Daniel Roberts
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EIC @FOS. business of sports; media; crypto; books. Boston teams. priors: @DecryptMedia @YahooFinance @FortuneMagazine. 📬: [email protected]
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Asked Jazz owner Ryan Smith about his BYU NIL donation plans. "When I'm no longer here, they're going to get a big chunk of whatever I've got. But that's the right thing to do, because that's where it all started. You gotta remember where you came from, and I came from there. But as far as putting your thumb on the scale, the fortunate thing about BYU is we have the one of the largest alumni out there, most active... the roster is deep. It's not just me." Front Office Sports Full interview:
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Jazz owner Ryan Smith to Front Office Sports on the Ballmer/Clippers punishments: "Steve is a standup individual first and foremost. This game is tricky, this game is hard, and obviously we have rules, and the NBA's gotta do it, and I'm glad he accepted it, and we all can just turn the page and move on. But it's not the first time this has happened in the league, but these rules have to mean anything. As owners, we're held to a pretty high standard comparatively... I think the NBA is way better with him." My full extensive convo with Ryan for our Portfolio Players series comes out Tuesday.
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A story worth hearing from Landon Donovan that stuck with me, about his son's youth soccer team: "It broke my heart... If they're 16, I get it, but they're 8 years old. Now he's going to fall out of love with the game a little bit" Full Front Office Sports intvw:
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“I know Matt, I talk to him, I try to share what I think he should or shouldn’t be saying, but he’s his own person, and I don’t control him. When he worked for us, I could tell him what to do, and I can’t anymore” DraftKings CEO comments on cofounder Matt Kalish and his social media campaign against Kalshi -- from our Front Office Sports Asset Class event this week. More:
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"Why did the Yankees need $2.6 billion and what are they going to do with it?" Apollo: "Growth capital, refinancing existing debt, and an overall holistic capital solution to give them various levers to pull financially to help grow the club... they have a lot of latitude and leeway to use that" Full conversation from Front Office Sports Asset Class:
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"I called up, I said hey, I want to make UVA a contender, let me know what to do. So I'm very grateful to be a big donor there to the women's basketball program." --Alexis Ohanian 🗽 to me in October on his UVA WBB NIL donations. UVA (10) just upset Iowa (2) to make Sweet 16.
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Stanford alum Josh Childress (6th pick in 2004 NBA Draft) gave Stanford $250k for a summer scholarship—back in 2015, long before NIL era. As for NIL money? "I donated a little on the NIL side. I'm working on finding ways to do more." Full Front Office Sports convo:
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"If Michael had never been born, I'd have four rings. Two with the Jazz and two with the Knicks." --Former Jazz and Knicks president Dave Checketts tells Front Office Sports a terrific story about getting pummeled by Jordan in the 1991 playoffs. Full conversation:
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ESPN content pres Burke Magnus was major "advocate" for Premier Lacrosse League inside ESPN -- but "he's also not giving out any favors" says Paul Rabil. Joe Tsai, who played lax at Yale, another huge backer. I talked to Rabil, Ryan Glasspiegel talked to Magnus:
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