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THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS

Sports owners are entitled to lion’s share of stadium revenues – and here’s why

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THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS

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23 March 2011
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BY EVAN WEINER
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
COMMENTARY
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(New York, N. Y.) — Pat Matson has a very clear interest in the National Football League owners-National Football League Players Association or correctly the former National Football League Players Association as the players have decertified as a “union.” Matson was a player in both the American Football League with Denver and Cincinnati and when the American Football League-National Football League completed their merger in 1970, Matson moved to the NFL with Cincinnati.

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Gene Atkins: A discarded and disabled former football player forgotten in the NFL lockout

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