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The Sports Professor Rick Horrow reports on the latest football business news. Find out where Roger Goodell wants to bring the NFL to next and more.
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" But foxsports.com -- here in Tampa that is Super Bowl 43 we've been talking football all week long but now -- going to talk about. The business of the game and who better to talk to that. What's your official title to like call you sports professor Carl sports guru report that whatever you want to present day is Isaac cynical I. Well yeah I've been watching Laura maneuver with all of these interviews and this is like nothing that I've ever seen let it took -- I thought highly enough and I that the continent and it don't take it now to kind of I don't know I'm kind of a cabinet REI don't you were listening to data Roger Goodell to commissioner stayed in the league. I'm assuming -- serious now there's a lot of serious stuff going on right now with with all of us with the economy what did you talk about in terms of how the league is being affected right now well."
" I've known Roger for a long time and -- to put my journalist -- on and and look at some of the quotes because it's very well rehearsed. He talked about how the NFL needs to make sure that it's a flight to quality that's commissioner speak. We're thrown out the bad stuff and including a good stuff. He talked about -- the Super Bowl and the leak. Provides a valuable escape we've got to come together as Americans will dramatic but the bottom line is that Roger is holding ticket prices down three quarters of the teams are actually saving we're cutting cost. The league is laying people off it's not a good thing. But Roger understands at a time of uncertainty. You've got to be able takes on these kind of measures as we talked about. In terms of the people are spending the body which would be the owners in terms of these markets in the space -- right now. What's -- situation with the ever growing securities island what what what they talked about this because Roger was always a good politician. He's become a real good politician that -- a lot of questions that were asked. By a lot of local media about the respective stadium situations Minnesota -- get -- we hope so L Sampras sisco Oakland you can share well maybe. Los Angeles to get a Super Bowl fifty. Well that would be nice so Roger is folding in sending things out there for those markets and we understand for example. Miami Stephen Ross -- friend taking over that situation. In good hands when guys in a great owner becoming a really good owner now Arthur blank wants to build a new facility or a renovated facility in Georgia. So when you look at all of the state even market deals. They're moving in the right correct okay that's -- our country but all I don't -- down as his eyes on the world we've already seen London. Get a piece of the NFL this year thought the Patriots are playing in my right approximate the Patriots are playing what if he talked any further than that right now. Well 70000 tickets -- in the Patriots up for sale beginning this week sold. Big economy sold out really quickly really interesting. Mexico City they asked him with a big game there may be a Monday -- the guy asked well you know pick your teams like erratic her rocker said that's a possibility also. And of course the Toronto Buffalo dynamic. What's happening there the bills want to be regional franchise not moving to Toronto but actually expanding their market to include Toronto. Roger was very good at that. Even talked about Australia today Graham on why not while why not so well look the bottom line is the NFL is becoming a global 750 billion dollar juggernaut. And Roger Goodell is very good today bucket let me ask you to sum -- up this way we talk about the state of the league. The tall when you walked out there right now with so many people being so pessimistic about so much growth in our country and the lack of it -- did you feel about the -- You want it to be reserve because that's the tone in the Rogers dropped. On the other hand. This league is in better shape than any other league. And why you know that because even on a down year you have a 150000 people in Tampa wanting 70000. Tickets. You have a 120 million people watching the game on TV here. Another 303040 million watching it in countries that even understand the game they're going to watch. So as reserved as the NFL is it still a juggernaut gold standard of all sports nice and sense of good news story changed. For all your super -- that that includes business of course. Keep it right here keep it right here with Laura and fox for all your business and Super Bowl needs does that ladies and gentleman you by."
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