World Congress of Sports: On stage and on the record

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman looked on as Fox Business anchor Liz Claman showed off a T-shirt for the league’s 32nd team. marc bryan-brown

With my tongue in my cheek, I’ve said a number of times that if ESPN is half as good at promoting us as they were at freezing us out when they didn’t have our rights, this is going to be great.

—  NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, on the league's new seven-year tie-up with Disney/ESPN.
NASCAR President Steve Phelps spoke with former NFL player Brandon Marshall, who has joined forces with NASCAR on his “I Am Athlete” content series. marc bryan-brown

If it doesn’t make sense to go to one of our tracks twice, and we only go once, or we go once now and it doesn’t make sense to go at all, we’re going to do that because we have to grow the sport.

—  NASCAR President Steve Phelps, on taking races from existing tracks to new markets and venues.
From left, SBJ’s Austin Karp, Brandon Rhodes, Nicholas Horbaczewski and Tony Khan headlined the Changing Dynamics of Sports Viewership and Consumption panel. marc bryan-brown
Kerry Ellen Schwartz and Amy Azzi joined Danielle Byrd of Marketcast for the panel “Partner Insight: The New Sponsorship Game.” marc bryan-brown
American Express’ Shiz Suzuki talked with the WNBA’s Cathy Engelbert about how the hoodie has become a crossover hit. marc bryan-brown

We’re just a microcosm of broader society around the undervaluation of women in the workforce. We just happen to be a professional sports league.

—  WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan marc bryan-brown

I think it’s going to be awhile before we get out of it … I would think probably ’23 when supply-demand kind of balances out, and there’s more capacity being created.

—  Shad Khan, Jacksonville Jaguars owner and CEO of American auto parts company Flex-N-Gate, on supply chain problems related to COVID-19,



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