NFL
Eriq Gardner
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August 2, 2024
Goodell’s $5 Billion Triumph & Michael Rubin Blowback
A secret arbitration has ordered the NFL union to pay $7.8 million to Fanatics’ rival for breach of contract. Meanwhile, the league has prevailed in a major counteroffensive in the Sunday Ticket case.
Matthew Belloni
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July 26, 2024
17 Days in Paris
NBCU Media Group chairman Mark Lazarus offers a candid assessment of his goals for the Olympics, how the Games’ value proposition has changed over the years, and A.I. Al Michaels.
Eriq Gardner
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July 23, 2024
White Party Down
For years, Fanatics C.E.O. Michael Rubin has created a nouveau riche fantasy life, best encapsulated by his Hamptons summer “all-white” party, based on his sports merchandising juggernaut. Now, a series of legal headaches threaten Fanatics’ I.P.O., and the industry, itself.
John Ourand & Eriq Gardner
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July 2, 2024
NFL Sunday Ticket Aftershocks
Alas, the league’s $15 billion antitrust bill is just the beginning for a sports media rights reckoning a decade in the making.
Eriq Gardner
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June 5, 2024
The NFL’s $20B “Sunday Ticket” Gamble
After a decade of twists and turns, the league is facing down a 10-figure lawsuit that could also allow teams to cut their own deals with streamers, reshaping the business forever. Can the NFL afford to take that risk?
John Ourand & Julia Alexander
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May 27, 2024
Does Netflix Really Need the NFL?
Streaming analyst Julia Alexander joins John for a brutally honest conversation about the state of streaming in its sports rights era, and why Amazon, not Netflix, is going after the biggest deals.
Julia Alexander
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May 21, 2024
Netflix to the NFL: You Complete Me
Dissecting a long-overdue streaming romance.
John Ourand
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May 20, 2024
Berson of Interest
New CBS Sports C.E.O. David Berson rips a page from McManus playbook, predicts more of the (lucrative) same, and says “Nothing to see here” about Esiason and Simms as Paramount’s deal-or-no-deal drama continues.
John Ourand
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May 17, 2024
The NFL-Netflix Broken Hearts Club
Perhaps sports media executives shouldn’t be surprised that the NFL—which does whatever it wants because it can—went with Netflix for a pair of Christmas Day games. But that doesn’t mean that they aren’t pissed about it.