The following details the investors in the WUSA's
proposed eight franchises for their launch next April. The
Washington, DC, team's operating investment is a 50-50
partnership between league Chair John Hendricks and Comcast
Corporation. Amos Hostetter is the main investor in the
Boston franchise and a 50% partner in the S.F. franchise
with Hendricks (WUSA).
MARKET WUSA INVESTOR INVESTMENT AMOUNT
New York area Time Warner Cable $5,000,000
Tampa-Orlando Time Warner Cable $5,000,000
Atlanta Cox Enterprises $5,000,000
San Diego Cox Communications $5,000,000
Boston Amos Hostetter $5,000,000
Philadelphia Comcast Corp. $5,000,000
Washington, DC John Hendricks (50%) $2,500,000
(partnership) Comcast Corp. (50%) $2,500,000
San Francisco Amos Hostetter (50%) $2,500,000
(partnership) John Hendricks (50%) $2,500,000
TOTAL $40,000,000
ALL TOGETHER NOW? In Ft. Worth, Blane Bachelor writes
on the potential of dual women's pro league bids by the WUSA
and MLS: "Whether America's already saturated sports
landscape can muster seasonlong support for yet another
professional league has yet to be seen. But the popularity
of the U.S. women's national team has given plenty of soccer
officials and investors enough of a thumbs up to launch
plans. It would be a shame to see that early optimism
diminished" (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 4/12).
