On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the end of the legal battle between the ACC and its two most valuable members—Florida State and Clemson.
In exchange for dropping their lawsuits and staying in the ACC, FSU and Clemson agreed to a new revenue-sharing model that will see the league give a larger chunk of its media revenue to the schools that draw the most viewership. It’s a nod to the league’s most prominent programs, and also a potential model for conferences like the Big Ten and SEC.
Many have wondered whether those leagues would ever boot their less valuable members—like a Rutgers or Vanderbilt—but tiered revenue sharing could be a different kind of solution to that potential concern. The hosts discuss how the NFL deliberately avoided this revenue sharing imbalance, whereas college sports seems to be rushing towards it.
Next they talk about the World Cup adding a Super Bowl-style halftime show for the final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey next year. They debate why this didn’t happen sooner, and who might be the best musical act to perform: Bad Bunny? Taylor Swift? Drake?
They close by talking about how the NHL is navigating the fraught political dynamic between the U.S. and Canada, and also about Adidas finally selling the last of its Yeezy apparel. The company sold roughly $1.5 billion after severing its relationship with the rapper over his anti-Semitic comments.
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