Awards & Honors
MLS honors Minnesota’s Ballard, Whitecaps’ Schuster with top executive awards
MLS bestowed its Doug Hamilton Executive of the Year honor upon Minnesota United CEO Shari Ballard as part of its presentation of the Mark Abbott MLS Club Business Awards for the 2025 season. Ballard has been with the organization since 2021.
Influence 125: Kevin Plank, Under Armour
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Steve Phelps, NFL/Wasserman/NASCAR
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Twitter
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Jeff Schwartz, Mark Steinberg and Casey Close, Excel Sports Management
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Billie Jean King, Billie Jean King Enterprises
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Bob Iger, The Walt Disney Co.
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Dan Wieden, Wieden + Kennedy
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
Influence 125: Mark Lazarus, Turner Entertainment Group/NBCUniversal/Versant
Mark Lazarus of Turner Entertainment Group, NBCUniversal and now Versant, was honored in SBJ's Influence 125, which named the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century.
Influence 125: Adam Silver, NBA
Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.
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If the charter remains nothing more than a guaranteed entry into a single event, I think then values remain where they are today. What the teams have recognized are if those charters were to become permanent and therefore basically a franchise, the values are well north of $150 million. So, you’re sitting there with a charter that’s worth let’s say $25 million and by the stroke of Jim France’s pen, it will now be $150 million.-- NASCAR HOFer and JR Motorsports co-owner Dale Earnhardt Jr., on the benefits of making NASCAR charters permanent in the future.
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