[BC] NFL pleading poverty

[Ron Castro]

IIRC, the NFL is not a licensee, therefore has 'no dog in that fight' when 
it comes to coordination of broadcast licensees. The licensees are 
responsible for coordination...the NFL has nothing to do with any RF, except 
for their own wireless field communications equipment and standard 
'itinerate business communications frequencies.  I don't see how the SBE 
coordinating licensed stations is any different than the standard 
coordination they had done for years for the whole broadcast industry.

And you still haven't told us Mario, what's your beef with the NFL?  Did you 
lose a big bet on the Superbowl?

Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mario Hieb, P.E." <mario at xmission.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 4:57 PM
Subject: [BC] NFL pleading poverty


> Event frequency coordination is different than local frequency 
> coordination. The local stations are known by the FCC as "incumbents." 
> When an event comes to town and uses a large number of frequencies, the 
> event is liable for any interference. By the way, most local coordinators 
> are paid appropriately by their employer, the local stations.
>
> So let's say the Super Bowl comes to your city. Does the local station 
> (incumbent) pay for coordination (no)? Does the TV rightsholding network 
> pay (no)? Does the NFL pay (no)? In my opinion, the NFL and the TV 
> rightsholder should pay; they are the ones using the spectrum and causing 
> the interference. This is how we do it in the Olympics with great success.
>
> I can't say yes or no about my doing frequency coordination for the NFL; 
> it's sort of impractical because I live far from an NFL team. I have heard 
> of individuals who were paid by NFL, until SBE squeezed them out. The 
> point, however, is moot because the NFL would never pay me for something 
> they get for free.
>
> It's really a matter of principle. As professionals, we should stand up 
> for each other when it comes to appropriate compensation. If your boss 
> called me up and said, "Ron Castro is making too much money. I'd like to 
> fire him and hire you," my reply (as a professional) should and would be: 
> "I'm sure that Ron is worth far more than you what you pay him. You should 
> be lucky you have him"
>
> SBE claims that, although NFL values what SBE does for it, it can't afford 
> to pay them appropriately. If I were SBE, I would say, "Sorry, but we are 
> professionals, and we don't give away our services."
>
> By the way, the NFL-network TV deal for the years 1998 to 2005 was $17.6 
> billion (L.A. Times), that's about $2.5 billion a year. And SBE president 
> Ray Benedict says they don't have any money for frequency coordination.
>
> My beef with the NFL is they have the nerve to ask SBE to subsidize their 
> multi-billion dollar empire. My beef with SBE is that they believe that 
> "NFL is poor" and that engineers should volunteer their professional 
> services.
>
> Mario
>
>
>
> At 11:02 PM 5/21/2005, you wrote:
>>Message: 5
>>Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 10:36:49 -0700
>>From: "Ron Castro" <ronc at sonic.net>
>>Subject: Re: [BC] GDC's
>>To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
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>>How is this any different than when the SBE did frequency coordination for
>>individual "for-profit" radio and TV stations?  And what's your beef with
>>the NFL?  It seems you have a real hot-button about that.  Is it because
>>you're trying to sell those same services to the NFL?
>>
>>Ron Castro
>>Chief Technical Officer
>>Results Radio, LLC
>
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