ESPN, USTA Finalize 11-Year Deal For U.S. Open ESPN, USTA Close To Deal For U.S. Open Exclusivity U.S. Open Refs, Umps Part Of Class Action Suit Boise Set To Host Davis Cup Quarterfinal USTA Expects CBS To Increase U.S. Open Rights Fee USTA Responds To Player Pressure USTA To Up U.S. Open Prize Money Grand Slams To Up Drug Testing Funds ATP Opposes U.S. Open Schedule Change A Closer Look At USTA's Proposed Expansion
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ESPN, USTA Sign 11-Year Deal Worth More Than $770M To Put U.S. Open Solely On Cable
Published May 16, 2013 by John OurandESPN and the USTA signed an 11-year deal worth more than $770M for... ...Burling and Sports Media Advisors represented the USTA on the deal. The USTA initiated renewal talks with CBS in March, but CB... It took ESPN and the USTA a little more than two weeks to fashion a "Wimble... ...e are proud of our long-term association with the USTA and wish them well.
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ESPN Close To A Deal With The USTA To Move The U.S. Open Exclusively To Cable
Published May 13, 2013 by John Ourand...inalized yet, as CBS is still in contact with the USTA and hopeful of keeping a piece of the tournament.... But several sources have said that ESPN and the USTA have agreed on a framework that would have ESPN p... CBS started negotiations with the USTA earlier this year, and the net's exclusive negoti... ESPN's pitch to the USTA was of a Wimbledon-style deal, where ESPN picks u... The USTA has announced plans to schedule championship matc...
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Judge Rules All U.S. Open Refs, Umpires Since '05 Are Part Of Class Action Lawsuit
Published April 26, 2013 by Daniel Kaplan...are now part of a class action lawsuit suing the USTA for back pay and damages, a N.Y. federal judge ru... ...only, and then members would have to opt in. The USTA had stoutly resisted creating the class, arguing... The USTA also argued there was so much difference between... ...Carter wrote in his opinion he disagreed with the USTA contention that there was so much difference betw... The USTA could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Oddity Of Placing Davis Cup Quarterfinal Tie In Boise Generating Local Interest
Published April 05, 2013...ovic would "not be the only one wondering" if the USTA had "taken a wrong turn in the star-studded ski r... USTA Team Events Senior Dir Jeff Ryan said his childre... " That "works fine" for the USTA. ...per-capita adult recreational leagues run by the USTA, plenty of public outdoor courts and once was hom...
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USTA Expects CBS To Increase U.S. Open Rights Fee In Renewal Negotiations
Published March 25, 2013The USTA is in "early talks to renew its broadcast agreeme... The sources added that the USTA has “indicated in the early talks that its goal i... ...her rights fee in the future “may explain why the USTA last week announced it had agreed to player deman... ” USTA Dir of Corporate Communications Chris Widmaier sa... ” The sources said that the USTA is “banking on a healthy rights fee environment.
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U.S. Open Pay, Schedule Changes Came In Response To Player Pressure
Published March 21, 2013...s final followed a series of meetings between the USTA and “many of the top players, who for the past ye... USTA Chair, CEO & President Dave Haggerty said that th... ...ze money “will become the biggest burden” for the USTA, which “vowed it would not increase ticket prices... ” The USTA’s revenue for ‘12 was $302M, with $223M “coming f... The WALL STREET JOURNAL’s Tom Perrotta wrote the USTA “took the unprecedented step” of doubling last ye...
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USTA Increasing U.S. Open Prize Money; Men's Final Moving Back To Sunday In '15
Published March 20, 2013The USTA today announced that U.S. Open prize money will i... ...ear," according to Howard Fendrich of the AP. The USTA also will "permanently schedule the men's semifin... ...ed” five-year agreement with the ATP and WTA, the USTA also is making an additional $4.6M. The USTA “does not plan to pay for the higher prize money... ” USTA Exec Dir & COO Gordon Smith said, "Frankly, we'll...
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Tennis Grand Slams Will Pledge More Funds To Increase Drug Testing
Published February 28, 2013USA TODAY’s Douglas Robson cites a USTA official as saying that the Grand Slams “would ro...
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ATP Releases Statement Opposing U.S. Open Men's Final Scheduling Change
Published December 17, 2012...a statement saying it has "made it clear" to the USTA that it does not support a Monday final for the U... ...to pursue this matter in its discussions with the USTA. In N.Y., Lynn Zinser noted the USTA's scheduling change brings an end to "the Super S... ” He tweeted, “Very nice of #USTA to make a Monday final without talking to players... ” The source said that the USTA will “have to give back money to broadcast partne...
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A Closer Look At The USTA's Proposed Expansion Of Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Published November 09, 2012The USTA has “begun a push to garner public support for th... ” The USTA claims that the plan would “alienate a total of .... ...ss Coalition of Queens have “taken to calling the USTA’s plan an ‘incremental landgrab,’ positing the no... ” The USTA’s "original footprint in the park started at 22 a... ” But USTA Managing Dir of Facility Operations Daniel Zausne...
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USTA Looks To Distance Its Flushing Meadows Project From Other Land Proposals
Published October 30, 2012The USTA “hopes to expand its Queens facility by less than... The USTA is “currently in the process of trying to acquire...
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MLS' Flushing Meadows Soccer Stadium Proposal Raises Concerns For USTA
Published October 10, 2012The USTA “could prove the most intriguing and deep-pockete... Many local residents “look with suspicion on the USTA as it, too, plans to take another small bite out... ” USTA officials “view a soccer stadium with concern.” USTA Exec Dir & COO Gordon Smith said, “It raises a lo... ” Meanwhile, the USTA “wants to build a new tennis facility and parking... ” When the USTA “cut a deal" with the administration of former N....
