Opinion
TKO’s next sovereign frontier: The case for diversifying the government partnership model beyond Saudi Arabia
The most valuable customers for TKO Group Holdings are not ticket buyers; they are governments. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the clearest proof of concept for TKO’s governmental partnerships. During the Q4 2024 earnings call, TKO CFO Andrew Schleimer insinuated that one fewer Saudi Arabia Premium ...
WWE and the inevitability of further disruption
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from “Sometimes Wrong but Never in Doubt” (Skyhorse Publishing, June 2026), by George Barrios, former co-president of WWE.
Professional teams have a generational opportunity to claim the media value chain
The disruption of the regional sports network model is not a distraction from the core business of fielding a winning team — it is the next chapter of building a durable, appreciating franchise asset, and the defining ownership opportunity of this generation. The instincts that made these owners suc...
The NIL gold rush is over, and that’s good for athletes
Five years after House v. NCAA accelerated the economic transformation of college sports, the industry is finally entering a phase that mature financial markets inevitably reach: correction.
Where do we go after the World Cup?
Soccer fandom in the United States has increased substantially since our hosting of the World Cup in 1994 — manifested by participation, spectatorship and viewership, accompanied by a significant increase in corporate investment (U.S. Soccer reported having more than $1.3 billion in contracted reven...
Forum: ‘Listening and learning’ keep NCAA’s Baker on even keel
Charlie Baker has led the NCAA for 40 months, and while he and the NCAA are an easy punching bag, let’s recall his message from 2023 when asked what the association needed to do. Seven months in, he firmly said, “Get shit done.”
What do FCC spectrum auctions mean for sports networks?
When it comes to live sports, billions of dollars in rights fees, advertising commitments, carriage agreements and affiliate revenues depend on reliable national distribution. For decades, that distribution has relied on C-band satellite spectrum, the infrastructure that moves live games from venues...
If you want to reach Gen Z, follow the road map emerging from women’s sports
Gen Z is often described as distracted or disengaged. But new research suggests something very different: Young people are paying attention. They are paying close attention, in fact, to sports, gaming and the social issues shaping their world.
F1’s real asset isn’t speed — it’s intellectual property
Formula 1 is among the most technologically advanced sports in the world. It is also, structurally, an intellectual property (IP) business. Its commercial architecture has the power to transform a city, as the recent Miami Grand Prix demonstrated, with its impact continuing to reverberate across Sou...
Colleges celebrate women’s sports, then ask donors to save them
America is finally falling in love with women’s sports. College athletic programs are dismantling the very system that built them.
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