Bulls, Lakers, and NY Yankees have all paid Pat Riley $$$
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Bulls, Lakers, and NY Yankees have all paid Pat Riley $$$
He trademarked the term three-peat in 1989. Bulls three-peat twice after, Yanks & Lakers in the early 2000s. Any time merchandise is produced using that term, Riley gets royalties from it. In 1993 alone, Riley got almost $300,000 for commercial sales featuring the Bulls three-peat.
Re: Bulls, Lakers, and NY Yankees have all paid Pat Riley $$
not bad for a guy who was 0-4 vs the Bulls during both threepeats.Havlicekstealsit wrote:He trademarked the term three-peat in 1989. Bulls three-peat twice after, Yanks & Lakers in the early 2000s. Any time merchandise is produced using that term, Riley gets royalties from it. In 1993 alone, Riley got almost $300,000 for commercial sales featuring the Bulls three-peat.
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