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Michael Jordan is the highest-paid athlete of all-time by far He earned $275 million in 2025, mostly from Nike, to bring his lifetime inflation-adjusted earnings up to $4.5 billion, per @Sportico https://t.co/B2kON527ow
The NCAA is considering new eligibility rules that would impact pre-college players and pro draft participation. Expect antitrust litigation should those rules go into effect. I look at potential legal fallout in my weekly @Sportico sports law column: https://t.co/kXWgyni3L7.
State sovereignty vs federal regulations is going to determine a lot about the future of the sports betting biz
Tomorrow’s @POF_POD with @kevinhunterday ⚽️EFL losses ⚽️Fines and PSR ⚽️Tax and player income ⚽️Klopp £9.6m bonus ⚽️College programmes v academies ⚽️Wage caps https://t.co/K5aI4Fkbq9
Upcoming #WNBA Dates April 6-7: Offer/Core Designation Period April 8-10: Negotiation Period April 11th: Free Agency Commences April 13th: Draft
My article examining public subsidies going to minor league baseball stadiums is now published in Economic Inquiry. See next post for ungated link https://t.co/5HpMbUDxVX
🆙 Episode #44 of The Bundle is now available. The monthly walk-through with @UnffclPrtnr and @MurrayBarnett, trading facts, insights, and opinions at the intersection of #sports, #streaming, and #media — this time including but not limited to: • 🏈 NFL's media...
Schools have flexibility in how they participate, but that flexibility isn’t unlimited. Can a school opt in to the House Settlement for some sports but not others? The full explanation is in my book NIL 101: The House Settlement Now 40% off https://t.co/yBVisUkFCL https://t.co/Go2YoYRqpE
India’s sports economy tops $2 billion, grows 13.4% in 2025: WPP Media https://t.co/GKTzRidH9t via @ETBrandEquity
Since 2022, investments in women’s sports teams have grown about 227% annually, on average, according to McKinsey. https://t.co/cjb6n1YLaw via @MorningBrew
More on FIFA’s dodgy prediction partner deal from @uglygame and colleagues at - https://t.co/uujkC8CuJv https://t.co/BglWhZ5HEx
A women's basketball title won't solve UCLA's massive athletics deficit, but expect a commercial jump. The Bruins sold $313,000 in tickets in fiscal 2024, 34th among public FBS schools. UConn was at $3.25M; South Carolina $1.6M. More on UCLA's title👇 https://t.co/KFJlqHZdg0
Wembley bound Southampton submit 24/25 accounts, when the Club finished 20th in the Premier League. 🔑 figures ⚽️Revenue £158m ⬆️ 86% ⚽️Wages £116m ⬆️ 43% ⚽️Wages 73% of revenue ⚽️Underlying loss £62m ⬇️29% ⚽️Player sale profits £29m ⚽️Pre tax loss £54m (profit £17m) ⚽️Total accumulated losses £197m ⚽️Player...
Nevada judge extends Kalshi ban, calls sports contracts 'indistinguishable' from gambling. Nevada is now the only state with a court-enforced, in-effect ban against the New York-based company. Via @TheBlockCo https://t.co/hfLZkUB79w
If the States had retained outside counsel and/or filed suit first in state court rather than sending C&D letters to Kalshi, there likely would not be any sports-event contracts today. The lessons of NV & NJ have not been heeded...
The traditional reach-versus-revenue trade-off between 📺 linear TV and 📲 OTT streaming may only apply to broadcast television anymore: As linear cable/satellite TV shrinks and streaming expands, their reach expectations have largely converged for the most-scaled pure-play streamers. Especially with Prime...
The Varsity * Robo umps are here. * Wapo hires some sports reporters. * Rupert's WSJ swipes at NFL's antitrust exemption. * Don't expect a lot of changes at NFL Network. * Passan: WBC shouldn't be more than every three years. Plus, I sat down with...
It’s Saturday, which means The Highlight Reel, @Sportico’s recap of the top #SportsBiz stories. Sign up for all of our newsletters here: https://t.co/YDv6TFimqx https://t.co/B252dlmLIU
An NFL Partner 👇 Fox, Sinclair Decry NFL Antitrust Exemption as Sop to Streamers https://t.co/ORRVrmc6xZ via @sportico @crupicrupicrupi
. @MattBelloni writes about the NFL media rights negotiations from a Hollywood perspective. "One of the biggest threats to the film and TV industry maybe isn’t A.I. or YouTube or whatever studio Larry Ellison is consolidating today. It’s football." https://t.co/d0FHLVav0X
How Sports Ad Market Could React to This Dicey Economic Moment https://t.co/82dIgPJh0A via @sportico @crupicrupicrupi
Marchand: "ESPN is interested in retaining NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, whose contract is up at the end of the month." https://t.co/eixYomd1T7
So Much to Discuss From @kbadenhausen's great work on the Highest-Paid Athletes of All-Time: https://t.co/quqjLta1pg via @sportico
💰New Episode💰 - A Conversation With @kbadenhausen About the Richest Athletes 👇 Sporticast: The Next Wave of Athlete Billionaires Is Coming https://t.co/7iRuBER3bh via @sportico
Son Rise: LAFC Cashes In With Another Korean Culture Tie ⚽https://t.co/CnlplBlvLe via @sportico @JustBirny @LAFC
18-49 👀 Netflix Connects with TV’s Dollar Demo in MLB Debut https://t.co/bBajOiM693 via @sportico @crupicrupicrupi
New pod: @JeffPassan on the wonders of the robot umps, MLB's momentum and the future of the World Baseball Classic. https://t.co/rOfROjqUgt
Scoop: Fox Corp's Red Seat Ventures is building a premium membership for the ultra-wealthy centered around live events — Eyeing concierge services, VIP access, the works — Could be synergies with Fox Sports More in @axios https://t.co/0GyAdBFPsM
81X 👀 Kevin Durant Whoop Valuation Up 81x Since His 2017 Investment https://t.co/olA2QmD9bf via @sportico @kbadenhausen
College Sports’ New Legal Risks: Prediction Markets and NIL Fraud - Guest OpEd https://t.co/jR1urXO6O4 via @sportico
