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One of the ideas behind buybacks is that they leverage off nostalgia and a second chance to get something they might have missed or a classic card with a new spin. In reality, the response towards buyback cards has been mixed.

They might not fetched nearly the same amounts as a signed buyback of a classic rookie card, but 2007 Topps Star Wars 30th Anniversary has one of the more popular basic buyback programs. Each hobby box of the product came with an original card from 1977 with a special stamp. With a good number of collectors going after a full run from all five series, the cards took off. Some of the series are tougher to pull than others.

\"New Fox,\" the company that will remain after Rupert Murdoch sells $71.3 billion worth of 21st Century Fox assets to Disney, is the leading contender to buy back the RSNs it \"sold\" to Disney as part of the larger transaction, according to people familiar with the matter. Those networks broadcast the games of 44 professional teams from Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League

Formal offers haven't come in yet. As Sports Business Daily reported, Disney only recently sent out its bid book to prospective buyers. News that Fox was considering buying back the channels was previously reported by The Information.

Disney is a motivated seller because it can't get its larger deal for Fox done without divesting the networks. The Department of Justice forced Disney, which owns ESPN, to sell the networks to alleviate concerns about too much sports programming power in the hands of one company. In fact, the networks might never even change hands, depending on when Disney's larger deal of Fox closes.

Regional sports networks used to be huge value-adds for the cable industry. They carry exclusive broadcasting rights to local games, which come with devoted fan bases. About a decade ago, the networks began to hike carriage fees, knowing cable providers would agree to the higher prices rather than risk alienating customers by blacking out the networks. That led to a steady rise in the cost of cable for consumers. Residents of markets like New York or Los Angeles, which have multiple teams and a handful of RSNs, were paying fees up to $10 a month (baked into their monthly cable bill) whether or not they were watching the games.

In recent years, pay-TV providers, which have seen millions of customers cut the cord, have started to see RSNs differently. Providers have pushed to tier them onto packages that appeal just to sports fans while keeping costs lower for everyone else. This has decreased the value of the networks, which are no longer automatically part of everyone's basic cable packages.

Several pay-TV providers have dropped regional sports networks, refusing to pay their high programming fees. For instance, SportsNet LA, which broadcasts L.A. Dodgers games, which hasn't been carried by DirecTV for five straight years.

If Fox ends up with the sports networks again, part of the reason will be that no other large pay-TV distributor -- Charter, AT&T, Comcast or Dish -- saw value in owning the networks. While Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley has discussed making an offer for the networks with private equity support, it would need quite a bit of help. Sinclair's market capitalization is just $2.8 billion. The regional sports networks were valued at more than $20 billion, according to a Guggenheim Securities analysis.

(Disney, by the way, will end up getting $15 billion back for selling its 39 percent stake in Sky and possibly about $20 billion for the RSNs, making that $71.3 billion Fox deal look more like $36 billion.)

It's possible Google, Amazon or another technology company would eventually be interested in the networks for the sports rights. But that seems unlikely. The regional sports networks are tied to a legacy cable system that tech companies typically view as anathema. If Amazon or Google wants regional sports rights, they can just wait until current contracts expire and bid on them then.

The final irony is Fox's decision to sell the RSNs to Disney may have actually convinced Murdoch that it was better off keeping them. In the months following Fox's decision to sell, New Fox has clarified its focus, centering itself around news and sports. Netflix publicly praised the company for that decision last week.

The Yankees launched YES, the most-watched regional sports network in the country, in 2002, and the original investors were the baseball team, Goldman Sachs and the owners of the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets basketball team. The YES Network features programming for the Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, New York City FC (Major League Soccer), Manchester City (Premier League) and the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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Academy's efforts to buy back some of its debt represents one more tool that retailers struggling with balance sheet ills have to stay out of bankruptcy court. More common of late is the distressed exchange negotiated beforehand with lenders.

Meanwhile, J. Crew, which inked a legally contentious debt swap in 2017, reportedly went back to creditors to discuss another debt deal this spring. And it remains unclear whether Neiman's deal can buy it enough time to ultimately make headway on its debt load and reduce its interest obligations.

About a year ago, Academy Sports + Outdoors brought in the former CEO of Foot Locker as the retailer tried to manage a turbulent sports retail market dominated by Dick's and Bass Pro Shops. At the time, Academy Sports + Outdoors controlled 11% of the market to Dick's 19%.

Here is how the buyback can be implemented: Allow each owner a year to trade in their assault weapon or large magazines for full market value. Then give the procrastinators a six-month grace period in which they can trade theirs in for half the value.

Now, the Department of Homeland Security has an annual budget of $97 billion. So, this buyback would cost at most one-fifth of the DHS Budget. That would be for one year only! And it would save many lives for many years.

A new initiative from Fanatics, the 2022 Topps MVP Buyback promotion offers collectors a chance to sell back select Chrome Baseball cards for store credit. This program is part of Topps' celebration for Small Business Saturday.

From there, the 2022 Topps MVP Buyback program awards a set amount of store credit, depending on the card. Base cards and image variations are worth $20 and base Refractors earn $40. The numbered parallels can be redeemed for $100, if the print run is more than 100 copies, or for $200, if less than 100 copies.

Those wondering what will happen to the Judge / Goldschmidt cards will have to wait a little longer for the details. Per Topps, \"we have something fun and exciting planned for the cards that are bought back.\"

Metering all secondary water systems, continuing work with farmers and ranchers to reduce water consumption and starting a statewide turf buyback program are all steps Utah needs to take to be more waterwise, Gov. Spencer Cox said Thursday.

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NASCAR and Turner Sports announced a deal that will see NASCAR buy back its digital rights from Turner and take over the management of NASCAR.com in '13. Under the agreement, Turner will continue to oversee digital ad sales through '16. Turner has held NASCAR's digital rights since '00. \"One of the keys for me was to have our digital relationship run beyond our TV deal,\" said Turner President of Sales, Distribution & Sports David Levy. NASCAR's TV deal with Turner ends in '14. \"It was also important for me to keep quality content -- and NASCAR has quality content -- in our portfolio.\" NSACAR VP/Digital Media Marc Jenkins said the deal allows the sanctioning body to invest in its digital operations for the first time. Jenkins: \"A third-party is not going to invest to build something out unless there are some economics there to drive it. From my perspective, we're going to put the fan experience first and build a level of engagement we just don't have and need to build.\" The deal immediately gives NASCAR more editorial control of NASCAR.com. The sanctioning body will spend the rest of the year developing plans for what it wants NASCAR.com to look like after it takes it over in '13. It will begin hiring staff and digital experts to support that vision, as well. Jenkins said: \"This announcement allows us to go full steam into the market and figure that out.\" Jenkins said NASCAR averages 6.5 million monthly uniques, far less than the 50 million monthly uniques digital ad buyers typically look for when making media buys. That was primary reason NASCAR cut a deal that will see Turner continue to sell advertising for NASCAR.com through '16. Jenkins: \"You need someone to aggregate a ton of traffic to go to advertisers with scale. Turner does that and in the digital space there's no better group than David and his team\" (Ourand & Mickle, SportsBusiness Journal). 59ce067264

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