Quote of the Day
"If the soccer industry in the U.S. remains a business driven by economics, I think everyone will be successful. But if the industry is going to be a toy for the sheik from Qatar, then I don’t know what will happen."-- GolTV COO Rodrigo Lombello, on Al Jazeera’s beIN Sport making a foray into the U.S. with rights to the men’s national soccer team FIFA World Cup qualifying road games. (N.Y. TIMES, 8/31)
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