There's always conjecture in the background of some conversations regarding the complications of sponsor contracts. The most obvious example of these complications was the NEXTEL / AT&T battle.
With that in mind, I had come across an interview of the about the man helming the new and upcoming series on NBC called Knight Rider. (Yea, yea.. cool show, not cool show, should they remake it or let it be.. that's for a completely different blog realm) The more interesting part was his note about how 6 years ago (When the contracts were probably simpler than they are today) he and a partner had developed a NASCAR pilot for NBC but that he had issues bringing it all together. As he put it, "just trying to get all the rights to NASCAR and all the cars and all the owners and the drivers turned out to be a big problem (laughs)."
I'm guessing the contracts are so interwoven between teams, drivers, NASCAR and other entities that it must be a real bear to tackle any TV franchise to do with NASCAR...
If you're interested in this new Knight Rider show, or the source of the quote, check out the Shadowy Flight Site. A site dedicated to Knight Rider.
Where ya at, Bruce?! I thought it to be a tad ironic that this was your last post up given the recent rumor mill surround Jamie McMurray.
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Hey Tim: I think Jamie needs to find a different shop. He's the odd man out as he struggles on and off and he may be able to find a better match up somewhere else - heck, If Jr. moves his Nationwide team to Cup, maybe that will start a set of dominoes that would work to Jamie's advantage.
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