Bloomberg Business of Sports

Michael Barr, Vanessa Perdomo and Damian Sassower follow the money in the world of sports, taking listeners inside decisions that power the multibillion dollar industry. From media and technology to finance and real estate, leagues and teams across the globe have matured into far more than just back-page entertainment. The show explains the money behind the games.

  1. 12월 12일

    NASCAR, Michael Jordan’s Racing Team Settle Antitrust Suit

    Join hosts Michael Barr, Damian Sassower, Vanessa Perdomo and special guest host Bloomberg US sports business reporter Randall Williams for a look at some of the latest headlines and stories in the business of sports.  NASCAR on Thursday settled an antitrust lawsuit brought by Michael Jordan’s racing team alleging that the organization holds a monopoly over premier stock car racing in the US and that its charter agreements are unlawful. As a condition of the proposed deal, which came on the ninth day of a trial, NASCAR will amend the terms for existing charter holders, which will include a form of “evergreen” charters. Jordan’s team, 23XI Racing, and another plaintiff team, Front Row Motorsports Inc., will have chartered-team status for the 2026 season under the deal, according to a statement from the teams’ lead attorney, Jeffrey Kessler of Winston & Strawn LLP. Chartered teams are guaranteed racing slots in NASCAR’s elite Cup Series. The parties declined to disclose financial terms of the deal.On this episode, hear from: Bloomberg News US sports business reporter Randall Williams joins for a conversation with Martin Edel, co-chair of the sports law practice at Goulston & Storr and adjunct professor of law at Columbia University Bloomberg News US sports business reporter discusses a new, unique deal between private equity firm Otro Capital and the University of Utah Sports Business Journal NFL reporter Ben Fischer on SBJ's newly released Influence 125 - its annual list of the most influential figures in sports See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  2. 11월 21일

    MLB Strikes New Deals With NBC, ESPN & Netflix; Jordan Spieth's 'Crush It Cup'

    Join hosts Michael Barr, Damian Sassower and Vanessa Perdomo for a look at some of the latest headlines and stories in the business of sports.Major League Baseball reached new broadcast agreements with Comcast Corp.’s NBC Sports, Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN and Netflix Inc., clinching three-year deals valued at $800 million.Under the accords announced Wednesday, NBC and its Peacock streaming service will have Sunday night games and the wild-card playoffs in a $200 million-a-year deal starting next season, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.Netflix took the Home Run Derby and the opening day game in a $50 million-per-year deal, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the terms aren’t public. Netflix also won the rights to the Field of Dreams game, which is played where the movie Field of Dreams was made in Iowa. ESPN will air around 30 regular-season games, as it did previously, and now also has the rights to market MLB.TV as part of its ESPN streaming service. MLB.TV lets subscribers watch games outside the markets where they live. ESPN also gets in-market games for six teams. On this episode, hear from: Bloomberg News media reporter Hannah Miller joins to discuss MLB's new media deals Betr founder and CEO Joey Levy joins to discuss his sports & gaming platform PGA Tour star and three-time major winner Jordan Spieth joins to talk about his foundation's annual charity golf tournament and the state of pro golf See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  3. 11월 7일

    Big Viewership for MLB's Fall Classic; Briana Scurry Talks Goalies

    Join hosts Michael Barr, Damian Sassower and Vanessa Perdomo for a look at some of the latest headlines and stories in the business of sports.  An average of 51 million people across the US, Canada and Japan tuned in to see the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays in the final game of baseball’s World Series on last Saturday.The entire seven-game series had an average of 34 million viewers across the three countries, marking the largest audience for the championship since 1992 and a 19% increase from last year, according to Major League Baseball. The series was an international contest between Canada’s only MLB team and the Dodgers, whose roster includes Japanese baseball stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. On this episode, hear from: Sara Gotfredson, founder and CEO of Trailblazing Sports Group, a boutique firm specializing in the creation of women’s sports marketing initiatives and partnerships Briana Scurry, former USWNT goalkeeper, National Soccer Hall of Famer, two-time Olympic gold-medalist and member of the iconic 1999 Women’s World Cup champions sits down for a one-on-one with Vanessa Perdomo on goalies and more as part of our new Business of Soccer series Al Leiter, MLB Network Analyst, and a 19-year Major League veteran and two-time World Series champion talks a wild finish to the MLB season with a highly watched World Series and looks ahead to a busy offseason See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Michael Barr, Vanessa Perdomo and Damian Sassower follow the money in the world of sports, taking listeners inside decisions that power the multibillion dollar industry. From media and technology to finance and real estate, leagues and teams across the globe have matured into far more than just back-page entertainment. The show explains the money behind the games.

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