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Breaking: Two NFL insiders have told me Raiders are facing very big tax implications from money not reported as income and this is behind departure of staff recent weeks.
#Raiders
NFL insiders say Raiders front office resignations tied to accounting issues related to new stadium.
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Sources say after Steve Cohen/Wilpon finalize sale, Cohen has 30 days for exclusive bid for SNY. The RSN is worth about $1 bil ($150m equity, $850m debt).
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Infographic: The World's Most Valuable Esports Companies -
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door man saying Jacoby Ellsbury has vacated his NYC apartment
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NHL Team Values 2021: New York Rangers Become Hockey’s First $2 Billion Team
Top 5 NHL team values..
Rangers: $2b
Maple Leafs: $1.8b
Canadiens: $1.6b
Blackhawks: $1.4b
Bruins: $1.3b
via
@forbes
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Wells Fargo Securites thinks FOX is not likely to renew Smackdown at higher price and it's possible we could see Smackdown split between FOX in linear and a streamer, or the entire night move off and likely accretive to FOXA.
WWE - U.S. Rights Deal Economics
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NFL insiders say Raiders front office resignations tied to accounting issues related to new stadium.
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RSN rights fees ($M) and average household viewership (thous) for all 29 U.S. MLB teams for 2022. Rights fees are Forbes research and include amortized portion of signing bonus to team where applicable. Ratings courtesy of Nielsen Media.
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New York Mets Revenue Surged To $79 Million At Citi Field In 2021 Thanks To Steve Cohen via
@forbes
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As the college football season gets set to kickoff, here are they network payments.
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@fightoracle
I did some reporting on this past couple of days and $2b valuation for AEW is likely minimum.
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As NBA Ratings Mysteriously Fall, UFC Ratings Rise
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Bidders Are Offering More Than Expected For The NFL’s Washington Commanders. A Lot More. via
@forbes
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As Wilpon and Cohen work on closing Mets dale, price range is between $2.35 bil and $2.4 bil
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Exclusive: Josh Harris’ Group Needs To Change Financing In Order To Win NFL Approval To Buy The Comma... via
@forbes
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5 NHL teams with biggest increase in value past five years and current value:
Oilers: 147%/$1.1b
Islanders: 147%/$950m
Devils: 142%/$775m
Predators: 122%/$600m
Lightning: 113%/$650m
NHL Team Values 2021: New York Rangers Become Hockey’s First $2 Billion Team
Top 5 NHL team values..
Rangers: $2b
Maple Leafs: $1.8b
Canadiens: $1.6b
Blackhawks: $1.4b
Bruins: $1.3b
via
@forbes
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Harris Group Will Get Half A Billion Dollars Of Tax Deductions From Buying Washington Commanders via
@forbes
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The fact that Cohen is only one to make final bid for Mets speaks volumes about financial wreck Wilpon left team and SNY and MLB’s losses this pandemic season
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Vast majority of MLS owners I have spoken with hate it and view it as a negative for team values.
My view is that the Apple deal is good for MLS.
Listen to the whole pod here:
Apple:
Spotify:
Google:
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Latest word from sports bankers on sale of AC Milan: Rocco Commisso and the Ricketts family still kicking tires, Steve Ross no longer interested.
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Some reports saying Arod and Harris-Blitzer dropped out Mets bid because Cohen was awarded exclusive final bid. Wrong. Cohen awarded bid bc only he had the money!
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FOXA, DIS, and WBD are forming a DTC platform for their sports content, with each owning 1/3rd. Wells Fargo thinks economics will be split to the rights contributed, which they est. as ~$20b total incl. FOXA/DIS/WBD at 30%/50%/20%. The platform will be non-exclusive vs linear.
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Heard from EPL team owner that U.S. tv rights from 2022-23 season through the 2027-28 season will be at least $2b, double current deal.
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New MLB Team Values
Top 5
Yankees: $6.0b
Dodgers: $4.08b
Red Sox: $3.9b
Cubs: $3.8b
Giants: $3.5b
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And here's what the balance sheet looked like back then.
Here's what the Penguins income statement looked like in 2015.
