The new eight-year agreement covers the 2012-2019 seasons and stipulates that current officials will retain their defined benefit plans until 2016 or until an official earns 20 years of service.

Greece and U.S. Sign Pact An eight-year agreement with the new Conservative Government will permit continued operation of American bases.

"I signed up for an eight-year agreement that said four years active and four years inactive," Mrs. Waters said.

England's eight-year agreement with Premiership Rugby allows them access and a degree of control over their elite players through the season.

The network signed an eight-year agreement with Soccer United Marketing, the league's marketing division.

Under the eight-year agreement, Trinity will assume the costs of storing the documents and will help raise money to make the memorial's holdings part of a computerized national archive of historical documents.

In line with this, DLSU entered an eight-year agreement with the Philippine Sports Commission.

Under the eight-year agreement, Toshiba will share specifications and technology with Samsung, which will make flash chips that are compatible with Toshiba's.

The new treaty is an eight-year agreement, unlike the old treaty, which had to be renewed every five years.

As part of the eight-year agreement, ESPN2 will televise 26 regular-season and three playoff MLS matches each year, all in primetime on Thursdays.