WILL PREMIER LEAGUE FACE $32M SUIT FROM FORMER BSKYB EXECS?

          The English Premier League could face a "breach of
     contract" lawsuit of "up to" $32M from former BSkyB execs
     Sam Chisholm and David Chance, according to Mihir Bose of
     the London TELEGRAPH.  League clubs decided yesterday to
     "reject the revised terms" of their current TV rights,
     marking the "third time [league Chair David] Richards has
     failed to broker" a settlement deal with Chisholm and
     Chance."  The rejected TV deal made "no mention" of Chisholm
     and Chance receiving a stake in a potential new Premier
     League TV channel and an upfront payment of $800,000 per
     year, terms similar to the original Premier League agreement
     if they were to deliver a "lucrative" Premier League TV
     package.  But Chisholm & Chance have "legal advice that
     their [original] contract is binding" (TELEGRAPH, 8/20).