HOW 'BOUT THAT DEBT OFFERING! NFL TO FLOAT BOND TODAY?

          The NFL's $600M bond issue "may be sold as soon as
     today," according to Newman & French of the WALL STREET
     JOURNAL.  The issue "is expected to yield" about two
     percentage points more than the "benchmark 30-year Treasury
     bond" -- at about 7% -- and is "supported largely" by the
     NFL's lucrative national TV deal.  Despite NFL TV ratings
     being "off as much as 11% from a year ago ... browsers have
     flocked to recent presentations" about the offering.  John
     Queen, portfolio manager at L.A.-based Hotchkis & Wiley,
     said the offering "will be a fun name to have in a
     portfolio" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 10/21).