The start of the baseball season always brings to mind the topics of league design and competitive balance... or in this case, competitive imbalance. In this podcast, Emory Professor Mike Lewis discusses how league structure for MLB and college basketball affect fandoms across both leagues. He then breaks down how non-Power 5 schools like UCF are leveraging new Name, Image, and Likeness legislation to counteract college football's competitive imbalance.

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