Richard Brand is one of THE pre-eminent players in the sports venues naming rights field as expert counsel leading deals for the last several decades. As the Managing Partner for Arent Fox’s San Francisco office (and head of their Sports group), Rich has led naming rights and sports-related deals spanning all major US sports for both professional and collegiate venues. Vlad and Mike have a great chat with Rich and much more on this week’s episode of the Pod On Point Podcast.

In this week’s speed round, Mike and Vlad briefly update details on CU Boulder’s deal with gambling shop Pointsbet. Next up, the sports memorabilia marketplace has reawakened this summer as Mike spotlights the funding raise by Rally. Vlad closes the speed round with a callout on the concluding basketball playoffs for both the WNBA and the NBA.

Closing out this week’s episode with their C’mon Man section, Vlad wonders aloud if the Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler has found his post-basketball career calling…