Football has grown to be an integral part of American culture. Unlike many other iconic sports in America, football grew its popularity in the collegiate setting prior to evolving into a professional sport. ... The rapid growth of the National Basketball Association (NBA) led to an increased interest in intercollegiate basketball game and many NBA stars were recruited from college.   The NBA grappled with the challenges of youthful talent and recently set an age limit that stopped players from joining a professional basketball team as soon as they left high school." ... In the arena of colleg...

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Traditionally, Television broadcast has been the means by which most Americans have been able to view football games. ... The League has the ability to negotiate with the television networks knowing that all 256 or so regular season NFL games and three weeks of play-offs plus the Superbowl capture a record number of American males between the ages of 18 and 34. ... This year in baseball, the ultimate large capital sports franchise, the New York Yankees under the ownership of George Steinbrenner, didn't just negotiate a blockbuster deal for the broadcast of the Yankees without the MLB; h...

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