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@MikeOzanian
Here are scheduled NFL national media payments per team (exluding Sunday Ticket): $220m (2021), $249m (22), $264m (23), $282m (24), $288m (25), $296m (26), $314m (27), $325m (28), $332m (29), $341m (30), $362m (31), $377m (32).
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Based on my reporting, I don’t believe Arod had $2.3 billion. In fact, I don’t believe he had $2b, at least in terms of how MLB counts.
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The Raiders are killing it with concert revenue at their stadium.
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MoffettNathanson: "Peacock continues to burn money, but we’re past the peak. Revenue was up 85% YoY, and paid subscribership doubled. There is no assurance that this will ever be a meaningfully profitable business, but at least we’re past the peak cash burn."
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Here's what the Penguins income statement looked like in 2015.
The valuation of those assets now by FSG is in the mid-$800m range, according to people familiar with the agreement.
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Why won’t republicans in congress get on board!!
New
@POTUS
economist defends tax cuts against fictitious & unscientific attack from left.
@NewYorkSun
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AVERAGE TEAM VALUES AS OF July, 2023
NFL (32 TEAMS): $4.47B
NBA (30 TEAMS): $2.86B
MLB (30 TEAMS): $2.32B
SOCCER (TOP 30 TEAMS IN WORLD): $2.17B
F1 (10 TEAMS): $1.88B
NHL (32 TEAMS): $1.03B
MLS (28 TEAMS): $579M
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Top 5 Most Valuable Sports Empires:
Liberty Media: $$17.2b
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment: $10.54b
Fenway Sports Group: $9.81b
Jerry Jones: $8.85b
MSG Sports: $7.84b
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This is a joke. Apostolopoulos never had the money to buy the Senators. His net worth is less than $400m. He never made a bid for the Washington Commanders.
GARRIOCH: Presumptive top bidder for Ottawa Senators walks away in frustration, via
@ottawasuncom
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Been hearing for years baseball is dying. BS. MLB has 3 national media partners--Disney, Fox, Turner--and with today's announcement of Turner deal, 2 (Fox, Turner) combined have extended their MLB rights deals for an an average annual increase of over 50%.
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ARod must be getting desperate. EXCLUSIVE: Rev. Al Sharpton calls for sale of Mets to Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez
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E.J. Johnston, son of former pro hockey goalie, coach and gm, Ed Johnston, has teamed with Hockey Hall of Famer, Craig Patrick, to create 3ICE, a new and totally independent, three-on-three professional ice hockey league in North America slated to begin play in June of 2021.
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The 10 most valuable sports teams in the world are now the Cowboys ($5.7b), Yankees ($5.25b), Knicks ($5b), Barcelona ($4.76b), Real Madrid ($4.75b), GS Warriors ($4.7b), LA Lakers ($4.6b), Patriots ($4.4 b), NY Giants ($4.3b) and Bayern Munich ($4.22 b).
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Based on info MLB provided I gave the A's a full share of revenue sharing. But A's notified me they only got a qauarter of a full share, dropping their EBITDA fo $29M. The Texas Rangers replacd the A's in top 5 with EBITDA of $58m.
MLB teams with most EBITDA (after revenue sharing and competitive balance tax) 2022 season:
1. Mariners: $84m
2. Giants: $75m
3. Red Sox: $72m
4. Orioles: $65m
5. Athletics: $62m
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New Forbes SportsMoney on
@YESNetwork
Friday 10:30PM ET interview with
@Bucks
co-owner Marc Lasry plus
@boblorenz
and I take deep dive into
@MLS
@AppleTV
distribution deal and reveal sale price of
@PredsNHL
sale price to
@BillHaslam
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@EricMacramalla
Looks like you were right. Banking guy this morning tells me Arizona Coyotes for sale again with idea of buyer eventually moving team to a new arena in Houston.
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Morgan Stanley doesn't expect YouTube's NFL Sunday Ticket subscription to be profitable, but other forms of monetization can help improve the profitability of the deal over time.
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The value of the Rams just doubled with move to L.A.
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I asked an owner of one of the most vauable soccer teams in the world about this deal and he said, "I literally heard the money coming from Columbia drug money."
