Sports Business Daily: Issue

01.20.2022

Featured

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Au Revoir, Montreal

MLB's move to shut down the Rays' split-season plan leaves the team back at square one.

Media

ICYMI: Bills top local market ratings for '21 NFL regular season

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NBC cuts Beijing ratings expectations

Media

Sources: NBCU lowers TV ratings expectations for Beijing

NFL's regular-season local ratings show winning matters in-market

Fans voice complaints with Aussie Open shift to ESPN+

Netflix shares drop as analysts downgrade streamer's outlook

Nats welcome Phillies announcer Frandsen to broadcast booth

Marketing and Sponsorship

Congress calling out Olympics sponsors to recognize violations in China

Grizzlies' Morant making mark in Memphis, brand on the rise

Topps breaks into NIL basketball space by partnering with Gonzaga's Chet Holmgren

BMW returns for first Super Bowl ad in seven years

Marketplace Roundup

Franchises

Rays eye what's next after MLB's decision to kill Montreal plan

49ers looking to further grow U.K. fandom

NFL Franchise Notes: Future of Cardinals coach/GM tandem unclear

Leagues and Governing Bodies

MLB Lockout, Day 51: Union to bring counteroffer to league

Sources: NWSL players not showing up for preseason training without new CBA

MLB to test robot umpires in Triple-A this season

Colleges

New NCAA constitution will give more power to schools, conferences

Utah athletics sees smaller than expected $31M budget deficit in FY '21

Facilities

A's have plenty of work left on ballpark after major hurdle cleared

SMU planning to build $100M end zone complex at football stadium

Esports

Future of some esports leagues, organizations unclear amid Microsoft-Activision deal

Technology

Golf Club Operations System Whoosh Raises $6 Million

MLB Lists Automated Ball-Strike Tech Support Jobs in 11 Minor League Cities as Robotic Umpires Apparently Get Promoted to Triple-A

Social Sports Betting App Wagr Raises $12 Million, Investors Include Patriots, 76ers Owners

NFL, Amazon Web Services Create Digital Athlete to Keep Players 'Left of Boom' on Injuries

UK's Space Entertainment Enterprise Plans to Open a Sports Arena in Space by 2024

Sports betting app Wagr gets funding from Kraft Group, HBSE Ventures

People and Pop Culture

Dale Earnhardt Jr. highlights NASCAR HOF class for vast impact on sport

JMI Sports makes promotions across executive ranks

Executive Transactions

Names in the News

Sponsored content

Quote of the Day

We all got slapped in the face. We all got the same surprise together. I’m just tired and a little upset. We had something so good. I think a lot of people in sports would have been listening to us.
-- Stephen Bronfman, who was leading Montreal's part of the Rays' split-season plan, on MLB nixing the idea.

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