#RIP #Baltimore Chip Mason, quietly--as was his persona--did as much/more to save sports in Baltimore. His "I'll go first" private/corporate support was the linchpin for saving baseball, ushering in football. Needs a recognition at both stadiums IMO baltimoresun.com/2025/08/23/chi…

There simply needs to be a spot, in both the baseball and football stadiums for those individuals whose never waivering personal and corporate support kept pro sports viable when times were challenging. Chip Mason is on that list, but it's a long, long one.

#SporsBiz #MLB #Orioles This will be a pivotal off season, on/off the field. There's a lot--at one time-- in the new ticketing scheme. baltimoresun.com/2025/09/02/jos…

#DavePortnoy #BarstoolSports Dave Portnoy is to sports marketing----what Howard Stern was to terrestrial radio, and then satellite radio --You get the "shock" 👊 but you also get the "awe" 💰💲 nytimes.com/athletic/65955…

#SportsBiz #NFL You know how many years thom loverro and I introduced our Georgetown sports media students to the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 and FINALLY, it's a headline! No NFL week 1 Friday game in 2026. nytimes.com/athletic/65934…

#2131 #CalRipken #Orioles Go👏to👏baseball👏games👏 people Do👏 Not 👏sit👏home👏and👏 watch👏games on TV Do👏Not👏scroll👏social media👏 These moments can't be replicated Tonight was a very, very tough night for the "baseball is dying crowd."

#SportsBiz #Masters #PrimeVideo Simple--Power of brand 👊 1st and 2nd round/Masters ⛳️ will now have 4 ways to watch rounds 1 and 2. (ESPN/CBS/Paramount+ & Prime. That, plus IBM web/apps. Exclusivity? Nope. Build your brand, don't compromise your values. espn.com/golf/story/_/i…

#SportsBiz #MLB Outstanding reporting by Chelsea Janes It's impossible to describe how gigantic this revenue sharing/consolidation of media rights would be. "Seismic" is term. Big checks would have to go to big clubs for it to occur-even if MLBPA agreed. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/09…

#SportsBiz #DCSports "Begging for a bundle"-team owners are always looking for 'leverage'. 🛠️ Disney and Alphabet/Google have bigger tools and more scale- 🥇 they win. For local media-- owners need to commit to DTC, fully. Hasn't happened yet washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/10…

#SportsBiz #Orioles The "opt out" concept is such a gigantic mistake for clubs to engage in. In O'Neils case, his 'player option/opt out' assures him (not the club) of reward for under performance. Why would a club ever agree to this? baltimoresun.com/2025/10/15/ori…

#SportsBiz #Soccer Men's college soccer will be the first sport to split off from conferences, other sports will follow in future years. You will wake up in 2035 and Power Conferences will consist of football and basketball only. nytimes.com/athletic/67218…

#SportsBiz #Apple #Formula1 I'm sure Apple and F-1 have big plans for this partnership, however, far into the future "media archeologists" will dig up the bones of this deal and say "wow, this is why no one ever watched F-1 in the US again". cnbc.com/2025/10/17/app…

#MLB #ShoheiOhatni No one saw this home run, b/c "the baseball is dying crowd' swears that- No one watches baseball anymore No one goes to game anymore No one plays the game anymore And why do we not point out all those clowns who were loud wrong?

#SportsBiz #Wisconsin #BigTen The cycle for college athletics remains broken, one that can't survive in the 'new' world as 'sub professional' business. Bad decisions create crisis, which require more $ to solve, ---> endless "doom loop" #Leaderless espn.com/college-footba…

#SportsBiz #Wizards #NBA Worst 2 year stretch franchise history. ✅ 29 out of 30 in home attendance ✅ But, sure, increase your prices by 20+% 🤑 The NBA is living on the secondary market, where you can dump your tickets to single game buyers for 🪙 washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/10…

#FIFAWorldCup #USSoccer FIFA transformed the operating model for the Men's World Cup for Qatar-2022. It captures all the knowledge from each world cup (and the $$) and is a powerful financial engine. The "host model" is long gone. nytimes.com/athletic/67358…

#sportsBiz #NBA Jaylen Brown thinks the NBA isn't doing enough to "protect" the players re: Gambling? You mean the dozens of signs al around the arena in player areas? Is this a "TLDR" sitch? How about a 'scared straight' program, would that work Jaylen? espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

#NBA #SportsBetting The world that Adam Silver envisioned in his 2014 NYT op-ed "encouraging more regulation (and legalization) of sports betting, is now crashing down around him. He's Captain Renault from Casablanca "here's your winnings sir" espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

#LSU #Florida #PSU Can't imagine why current Ravens OC Todd Monken's name hasn't been mentioned in any of the SEC/BIG10 hires? Former college HC, Georgia OC, NFL chops. If he were still at UGA he be mentioned--No? Ken Weinman

#MLB #WorldSeries #ladodgers Walk off 💧 World Series 🏆 18 innings 🥱🥱 Exceptionally bad night for the "baseball is dying crowd" Baseball remains the greatest game ever invented