BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : SEPTEMBER 25, 2000 ISSUE
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INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS The Game's Woes TV RIGHTS Payments from broadcasters are soaring, but most of the money ends up in the pockets of the big, successful teams SALARIES Players' wages are rising about 25% a year and could rise faster if the European Commission decrees free agency WEAK ADMINISTRATION Soccer's two major governing bodies, FIFA and UEFA, can't agree on how to respond to intense EC pressure DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Football's Rich Clubs May Run the Rest off the Field (int'l edition) TABLE: The Game's Woes INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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