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Do you believe any club can be turned around? "Yes its about forgetting the past, if you continually look back, you won’t move forward" #sportnxt

How has the team impacted the other teams in their leagues? "We call is the Wrexham effect, its shone a light on national and league two football. A third of teams in the UK have US owners, but the real winners are the fans through the gates" #sportnxt

"The people in the community of Wrexham are proud, they’re proud of the club and they’re proud of their team, which has had incredible benefits for the community across the board" #sportnxt

What was the injection other than money that turned things around? "The exposure, all of a sudden everybody else wanted to see what was going on. We wanted to keep the club in Wrexham for the community, but bring in national and international fans"

What did Shaun think would happen when Rob and Ryan came in? "It would only ever fail if we moved away from the brief we had at the start, and we've never moved away from that" #sportnxt

"We picked Wrexham because it has a story, it was run by the fans, kids donated their piggy bank savings to keep it going" #sportnxt

Shaun on Rob and Ryan's criteria for a potential football team to purchase: "They we're looking for a town down on it's luck, no debt, working class background and somewhere where they could make a difference" #sportnxt

All set for a keynote from Shaun Harvey, Strategic Advisor and Board Director @Wrexham_AFC We'll share our key takeaways below👇 #sportnxt

Just wrapped up a panel on the commercialisation of women’s sport @sportnxtau Our key takeaway? “Stop looking at women’s sport as something nice to have, and look at it as a commercial product” - Rowena Samarasinhe #sportnxt

“Women’s sport is no longer a sleeping giant, it’s just a giant.” @sportnxtau #sportnxt

What's on the horizon? Pitaro: We're taking our primary channels and making them direct to consumer, that's a key priority for us. It's incredibly important to us to get this right straight from launch. #sportnxt

Pitaro: Budgets are shifting, and more money is heading into women's sport which is great to see #sportnxt

What are the key trends Pitaro is seeing? "Access, people want access to players and behind the scenes content. Kids are glued to the TV when we have a mic on a player, otherwise you're struggling for their attention"

Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman ESPN, has joined via video link, sharing his insights on how the network are looking to expand their presence across the globe

Watson-Wheeler: New gen-sports are seeing substantial growth, driven by a new-gen audience who are engaging on social media, with US sports growing at a rapid rate. #sportnxt

Second keynote of the day: Kylie Watson-Wheeler, SVP & Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company (Aus/NZ), to outline some of the key trends ESPN are seeing across their channels

We're back @sportnxtau for day 2! This morning's session is kicking off with President of the Brisbane 2032 organising committee Andrew Liveris AO outlining how the committee are harnessing Queensland's communities to create a games to remember. #sportnxt

Uhrman: We wanted to value the game. These athletes are incredible women, who work hard to put on a top tier game for our fans, to de-value that is to de-value them

Uhrman: We fight the narrative that people don’t watch women’s sports. It’s because they were hard to find, a women’s sports fan is the hardest working sports fan around

What’s been the most difficult period of this rapid growth? It’s been difficult to create that team identity, now with our third season we feel like we’re there