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A professional sports team and related items (including a stadium)were bought by an exceedingly wealthy investor and sports fan. The negotiated price was $225,000,000. Details of what was purchased and the agreed fair values are as follows:
 Fair value in $ millions  Stadium 70 Land 20 Cable TV broadcasting contract 9 Player contracts 31 Spectator leases on luxury viewing boxes 9 Product licensing agreements 17 Season ticker subscriber list 18 Contacts and commitments for use of stadium 27 The "team" imputed or residual value 24 Total 225\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline & \begin{array} { r } \text { Fair value in } \$ \\\text { millions }\end{array} \\\hline\text { Stadium }&70 \\\hline \text { Land } & 20 \\\hline \text { Cable TV broadcasting contract } &9 \\\hline \text { Player contracts } & 31 \\\hline \text { Spectator leases on luxury viewing boxes } & 9 \\\hline \text { Product licensing agreements } & 17 \\\hline \text { Season ticker subscriber list } & 18 \\\hline \text { Contacts and commitments for use of stadium } & 27 \\\hline \text { The "team" imputed or residual value } & \underline{24}\\\hline \text { Total } &225 \\\hline\end{array} The team has been less than successful in its professional sports league and has been recording losses of $1,000,000 to $8,000,000 per year on its audited financial statements for the past five years. It was these losses that prompted the last owner to sell the team and related assets.
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a. Of the $225 million purchase price, how much of it relates to tangible assets? What percentage of the purchase price relates to tangible assets?
b. Describe the nature of the future economic benefits associated with each of the intangible assets acquired. For example, for the cablevision broadcasting contract, this would be the present value of the future payments expected from contracts for the broadcast of games on cablevision channels plus potential renewal contracts thereafter.

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