Back To 1995 - Chapter 1064

“Hank, I heard some rumors that Bruno Yankee Sports Company has obtained the game development rights of Major League Baseball?!”

Standing in the VIP room of the stadium named after the telecommunications giant Southwestern Bell SBC, Larry Barr tentatively asked Hank Steinbrenner.

If before, Hank was just the young owner of the Yankees, even if the Yankees were a wealthy team, Larry Barr would not need this attitude, so what if the Giants couldn’t beat the Yankees, and he didn’t ask Stambu How about the Rena family, the so-called wanting without desires, and not asking for anything from the Yankees, naturally there is no need to be afraid.

But today is different, Hanke is now the head of the world’s largest sports event company, not only holding multiple teams in his hands, but now Bruno Yankee Sports Company has also acquired Serie A, F1, UFC, Red Bull Extreme Sports The copyrights of more than a dozen large and small leagues, such as the International Track and Field Diamond League, and the International Marathon, including the right to host events, broadcast rights, and advertising sponsorships, are all in the hands of Bruno Yankee Sports.

If that’s all, that’s all. But the key point is that Bruno Yankee Sports is also closely related to ICNC, which is currently the richest in America and spends the most in purchasing sports copyrights, and TNT, a subsidiary of Time Warner.

America’s sports leagues, especially the four major sports leagues, whether it’s the NBA, the rugby league, the major league baseball, or the ice hockey league, who are the biggest sponsors? ESPN and TNT used to be two TV stations, but now there is one more ICNC TV station, but in fact there are still two, Disney and ICQ!

To a certain extent, American sports leagues rely on ESPN, ICQ, and ICNC TV stations, because these three TV stations spend tens of billions of dollars in real money every year to major sports leagues. The rugby league, etc. also have income from tickets, advertising sponsorships, etc., but there is no TV station that pays a huge copyright fee of 113 billion US dollars for the rugby league for ten years. These leagues are absolutely tight!

The Major League Baseball also needs a meal, and the agreement signed with ESPN is about to expire. According to the current sports TV copyright market, the camp that the Major League Baseball can choose is nothing more than the Disney camp or the ICQ camp. The former There is the old-fashioned ESPN TV station, and the latter has three major TV stations, which have higher exposure and are more willing to spend money.

Larry Barr heard that the executives of Major League Baseball want to sign a copyright agreement with a sky-high price of 550 million U.S. dollars per year for seven years. They seem to be in contact with TNT and ICNC TV stations, which also involves Internet sports. Projects, sports games and other copyright development.

The Bruno Yankees participated in the copyright agreement of Major League Baseball, and they have a great say. The big sales of “Pro Evolution Football” have made the major sports leagues in America really see the potential of sports games. A game They can be sold for hundreds of millions of dollars, who doesn’t want to make a few more dollars? !

Cooperating with the Bruno Yankees can sell sports copyrights at high prices, develop sports games, and even attract advertising sponsorships, and Bruno Yankees Sports is the only Internet lottery operator in America.

After all, the American Internet Gaming Commission was created by the Bruno Yankees themselves, and then invited Sammy Sega and several major gaming giants in Las Vegas to join.

There is no federal law stipulating whether the Bruno Yankee Sports Company’s activities are legal or illegal, because America’s first real Internet bill is still being concocted, and it will not be released until next year at the earliest .

In addition, ICQ is now one of the consultants of the Federal Ministry of Justice’s Internet bill formulation team, and Song Yang is also one of the consultants of the Grand Commander’s Economic Advisory Committee. ICQ is to help out!

Now selling Internet lottery tickets is also one of the most profitable businesses of Bruno Yankee Company. Otherwise, where does it get so much money to buy league rights and teams? However, every time an Internet lottery ticket is sold, Bruno Yankee Sports Company will pay taxes to the federal government The department pays a tax, and distributes the money to the gaming companies in Las Vegas, the municipalities of the federal states, the federal education, the federal firefighting, the federal police and other departments. There is no deception. Bruno Yankee Sports has already obtained the Licenses from more than 20 states, including Washington State, Las Vegas, and Texas, made a lot of hard money in this matter, and only took 30% of the proceeds, and the rest separated!

In the future, if people from Capitol Hill or the Federal Department of Justice prevent Bruno Yankee Sports from selling Internet lottery tickets, how will the federal tax department, Las Vegas, and federal state municipal departments react? Bruno Yankee Sports will also I don’t dare to speculate, cutting people’s fortunes is like killing their parents. Will the congressmen who dare to say this suddenly hit themselves with a car, accidentally blow up their own house while eating barbecue, go hunting, and shoot themselves in the back eight times? , no one can guarantee, after all, things are impermanent.

Hank glanced at Larry Barr and knew what he wanted to ask. The higher the copyright fees received by Major League Baseball, the better the sales of baseball games, and the higher the revenue distributed to each team.

Especially for a self-reliant team like the Giants baseball team, the dollars received by the baseball league are the key to supporting the team.

No matter which team or club it is, whether the big boss is the sponsor or not is very important. In the past few years, the Giants baseball team has had a hard time because there is no big sponsor. Larry Barr had to find another way, like the Giants. More than 70% of the team’s staff are interns. They call it training and testing the character of the staff. They will be changed after a while, because it is cheap…

In addition, Larry Barr also played under the banner of the Giants, playing real estate investment, building parking lots, apartments, office buildings, restaurants, etc., all just to receive more dollars to support the team, but I have to say, Larry Barr played these things very well.

“There are some plans. Bruno Yankees Sports Company has reached a partial cooperation agreement with Major League Baseball. We will be responsible for the promotion of Major League Baseball in Europe, Asia, Japan and other places, and develop four to five other baseball games. AAA game!”

Larry Barr couldn’t help showing joy on his face when he heard the words. He heard some other overtones from Hank’s words, that is, the management of the Major League Baseball has probably reached an agreement with TNT and ICNC TV stations, otherwise Bruno Yankee Sports will not license the game development copyright of the baseball league to Bruno Yankee Sports.

Looking at Hank, looking out from time to time, Larry Barr couldn’t help asking, “Hank, you seem to be waiting for an important person today?!”

Glancing at Larry Barr, Hank said directly, “Director Bruno will come to watch the Yankees game today!”

Hearing Song Yang’s name, Larry Barton felt a little sore when he was in the same major league baseball team. He was the big sponsor of many teams and was worth a lot of money, but the big gold medalist of the Yankees Lord, it is too greedy to let teams like the Giants.

In the past few years since Song Yang took over the Yankees, the Yankees have been outrageous. The most luxurious new stadium in Major League Baseball is under construction, and new equipment for training and recovery is constantly being moved in. The team has its own business jet, and there is no need to wait for the plane when playing away games. More importantly, there is no salary cap in Major League Baseball, and after the Yankees usher in a big sponsor, they are not afraid of the luxury tax at all. They can all offer top-level contracts, and the lineup is almost built into an all-star lineup. Even if it is an in-team training game, compared to some small teams with no money, they can be regarded as star-studded!

Of course, it is not without voices criticizing the Yankees. Many voices are criticizing the Yankees for being too strong, which makes the game no longer suspenseful and entertaining. Just put the championship on the Yankees’ court and forget it.

But no matter how much you complain, the Yankees’ tickets for every game in the past few years, even if the ticket price is nearly double that of other teams, are sold cleanly, and the ratings have skyrocketed. More than a few times, especially in Japan, Bangzi, New Zealand, Finland and other areas that like to play baseball, the Yankees are about to become their home team. Of course, this also means that the Yankees can also cut a few handfuls of leeks in these areas …

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