Opinion

As my 2025-26 term as president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on an era of unprecedented transformation. Driven by the realities of the House settlement, revenue sharing, NIL legislation, and the transfer portal, t...

With one week until the start of the FIFA World Cup 2026 across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, host cities are being rapidly reconfigured into temporary, high-density media ecosystems. FIFA is projecting more than 5 million attendees across matches and related activations, underscoring the scale at w...

On March 20, after months of deadlock, the WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) reached a tentative collective-bargaining agreement through 2032. The deal introduces a first-in-its-kind revenue-sharing model in women’s professional sports and a $7 million 2026 salary ...

Miami has established itself as one of the world’s premier destinations for major sporting events. From international tennis and Formula 1 racing to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the city has fast emerged as a magnet for athletes, media, executives, and fans from around the world.

ABC and ESPN plead with the New York Knicks to not sweep the NBA Finals.

Practically everyone who reads this publication gets (or asks) that question.

Going through some stories and themes so far in 2026 … :

Every major professional sports league in America is now running a grassroots program. The NFL has NFL Flag with 765,000 kids. The NBA has Jr. NBA. MLS launched MLS GO. All of them are operated through RCX Sports, the official youth sports operator for every major U.S. league.

The word in the headlines is bankruptcy, and a lot of sports fans will read that as a death notice. It is not. Yet. After two decades restructuring distressed companies, I read the LIV news differently than most. The last few weeks rattled the league, but do not toss your Crushers shirt just yet. Ta...