UP397 Other People's Money: The sports invest...

Two Circles are saying sport and entertainment fandom generates nearly $2 trillion of economic activity a year. That makes it bigger than motor manufacturing and bigger than coal mining. If it were a country, it would be the 15th largest economy in the world.But remember the Unof ...  Show more

The Premier League has won the facts. Manchester City were found guilty of 114 of 115 charges, with £830m of revenue inflated through sham sponsorships. Now the fight is over the story, and everyone has a different audience.Dan Johnson, the Premier League’s former director of com ...  Show more

The sports ecosystem has exploded as an area of investment, with professional leagues loosening rules on private equity ownership, the value of media rights deals skyrocketing, and the many sports-adjacent businesses taking on new dimensions. In the first episode of a four-part s ...  Show more

In our first-ever After Hours sports episode, we ask why sports teams have become so valuable (is it really just the vanity of billionaire owners), debate the merits of paying amateur athletes, and explore why tennis pros receive such a small fraction of the sport’s overall reven ...  Show more

Sovereign wealth funds, private equity, Hollywood actors; the world of sports has been undergoing an investing revolution. The last few years have seen a quantum increase of new investors, investing both in sports and even their governing bodies, raising questions about potential ...  Show more