MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

          The board of Soccer Australia will decide this weekend
     between bids from IMG and the Rivkin Group for its marketing
     and promotional rights.  The deal will "encompass most of
     the game's revenue streams, barring television" (SYDNEY
     MORNING HERALD, 10/21)....T-Wolves G Stephon Marbury, who
     dropped agent Eric Fleisher, has formally signed with FAME's
     David Falk (Mult., 10/21)....Sixers G Allen Iverson was at
     the ESPN Zone in Baltimore last night to launch his new
     Reebok sneaker and its ad campaign (PHILA. INQUIRER, 10/21).