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...short-term goal. "The domestic market is a mature market," says Simon Chadwick, professor of sport business strategy and marketing at Coventry University. "We're not seeing huge growth in the retail and merchandise markets." So, while domestic attendance has climbed this season, boosting income further means pushing up ticket prices or knocking up even bigger stadiums. That, or playing in front of a new, hungry audience. Scudamore wouldn't say how much money the proposed "international round" would generate for the teams...
NASCAR seems to be shying away from core fans to go more mainstream. Is that a mistake? -Laura Eddy, GREENVILLE, S.C.I don't think so. When you have a sport that's grown the way this sport has, you have to capitalize on it. The ticket prices could be a little less, though. We have to keep our fans watching not just at home on TV but here at the racetrack too. This is where you sell people on the speed and excitement of racing...
...TIME poll reveals that 62% of Democrats want Clinton to put Obama on the ticket; 51% want Obama to return the favor if he is the nominee. The party's right brain and left brain, dancing together at last, right...
...reverse all that and join forces with the Clintons would be seen as a huge betrayal of his most galvanizing argument-as well as his character-by many of his followers. The numbers back this up. In Time's poll, 58% of Clinton backers favor bringing Obama onto the ticket; nearly the same percentage (56%) of Obama supporters favor choosing someone else...
...weeks after the assassination of Bhutto, that mission has become a sacred trust, and for candidates such as Hussain campaigning on the PPP ticket, a potent political boon. Analysts, diplomats and politicians are expecting a large PPP sympathy vote on February 18, when Pakistanis go to the polls in an election that very well could lead to the ouster of President Pervez Musharraf, if the opposition wins a majority in parliament. "It's all about Benazir now," says Hussain. "After the 27th, I am much less relevant. It sounds terrible, but the death of Benazir has increased our chances...