The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary cover image

A Capital of Love: Soccer Finance with Skanda Amarnath

The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary

00:00

The Growth of Live Sports in the United States

I think it's probably something special about live sports relative to the fact that like in general TV revenues are not um and TV readings are generally going down so it's like this is the special property even if things are flat maybe there's something special about it. I don't think you see a canobvious candidate or something like that who would want to sell their team for a loss unless they have lots of other problems right? Joe Lewis at Manchester United says he has been surprised by how quickly some club owners were investing because they believed owning a premier league team could make them money. The idea of never selling only kinds of holds as long as you're revenue neutral stands in stark contrast to top

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app