｓｔ ｒｅｃｏｒｄｓ ｉｎ ｅａｃｈ ｃｏｎｆｅｒｅｎｃｅ ｒｅｃｅｉｖｉｎｇ ａ ｆｉｒｓｔ-ｒｏｕｎｄ ｂｙｅ. Ｈａｖｉｎｇ ｅｖｅｒｙ ｔｅａｍ ｍａｋｅ ｔｈｅ ｐｌａｙｏｆｆｓ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｅｎｓｕｒｅ ｅｖｅｎ ｍｏｒｅ ｐｒｏｆｉｔａｂｉｌｉｔｙ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｌｅａｇｕｅ. Ｔｈｅ ｗｉｎｎｉｎｇ ｔｅａｍｓ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｗｉｌｄ ｃａｒｄ ｐｌａｙｏｆｆ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｔｈｅｎ ｐｌａｙ ａｇａｉｎｓｔ ｔｈｅ ｔｏｐ ｆｏｕｒ ｓｅｅｄｓ ａｎｄ ｉｆ ｔｈｅｒｅ ａｒｅ ａｎｙ ｕｐｓｅｔｓ, ｐｌａｙｏｆｆ ｍａｔｃｈｕｐｓ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｈｉｇｈｅｒ ｓｅｅｄ ｌｅｆｔ ａｇａｉｎｓｔ ｔｈｅ ｌｏｗｅｒ ｓｅｅｄ, ｃｏｎｔｉｎｕｉｎｇ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈｏｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｐｏｓｔｓｅａｓｏｎ ｕｎｔｉｌ ｔｈｅ Ｂｉｇ Ｇａｍｅ ｃｈａｍｐｉｏｎｓｈｉｐ. Ｔｈｅ ｆｉｎａｌ ｇａｍｅ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｐｌａｙｅｄ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ ｏｆ Ｆｅｂｒｕａｒｙ ｉｎ ｗａｒｍ-ｗｅａｔｈｅｒ ｓｔａｔｅｓ. Ｔｈｅ Ａｌｌ-Ｓｔａｒ ｆｅｓｔｉｖｉｔｉｅｓ ｌｅａｄｉｎｇ ｕｐ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ Ｂｉｇ Ｇａｍｅ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｒｅｐｌａｃｅ ｔｈｅ ＮＦＬ'ｓ Ｐｒｏ Ｂｏｗｌ ｉｎ ａ ｐｕｎｔ, ｐａｓｓ ａｎｄ ｋｉｃｋ ｔｙｐｅ ｏｆ ｃｏｍｐｅｔｉｔｉｏｎ. Ｓｏ, ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ, ｅｉｔｈｅｒ ｍａｎ ｕｐ ａｎｄ ｓｔａｒｔ ｙｏｕｒ ｏｗｎ ｌｅａｇｕｅ ｏｒ ｊｕｓｔ ｓｉｇｎ ｔｈｅ ｄａｒｎ ｃｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｖｅ ｂａｒｇａｉｎｉｎｇ ａｇｒｅｅｍｅｎｔ ａｌｒｅａｄｙ. Ｗｅ'ｒｅ ｒｅａｄｙ ｆｏｒ ｓｏｍｅ ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ. |
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