Professional sports leagues are generally required to generate a profit to remain in operation, and failing to do so usually results in the organization folding.

“In the private sector, however, an organization typically has to start turning a profit at some point. And sports leagues in particular have a tough time surviving when they constantly light cash on fire.”

The low pay in women's sports is primarily driven by systemic patriarchy rather than market metrics like TV contracts or ticket sales.

“If you look at women's soccer right now, there is a temptation to go, "Okay, amazing battle won there in terms of of pay parity very recently. So, how do we rec- replicate that across, you know, all sports in the US, right?" And I guess I'm wondering like is that only possible because the men's socc”

Expanding the NFL internationally is beneficial for growing the sport's fan base globally.

“I don't care, you know, it could be Silicon Valley, it could be any continents. It's just making it so accessible, you know, for the fans.”

The legal and regulated sports betting industry will continue to see market growth as more states legalize it.

“Continues to grow uh each year. here. I mean, it'll be up. I think it was in the sort of 1.4ish last year. So, we, you know, we'll continue to see more and, uh, hopefully as we get more and more states legalized and, uh, you know, eventually someday a state like California will have legal legal and ”

Flag football is a growing sport that is expanding its own category and fan base.

“Flag football was mostly thought of as kind of a a way to start you into tackle football and now it's really taken off in a a whole sport of its own and a whole category of its own.”

Integrating mixed-use real estate development into sports stadium projects allows owners to monetize assets beyond game days by extending fan stays.

“if you can extend the length of stay that your fan uh is uh engaging in um when it's connected with your brand, right? So extending that game day experience. They show up a few hours early. They stay an hour late. They start coming on off days”

The upcoming World Cup in the US will act as an accelerator for the existing growth of soccer popularity rather than being the sole driver.

“for sure this is going to grow fandom attention interest into the game here. Uh but we should we should only restrict it to the World Cup effect. I think the the game's been growing for many years.”