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Authority
to Contract. |
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The
Commissioner, pursuant to Section 8.9, has the exclusive
right to negotiate and enter into contracts for the
visual reproduction of any and all League games.
He may employ such persons as are necessary to
effectuate this Article X. |
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| 10.2 |
Audio/Visual
Reproduction Income. |
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All
regular season and pre-season audio and/or visual
reproduction rights and income, except local radio, will
be divided equally among all member clubs of the League
regardless of the source of such income, except that the
member clubs may, by unanimous agreement, provide
otherwise in a specific contract or contracts. |
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| 10.3 |
Local
Radio Broadcasts. |
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Each
member club has the right to negotiate and enter into
contracts for the local radio broadcasting of all
pre-season and regular season games by a station located
in or serving its home territory. |
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Each
home club does hereby grant to the visiting club the
exclusive right to permit or license the broadcast of
the game being played between them back to the home
territory of the visitinq club. |
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Any
contract entered into by a club for the radio broadcast
of its games, and the sponsor or sponsors for the radio
broadcast, must be approved in writing by the
Commissioner in advance of the broadcast. |
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| 10.4 |
Championship
Games |
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The
sale of audio, visual, and film reproduction rights, or
any combination thereof, for the Championship Games or
other post-season play, shall be under the sole
jurisdiction of the Commissioner and is subject to the
provisions of Article X. In the Championship
Games, the participating clubs may broadcast by local
radio on a non-exclusive basis from a station located in
or serving its home territory, if (1) the club
contributes to the gross receipts of the came (to be
divided in the same manner as game receipts are
distributed) a fair and equitable sum fixed by the
Commissioner in his role and absolute discretion; and
(2) provided the Commissioner approved all sponsors and
broadcasters involved in the game. |
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| 10.5 |
Broadcast
Facilities. |
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If
required by a League media contract, each club when
playing at home shall provide adequate space for use of
the visiting club in broadcasting each game. |
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| 10.6 |
Player
Depiction and Club Promotion. |
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All
players, coaches, and other employees, and all League
officers and employees, grant to the club controlling
their contracts, and to the League severally and
jointly, or to the League only in the case of League
employees, the privilege and authority to use their
names and/or pictures for publicity and/or advertising
purposes in newspapers, magazines, motion pictures, game
programs and annual roster manuals, radio material,
audio and visual reproduction, and all other publicity
and/or advertising media, provided such publicity and/or
advertising does not in itself constitute an endorsement
by any individual player, coach, or employee of a
commercial product. |
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| 10.7 |
Scoreboard
Replays. |
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In
all USFL stadiums with the capability of displaying
visual replays of action occurring on the field, such
displays may be shown at any time during the game,
provided, however, that the selection of material for
the replays shall be at the home club' s discretion. |
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| 10.8 |
Licensing
Corporation. |
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If
the Members decide to grant to a corporation or other
organization any or all of the rights to sublicense the
reproduction of any visual images and/or sounds, or
other reproduction rights, the capital stock or other
equity interest in the corporation or other organization
must be equally owned by the Members, and any agreements
relating to the ownership must make provisions for
changes in the ownership to coincide with the addition
of Members, terminations of membership, and transfers of
membership. |
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