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Sam Lessin: The Olympic Games are failing as a global media platform
“It's like clearly flailing, right? As like a sports platform, which you think was supposed to be the whole global thing, but like it's going in super weird directions and I think not successful in its strategy, right? Versus like the NBA and NFL, right? I thin…”
Sam Lessin: NBA franchises and blue-chip sports teams are priced to perfection
“I actually was looking at an NBA deal recently. We're not buying an NBA team or a piece of one, but I was looking at someone selling a piece of one. I was looking at the economics and like, they're so expensive, right? When you look at like what you pay per do…”
Jessica Lessin: NFL and NBA will continue driving sports media economics
“You could buy all the pickleball and surfing that you want, but your viewership and economics are going to be driven by the NFL, the NBA.”