>>Sport has reached its Boston Consulting Group phase
I usually call it Sport by McKinsey. The excitement of sport filtered through the lens of very boring people.
Unofficial Rule: Beware expensive consultants using phrases like 'the Beautiful Game'.
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From The Simpson's MoneyBart
Prep notes for the podcast. Co-hosts Murray Barnett and Yannick Ramcke.
BEAT 1 — The Commercialisation of the Hydration Break
The setup
Player welfare measure or advertising product? Fox paid ~US$485m for English-language rights. 104 matches × 2 breaks = 832 additional 30-second spots. At ~US$300k a spot,
>>The 'TV cameras need a crowd' trope, as applied to women's golf.
>>What is the promise of System1 vs the reality?
>>England football's first foreign bogeyman
Antonio Rattin died on Saturday. His name is evocative for people my