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It's Just Business

It's Just Business

By: Chris Lawrence
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A podcast dedicated to the economics and off the field stories in the Wide World of Sports. We post a new show every two weeks. Brought to you by The Hog Sty Network.

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Chris Lawrence
Economics Football (American)
Episodes
  • From Cables to the Cloud: Sports on the Airwaves is in Constant Flux
    Aug 25 2025

    In a smoke filled back room, we discuss:


    The Topic Rundown:

    • CNBC Sport: Why ESPN’s historic streaming launch may actually cost it subscribers
    • Fox Enters the Streaming Wars - Front Office Sports
    • Inside ESPN’s Long-Term Plan - Front Office Sports
    • ESPN, MLB have framework for deal to sell out-of-market regular-season games
    • Other cities’ stadium battles with airspace concerns shows no direct flight path for Cleveland Browns
    • PE Enters College Football


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • ESPN Comes off the Top Rope Tackling the NFL and the WWE
    Aug 11 2025

    We start out debating who has had a more legendary career output between Kid Rock and Neil Young (I know, right?) and then the master debating continues with:


    The Topic Rundown:

    • ESPN to get NFL Network, rights to RedZone from NFL for equity stake
    • A ‘College Football RedZone’ Is an ESPN Gold Mine—in Theory
    • ESPN inks five-year deal for WWE’s live premium events, including WrestleMania, Royal Rumble
    • CNBC Sport: The death of cable TV may be the birth of streaming sports aggregation


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    58 mins
  • Strip Clubs, Union Bosses, Executive Orders and Public Funds for Billionaires
    Jul 28 2025

    R.I.P. Ozzy!


    The Topic Rundown:

    • D.C. Nears Commanders Stadium Vote Amid Trump’s Name Push
    • "If he failed, their process failed": Inside the NFLPA meltdown
    • Feds probing NFLPA actions that 'may be criminal,' doc says
    • What to know about Donald Trump's executive order on NIL and college sports


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    1 hr and 4 mins
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