UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT AND IMG COLLEGE FORM ATHLETICS MULTI-MEDIA RIGHTS PARTNERSHIP
The University of Connecticut has reached an agreement with IMG College, a division of IMG Worldwide, for a 10-year athletics multi-media rights partnership worth more than $80 million in guaranteed payments to the University. The contract was approved by the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees today and now goes to the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Connecticut for final approval.

GOODYEAR CHOOSES IMG FOR INTERNATIONAL LICENSING REPRESENTATION
IMG Licensing, a division of global sports and entertainment company IMG, announced today that it has been selected by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company as its agency for licensing the Goodyear brand outside of the North America region.

IMG COLLEGE INKS WEST COAST CONFERENCE TO MULTI-MEDIA AGREEMENT
IMG College, a division of IMG Worldwide, today announced that it has reached a four-year partnership with the West Coast Conference to become its exclusive multi-media rights partner. The agreement will run through July 2012 with an option for an additional four years, and includes a comprehensive multi-media rights sponsorship deal encompassing media and corporate sponsor elements for the Conference.

CHIEFS IN MIDST OF NAMING RIGHTS SEARCH
The Kansas City Chiefs and global sports and entertainment company IMG have entered into an agreement to pursue a sponsor for naming rights to Arrowhead Stadium. Arrowhead, constructed in ’72, is in the midst of a three-year $375 million dollar renovation project to be completed in 2010.

SPONSORS OF THE JB GROUP CLASSIC 2008 REAPED HK $411M WORTH OF SPONSORSHIP VALUE
Comperio Research – the research arm of IMG – recently conducted a valuation of the sponsorship rights to the JB Group Classic 2008. The study was commissioned by The Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association (TPA), who as organisers of the tournament required research to help them quantify the return on investment (ROI) delivered to sponsors.