Financial Issues Across the Pro and College Sports Landscape and Talent Agencies Target NCAA Athletes
Pro athletes are seeing wage deferrals, college athletic departments face varying financial pressures, and talent/social media agencies are looking for a beachhead to represent NCAA athletes...all this and more on this week’s episode with the Pod On Point crew.
The POP crew debuts a new segment this week as they briefly surface some wins and losses from across the sports & business landscape (and of course, 1 story surfaces as a draw).
In their top stories segment, Vlad, Mike and Anand talk through the wide-ranging financial issues that are notably impacting the global sports scene. On the professional front, wage deferrals, media rights, and empty stadiums are hot topics. As they look at the NCAA, Power 5 and basketball schools, far-flung conferences, non-revenue sports, and more are covered.
Wrapping the show with their weekly C’mon man segment, Mike is perplexed why a $1.2MM legal bill at KU is framed as business as usual…