NFLPA TO TAKE OVER FOX'S ROLE AS PARTNER IN NFL EUROPE

          The NFLPA has "agreed to increase its participation" in
     NFL Europe through increasing its "defined gross revenue
     credits" under the current CBA with the NFL, according to
     USA TODAY's Gordon Forbes.  Under a plan, the NFLPA will
     increase its credits from $5M to $15M in 2001 and '02, then
     to $20M in '03.  Forbes: "In effect, the NFLPA will absorb
     under the league's salary cap NFL Europe costs of $9.45
     million, based on 63% of defined gross revenues."  The move
     follows Fox' withdrawal as a 50% partner in NFL Europe (see
     THE DAILY, 9/1). Forbes adds that each NFL team "will be
     asked to contribute" $300,000 toward NFL Europe operational
     costs next year.  Giants co-Owner & NFL Finance Committee
     member Bob Tisch, on whether there will ever be an NFL team
     overseas: "I don't think so.  I just think it will take a
     long, long time for it to go over" (USA TODAY, 9/20).