Originally posted by PKing
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Here's a article quote I was able to dig up real quick about the NBC deal & what I believe all the deals to be similar models of. I'll look into other quotes later.
NBC was more likely to shear the feathers from its pea**** than it was to pay for a boxing series. But Haymon wasn’t suggesting a rights fee. Instead, it was Haymon who was willing to write a sizable check to NBC. But he wanted more than the traditional time-buy, where the network would take his money and wish him well.
Haymon wanted NBC Sports to not only air his series, eventually to be labeled Premier Boxing Champions, but to bless it. He wanted it produced by NBC, using front-line talent, with features and vignettes like those that are the hallmark of its Olympics coverage. He wanted the network to help promote the series across its assets.
Eventually, they reached a complex two-year agreement in which Haymon would pay handsomely for air time but NBC would invest as well, paying for some of the production costs, delivering Al Michaels, Marv Albert and Sugar Ray Leonard as on-air talent, and providing promotional assets.
Haymon wanted NBC Sports to not only air his series, eventually to be labeled Premier Boxing Champions, but to bless it. He wanted it produced by NBC, using front-line talent, with features and vignettes like those that are the hallmark of its Olympics coverage. He wanted the network to help promote the series across its assets.
Eventually, they reached a complex two-year agreement in which Haymon would pay handsomely for air time but NBC would invest as well, paying for some of the production costs, delivering Al Michaels, Marv Albert and Sugar Ray Leonard as on-air talent, and providing promotional assets.
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