Sports Business Radio Podcast

Norwood Teague, VCU Athletic Director joins us to discuss the men's basketball team's trip to the Final Four and how the exposure from the NCAA Tournament has impacted the athletic department and the university. We also examine the headlines of the week including Barry Bonds' trial as well as the firing of Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NFL Sponsors - How have they prepared for a work stoppage? Greg Busch, Executive VP of GMR Marketing joins us to discuss. We also chat with Joe Favorito about how the Cinderella schools in this year's NCAA Tournament are making the most of their moment in the spotlight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Shaheen - NCAA Interim EVP of Championships & Alliances (Head Honcho of March Madness) joins us to discuss the expansion from 65 to 68 teams for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championships as well as the tourney's new 14-year, $10.8 billion TV deal with CBS and Turner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Robinson - Yahoo! Sports joins us to discuss the allegations against the Ohio St. and Oregon football programs. Robinson and Yahoo! Sports broke the stories detailing the improprieties of both programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest from the NFL bargaining table with Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports. What needs to happen for the owners and players to reach a deal? We discuss. We also catch up with Rand Getlin of ThePostgame.com to discuss several controversial college football stories breaking this week. And we bring you the headlines of the week including a deadline extension for the Sacramento Kings and NBC's desire to charge a record setting amount for Super Bowl spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NFL CBA 101 - we'll break down main issues with NFL CBA and tell you what the key components are in order to get a deal done. Maury Brown from The Business of Sports Network joins us to discuss. We also discuss the huge deals that went down at the NBA deadline and how those deals will affect the bottom line for the teams involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd Ramasar, NBA agent for BDA Sports joins us to discuss the growing number of business opportunities for NBA players in China. We also discuss how the market for shoe endorsement deals has dried up. Brian Learst, President of QuintEvents stops by to talk with us about his company's VIP ticket packages for this weekend's NBA All-Star Game as well as the company's packages for other big events like the Super Bowl and Kentucky Derby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Dunn - NFL agent for Packers QB Aaron Rodgers, Packers LB Clay Matthews, Jets QB Mark Sanchez and Ravens LB Ray Lewis amongst many others joins us to discuss marketing opportunities for Rodgers and Matthews after their victory in Super Bowl XLV as well as his thoughts on the current NFL collective bargaining agreement negotiations. We also recap Super Bowl XLV - from the missing seats to our review of the best and worst ads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We examine the big business of Super Bowl XLV with Darren Rovell, CNBC sports business reporter who joins us from Dallas. We also look back on our conversation with Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers before he became a superstar - prior to the 2005 NFL Draft. Rodgers walked us through the process he went through when deciding to leave Cal early, as well as what criteria he used for selecting the business people he would surround himself with. read more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ponturo, Sports Marketing Guru and former Vice-President of Global Media and Sports Marketing for Anheuser-Busch for 26 years joins us to share everything you'll ever want to know about Super Bowl ads. We also examine the huge TV numbers from the AFC and NFC Championship games. And we share our favorite athlete interview of the year so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices