Music Licensing for Football, Hockey, Baseball, and other Professional Sports Leagues

The Professional League Music License allows you to play or perform all of the musical works in the BMI repertoire as often as you like. It s your ticket to perform our affiliates’ music in the following ways:

• a live performance or other musical attraction within your facility on a game day as long as there is no separate charge for that live performance;
• live or recorded music (from your own tapes, CDs, MP3s, etc.) used as entertainment for the spectators within your facility before, after and/or during games.

Please keep in mind that the agreement does not cover music performed in any hotel, restaurant or other facility at your place of business. It also does not include the right to record or reproduce any musical performance on tape, CD, MP3, etc.

Any league or individual team playing music in a facility where professional league games are being played, including exhibition, regular season, all star, playoff, and championship game(s).

For individual teams:

After the first contract year and at the same time that you pay your fee, you will submit a report (on a form provided by BMI) indicating your published attendance in the prior contract year and your license fee for that subsequent contract year, after multiplying your published attendance by the Attendance Fee Rate in your contract.

For leagues:

After the first contract year and at the same time that you pay your fee, you will submit a report (on a form provided by BMI) listing all teams in the league and the published attendance for each team in the prior contract year. You will also calculate your license fee for that subsequent contract year, after multiplying your published attendance by the Attendance Fee Rate in your contract