Premier League owners 'to voice concerns' over Everton's sale to 777 Partners
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Amazon is scrambling to offer advertisers refunds or make-goods after audience viewership for Thursday Night Football fell ~25% short of Amazon's preseason estimates. (Sources: The Streamable, Insider, MediaPost).
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If a merchandiser wants to sell Super Bowl merch they have to pay 32.5% of gross to Aramark.
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Thank you twitter friends have fixed headline! Los Angeles Chargers Revenue Could Take Hard Hit From Low PSL Sales via
@forbes
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I have confirmed with a reliable source that as of that as of now former Commanders head coach Joe Gibbs is not among investors in Josh Harris group's proposal to buy the team, tho he is a friend of Harris and has been advising him on deal.
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College Football's Most Valuable Teams 2015: Texas, Notre Dame And ... Tennessee? via
@forbes
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Team most expensive sports team sale prices in history. Cohen purchase of Mets
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. Some reports say Dodgers sold for $2.15b. Not true. Price was $2 bil for team and stadium, land around stadium sold for additional $300mil. All figures enterprise values.
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Glendale Vote To End Coyotes Lease Could Cost NHL $1Billion
http://t.co/Y9OuwQ5TsY
via
@forbes
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Spent much of yesterday asking sources about Cohen's offer (enterprise value) for Mets and consensus was between $2.1b and $2.3b but this is NOT confirmed.
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Brooklyn Nets owners, who own arena operating company, apparently have been putting a lot of money to cover losses as balance sheet shows "capital contribution" of Brooklyn Events Center increased to $52m as of June 2020 vs $13.5m June 2019.
Audited financial statements on Brooklyn Events Center LLC (Barlcays Center) released yesterday for year ending June 30, 2021 show an operating loss (before depreciation and amortization) of $23m on revenue of $35.9m.
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I’m not buying it. Arod couldn’t get money for Marlins and he couldn’t for Mets. Period. Alex Rodriguez fuming over 'fixed' sale of Mets to Steve Cohen, sources say via
@nypost
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MSG has launched its MSG+ streaming service. Local Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, Devils games available $29.99/mo, $309.99/yr. Single games available for $9.99 and the service will offer live betting odds. Local Pay-TV subs can link accounts for free. (Sources: Cord Cutters News)
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The NBA is big driver of TNT’s affiliate value, and WBD’s management has disclosed that a decent number its carriage agreements are up for renewal next year and having the NBA has been a significant source of leverage driving rates for TNT and across WBD’s broader portfolio.
During the 2022-23 season, viewers tuned in for a total of 14b minutes across 65 regular season games, 32b minutes across 45 postseason games, and additional 8b minutes for shoulder content and reruns. These 53b minutes collectively represented 37% of the TNT’s total ratings.
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NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV has ~1.3m subscribers, according to Antenna. This is already ahead of the ~1.2mm subs that were signed up when the package was on DirecTV. ~41% of Sunday Ticket subs who purchased the package as a YouTube TV add-on are new to YTTV.
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Rob Manfred wants to expand future MLB postseasons beyond 10-team format. This year's 16-team playoff is expected to increase TV postseason revenue from about $780m to $1bn. (Sources: SBJ, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC)
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A person who was asked (but declined) to invest with one of the groups looking to purchase of Mets, potential buyers are realizing that Citi Field needs $100m to $200m of investment over next few years, which obviously impacts price.
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3 MLB teams now for sale and bankers selling them: Nationals (Allen & Co.), Orioles (Goldman Sachs), Angels (Galatioto Sports Partners).
Angels announce that Arte Moreno is exploring a sale of the team.
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Podcasting's share of audio listening increased 29% during the past year according to Edison Research's latest Share of Ear report. Podcasts have accounted for 9% of audio consumption among adults 18+ during 3Q20, up 2% from a year earlier.
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MLB teams with biggest EBITDA losses (after revenue sharing and competitive balance tax) 2022 season:
1. Mets: $139m
2, Padres: $55m
3. White Sox: $53m
4. Blue Jays: $34m
5. Twins: $30m
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