LEAGUE NOTES

          NFL: Following the resolution of a labor dispute in
     favor of the NFLPA, the league's projected salary cap
     "jumped another" $1M yesterday, to $52.507M for the '98
     season (USA TODAY, 2/11)....Joe Kapp said that he and his
     associates are "preparing to present" plans for their new
     All-Star Football League to networks shut out of last
     month's TV deals: "We think we have the people in position
     to be heard by NBC and Ted Turner" (OAKLAND TRIBUNE, 2/10).
          IHL: The '99 IHL All-Star game will be played in
     Cincinnati (IHL)....NFL Saints Owner Tom Benson, who was
     awarded an IHL expansion franchise in New Orleans, said that
     he thinks the city and IHL "would be a good fit," adding, "I
     think we have a lot better opportunity to support one major
     league and three [minor league teams], than you would have
     to bring in another major league, where you're competing for
     such high dollars.  And you're getting away from more of the
     family-type entertainment" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 2/11).