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"It wasn't Jeremy Lin who failed in the NBA of becoming a true star, it was the NBA who failed Jeremy Lin."
"The football is a results business. It's always been a bloody results business."
"The big fights are not getting made...we have to come together, that's the bottom line."
"It's a great time to be an NBA player. It's good right now, and all that stuff, whether you like it or not, it's great for the game, it's great for business."
"Sometimes, this is sad to say, because you want to believe that the NFL is just all the players and all the big names, but at some point, it's like, is the NFL just coaching?"
"The investment is rumored to have valued Canyon at 800 million euros."
"It's a business and it's a professional sport; it's not playtime with the Lollipop Guild."
"Football's broken, and Riola's just an example of that."
"Stop kidding yourself that you think we're a football club. We're a business."
"If your talents exceed your problems, you always have a job in the NFL."
"So this is just good... for reinforcing especially at a time where people are losing faith in the Challenger scene in the tier 2 scene."
"Chinese Super League clubs weren't just signing aging has-beens in their late 30s, they were challenging Europe's Elite for signings." - Narrator
"One might have this here... But now it has just another sub-chemical shift."
"The economy, personality, and image of the MOBA is evolving and fast, and it's not just becoming the biggest thing in eSports but the biggest thing in sports."
"Black people stop being afraid to call something racist okay, but the NFL again the NFL runs itself like a big ass plantation always has been here."
"The reality is, it's a business, and like anything can happen."
"Players are trying to take control of their careers."
"This is what boxing needs, to come together and make the best fights happen."
"Sasha Banks should have the world in this company."
"What's wrong with the UFC essentially being the golden standard for MMA?"
"The most replaceable athletes are NFL players."
"You might hate Jake Paul, but we all surely want fighters to be well looked after."
"Muhammad Ali changed the whole dynamic of the business side."
"If boxing is going to go and be productive into the future, you should look at the products that maintain the value."
"Jake Paul is doing what everybody else should be doing."
"Boxing doesn't care about you, the only thing boxing cares about is what have you done for me lately."
"Fighters deserve an association to have a seat at the table."
"I always say, if someone is in that middle point in terms of starting to work in sports, it's a great opportunity that comes from talking in conferences or being able to present your work in some way."
"The only League where you could be one of the top performers and still get canned."
"The Premier League alone contributes an annual 8 billion pounds to the UK economy."
"Relationships are hard, people make mistakes... fortunately for Ray, he won a grievance against the NFL for wrongful termination."
"Football is a people business, it's a people industry and game."
"The reality is that whilst footballers are extremely well paid at least at the very highest level they are still treated as Commodities by the clubs who we somewhat perversely describe as owning them."
"This is your chance to get in the NBA. This is a league that the franchises weren't available for a while."
"If you ain't growing, you're declining. And so I just didn't feel like I was doing the work and kind of getting lost in this revolving door that we all live in in the Sports World."
"I always felt like if I could work in sports, that would be great."
"To enhance fan engagement, service, and interaction."
"The reality is... the English transfer window is shit."
"Football built Sky, and Sky built football."
"Ed Sable is one of the true Giants in the sports industry."
"Dan struck out on his own and inspired many others in sports to do the same."
"We're asking to get paid the same percentage of Revenue shared. And don't get me wrong, it's not just Plum with this mindset. Many WNBA players have spoken up about the alleged pay disparity between the WNBA and the NBA."
"It's one of those things that we are not asking to get paid what the men get paid. We're asking to get paid the same percentage of Revenue shared."
"He said I don't even remember what the [ __ ] he said after [ __ ] nearly five decades being around the game you know he that that really pissed me off."
"Apple could be the biggest player in sports if they wanted to."
"It was great to be a part of it, part of the whole AFL industry."
"I think everybody thinks coaches to think they're not replaceable, untradable, and we're all replaceable and tradable."
"It seems like it's turning more towards like the NBA where the stars have the power."
"Every single part of the sport, every team, every player, every sponsor, every broadcaster, everybody is pulling in one direction to make it as profitable and entertaining as possible."
"You're competing against each other, but at the same time, you're all in the same industry and sport together."
"The emerging athletic sneaker market was on the rise."
"Working together is actually better for everyone."
"The whole business of sports is you get paid a king's ransom for a kid's game."
"I wish that they paid the racers a lot more money because it would make the industry a lot cooler even to watch."
"Adidas has a 21% market share of sports shoes in the United States. It's worth 19 billion dollars, and its influence on the sports industry truly can't be overstated."
"What if you could become someone that not only executives, coaches, and agents confided in, but what if you could become someone that players actually trusted?"
"Fanatics have products and services across betting and gaming, allowing sports fans to buy, collect, and bet on these different sports."
"The NFL is the ultimate 'what have you done for me lately' league."
"That's just the way the league is moving."
"Who knew getting contracts in the NBA was that easy?"
"Everything's changing so much now, who's to say that snooker isn't bought by an Amazon or a Netflix?"
"It's not an easy job in the sports world to switch back and forth from creator and entertainer to competitor."
"In a league once seen as the epitome of stability, a revolution has erupted."
"Teams are moving, ticket prices are climbing faster than in any other sport."
"The industry is in a really good place right now, these are all really good rackets, there are options for everybody."
"They're finally just deciding like we're not going to play in the hope that the NHL is going to step up and create that sustainable league."
"He probably made himself about 125 million dollars this year."
"Whether it's fighter safety or whatever it is, we always do the right thing."
"I've been a passenger on the bus... I haven't really had my chance at the controls but I've had a firsthand view of how a football club runs."
"The kickoff was an amazing time for the football industry."
"It's a weirdly good day for the NBA, it's nice to have somebody who's awesome on the same team for more than five years."