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A Chilling Relationship: Trade War Tensions May Put NHL on Ice

Photo Credit: The Athletic https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3686641/2021/12/19/nhl-nhlpa-agree-to-temporarily-cease-cross-border-travel-olympic-participation-talks-ongoing/ Did anyone ever see it coming that one day the United States and Canada wouldn’t be best of friends? It would be like if your next-door neighbor you’ve known for 20 years, who babysits your kids and comes to all of your backyard parties, suddenly started charging you to use... Continue Reading →

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Time to Pay the Pitcher: The Ups and Downs of Salary Deferrals in Major League Baseball

Photo Credit: CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/dodgers-deferred-salaries-spark-mlb-salary-cap-questions.html Can you imagine someone owing you in excess of $100 million dollars? And can you imagine having to wait almost a decade to see that money? Well, it happens all the time in Major League Baseball.[1] And not everyone is happy about it. Teams use this method to manipulate the salary... Continue Reading →

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Destroyers Making a Comeback

Photo credit: Stevie Styles @StevieJohnson13 via X. If you lived in Buffalo in the late 1990s or early 2000s, you may remember the Buffalo Destroyers of the now-defunct Arena Football League. If you don’t, no one can blame you. The team was downright bad! They had two playoff appearances in four seasons and zero winning... Continue Reading →

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The Life and Death of Regional Sports Networks

Photo credit: Sinclair. https://www.nexttv.com/news/sinclair-ballys-rebrand-regional-sports-networks             Regional Sports Networks, or RSNs, were once a financial machine that generated millions of dollars in revenue for individual sports teams and owners.[1] These RSNs allow sports teams to broadcast their games in their given market on cable TV and are usually part of the higher-priced premium packages.[2] Networks Like... Continue Reading →

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Private Equity Investment in the NFL: Good Business, or Big Mistake?

Photo Credit: WKBW https://www.wkbw.com/sports/buffalo-bills/report-deal-in-place-for-pegula-to-sell-a-minority-stake-in-the-buffalo-bills#google_vignette One of the major topics in the media over the last decade is the involvement of private equity in all aspects of life. From housing to healthcare[1], to Silicon Valley startups, and now the NFL, private equity investment is talked about as both a catalyst and an opportunity for growth,  as... Continue Reading →

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