How Private Equity's $9 Billion Play Could Reshape the Game by 2031

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Conner Schenk
October 15, 2024

๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†'๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ:

๐Ÿš€ Emerging topics in sports

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๐Ÿš€ Sports Graduate Programs

๐Ÿš€ Jobs in Sports

๐Ÿš€ The Know You Know Segment

๐Ÿšจ๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐Ÿšจ

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐š๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ. The way people watch sports has transformed dramatically over the past decade. While traditional television remains a popular option for sports fans, the rise of streaming platforms and simulcasts has shifted the landscape, offering fans more flexibility and control over their viewing experiences.

1๏ธโƒฃ Traditional TV. This ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€. This format is still widely used, especially for large events such as the Super Bowl, which in ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

2๏ธโƒฃ The rise of streaming platforms such as ESPN+, Amazon Prime Video, and YouTube TV has opened new doors. A report from Deloitte ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‘% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”.๐’. ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ.

3๏ธโƒฃ Simulcastsโ€”broadcasting the same game across multiple platformsโ€”have also grown in popularity. The ManningCast averaged 1.5 million viewers per broadcast during the 2022 season, demonstrating the growing demand for alternate formats.

According to PwCโ€™s ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค, ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ž๐ง ๐™ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐š๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ.

This broadening of available content has contributed to the overall growth of sports viewership, with global digital sports consumption expected to reach $7.6 billion by 2026.

Quick Hitters:

1๏ธโƒฃ Major League Soccer has set a new regular season attendance record, surpassing 11 million fans. The season still has over a dozen more games left on their schedule.

2๏ธโƒฃ California State University-Sacramento has a group aiding their journey to becoming a power at the FBS level. In 24 hours the group helped raise $35 Million in NIL FUNDS!!! They recently released photos of a new 35,000-seat stadium.

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