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TV Rights Fees Draining Profit Margins as Live Sports Keep Industry Afloat
While live sports programming is the only thing keeping the lights on at the Big Four broadcast networks and is the glue that holds the rickety cable bundle together…
Walmart Heir Rob Walton Stalks Broncos Amid Mile High NFL Valuations
Rob Walton recently made a purchase, a splurge meant to facilitate a long-pursued interest. He bought an electric bike. Most Saturdays Walton takes a 75-mile ride. He’s…
Sporticast: American Money Circling Mexican Soccer, Latest in NFL Biz
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including yet another…
FTC Crackdown on TikTok Influencers Adds to NIL Pitfalls as Feds Join Fray
At a time when there is much hand-wringing over the NCAA’s passive approach to NIL enforcement and related saber-rattling over state NIL statutes and federal antitrust…
NFL Player Jock Tax Gets More Complex With Pay Schedule Change
Justin Jones, a third-round pick of the San Diego Chargers in 2018, faced professional hurdles in the transition to the NFL, from adjusting to the speed of the pro game…
Trae Young Nets $35 Million as All-NBA Media Votes Mean Dollars: Data Viz
Contract incentives are common in professional sports. Most are small relative to the size of the overall salary: Catch 45 passes in an NFL season, earn an extra couple…
NFL May Scrap Pro Bowl as Owners Consider Injuries, Ad Cash
The NFL is chewing over a number of ways to improve the Pro Bowl, and among the options that are on the table is the outright elimination of the 72-year-old…
Sports DAOs Harness the ‘Mob’ With Blockchain Tech and Fans in Charge
Flex Chapman (no, not his real name) believes fans could do more for their favorite teams than just cheer from the stands. And he thinks one of the newest…
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Soccer’s Geopolitics Loses Energy as Champions League Final Nears
Today’s guest columnist is professor Simon Chadwick of the Emlyon Business School in Paris. There is an old cliché that a week in soccer is a long time, which means that…
Varsity’s Antitrust Plaintiffs Ramp Up Battles on Cheerleading Stage
The billion-dollar all-star cheerleading industry, long dominated by Varsity Brands, is beginning to see glimmers of a more open market. The cracks of daylight follow a…
UFC to Debut in France After 10-Year Campaign Boosts Global Goals
UFC’s announcement that it will host its first event in France on Sept. 3 at the Accor Arena in Paris follows a decade-long push to enter France, where MMA was illegal…
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