In 2007, the league signed a television deal with ESPN that would run from 2009 to 2016.

The league signed players who then entered a pool for the league's first draft which did not take place until 1996.

Of the 50 foreigners the league has signed this year, 12 are European.

Over the next two decades, more minor leagues signed various versions of the National Agreement.

The network contracts the league signed in 1982 were valued at almost $2.1 billion - or $75 million a team.

This is the result of the labor agreement that the league signed in June 1993.

A year ago, the league signed a multiyear deal with Spalding, which supplies the leather ball now used.

On May 14, 2010, the league signed an agreement with Pointstreak.

So far, the new league has signed only 15 players, and no coaches.

The Coliseum is owned by the state, so the league would sign a 25-year lease that could be extended to 55 years.