Word: autographed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...COMMISSIONER, A THOUGHTFUL, decent man, has a lot to worry about, what with the Balkanization of his league, Dallas owner Jerry Jones' cutting his own marketing deals, a salary-cap system that pleases nobody and one of his referees' asking a star quarterback for his autograph before a game. An early-season prediction by Minnesota Vikings owner Roger Headrick seems to have come true. Responding to Jones' ambush marketing scheme, Headrick said, "You've got chaos; you've got bedlam; you've got...baseball." But there is one aspect of baseball that Tagliabue would love to have: its antitrust exemption...
...case, Simpson could use an influx of cash. The best source of that, experts say, may be for him to encamp on the margins of celebrity: O.J. could sell his story to magazines and tabloids and peddle his autograph at card shows. Frank Vuono, president and CEO of Integrated Sports International, which handles a score of pro football players, says Simpson could probably demand a six-figure sum from card-show organizers. "He's a novelty," says Vuono. "I imagine you'll see O.J. Websites and O.J. collectibles and all sorts of stuff. That's the crazy world we live...
...before we could truly enjoy discounted ticket prices, before we could take full advantage of hour-long post-game autograph sessions, our loyalty returned and the post-strike pampering of fans reversed...
...three models agreed that, for the most part, the media and the autograph seekers were courteous...
Nadia Boulos '96, who did not attend the autograph session but posed for the Ivy League issue fully clothed in a group shot, said yesterday that she had a different opinion...