I have never been the world's biggest soccer (football for my European readers) fan. I have attended a Columbus Crew game, that is an American Major League Soccer (MLS) team, in the past. I watch soccer sometimes when it is on ESPN, it is often the Champions League finals, and I will root for the USA during the World Cup. However, that is where my soccer fandom ends -- as far as I am concerned, "football" is the game played with the oblong, pigskin ball featuring two heavily armored teams battling on the gridiron for the ultimate supremacy in either the NFL or NCAA.
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It has been a busy week in the world of sports business, with several stories vying for the spot as the big story of the week. That said, let's take a look at the news that surfaced.First, Manchester United Football Club (that's soccer ladies and gents) announced that it will replace American International Group on its shirts with Aon in 2010. The agreement is called a basic 20-million-pound-a-year rights fee. Supposedly, the soccer team received bids from three or four different companies, but settled on Aon. Supposedly the deal includes Aon paying commissions to the club from the sale of insurance policies to the club's fan base along with match-related bonuses. It appears that Manchester United will make an extra five million pounds a year from this deal.
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