It's Just Business

It's Just Business

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It's Just Business episodes

  • The Skinny Bundle Super Bowl Special

    Its a Super Bowl Special! We didn't want any stale hangover pod to serve you, so we rushed this for release before the big game!


    The Topic Rundown:


    • Las Vegas has invested billions to become a sports and entertainment hub
    • NFL's Roger Goodell Rejects Idea of Streaming-Only Super Bowl: 'Not in My Time'
    • What are the NFL’s gambling rules for the Super Bowl in Las Vegas?
    • DraftKings CEO Jason Robins on NFL sports betting: This a big day and weekend for us
    • Hurley: Roger Goodell will have an even easier time saying nothing at his Super Bowl press conference this year
    • ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery to launch joint sports streaming platform this year
    • ESPN, FOX, Warner Bros. Discovery launching joint sports streaming service in fall of 2024


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    1 hr 9 min
  • Vince McMahon Gets TKO'ed From Company He Helped Build

    We talk about all the announcemnets, controversary and intrigue around the WWE given their new Netflix Deal, and the ouster of Vince McMahon. We also hit on Kobe Bryant's Foundation and their lack of giving away money and Steve rants about the Baseball Hall of Fame.


    The Topic Rundown:


    • Vince McMahon resigns from TKO day after ex-employee's lawsuit
    • Netflix to stream WWE’s Raw starting next year in its biggest jump into live entertainment
    • Kobe-Inspired Mamba Foundation amasses cash but spends little


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    58 min
  • ESPN is Gobbling Up Content

    We chat a little Super Wildcard Weekend and wacky weather before heading into The Topic Rundown:


    • Inside the NCAA’s media rights deal
    • Report: NFL, ESPN in advanced talks for media deal
    • Pat McAfee Shatters Old TV Rules and Shows How Much ESPN’s Game Is Changing


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    1 hr 3 min
  • Amazon Rumors and 2024 predictions

    The topic rundown:

    • Daniel Snider is back in the news.
    • Amazon to partner with Diamond Sports?
    • Cuban goes shark mode!


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    1 hr 1 min
  • Ohtani's Buying!

    We marvel at the deal the LA Dodgers and Ohtani just signed, laugh about the high flying Jaguars accountant's #22M heist and wax poetic about the bygone days of college football.


    The topic rundown:

    • Shohei Ohtani joining Dodgers on 10-year, $700M contract
    • Former Jaguars employee accused of stealing more than ...
    • Ohio State Buckeyes' Stars Reportedly Marvin Harrison Jr. ...


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    1 hr 1 min
  • Vertical Integration: Your Black Friday Special!

    Amazon delivers a streamlined, targeted innovation to couch potato nation as they introduce a Black Friday NFL game and a slew of implications for how the league and its media partners will generate revenue. We also drive by whats going on with the city of Las Vegas and F1 racing and admit we we might have been wrong about the NBA in season tournament..


    The topic rundown:

    • The basis of our sports investment is to make Prime more valuable, says Amazon’s Jay Marine
    • How The Ad Breaks Of Amazon’s Black Friday NFL Game Will Be Different
    • The $500M Las Vegas GP by the numbers: $135 cocktails and 1.3M viewers
    • Steiner fires back at declining US F1 audiences claims
    • NBA In-Season Tournament is doing what it intended. Now things should heat up


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    1 hr
  • Spys, Pokemon and YouTube Gremlins, Oh My!

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    The topic rundown:

    • Jim Harbaugh SpyGate, the NCAA Edition
    • YouTube glitches out for NFL Sunday Ticket
    • Blake Martinez's Pokemon flameout has him on the Panther's Practice Squad
    • Bad, no good but predictable World Series Ratings

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    59 min
  • The NBA Has the World Open Up Before Them

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    Now on to the Topic rundown!

    • The NBA has labor harmony!
    • The NBA has a full dance card for its next media rights deal
    • Gonzaga to the Big 12
    • XF/USFL merger (lol)
    • RIP Dick Butkus

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    54 min
  • When The Front Page and Sports Section Converge

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    The topic rundown:

    • Family of American hostage in Gaza appeal to Ted Leonis and Monumental Sports to ask minority owner the Qatar Sovereign Wealth fund to help free their son. We use this story to revisit foreign government's owning pieces of sports teams/leagues.
    • The Pat McAfee show is paying guests like Aaron Rodgers and Nick Saban
    • Does Caleb Williams want an ownership cut of the team that drafts him?
    • Is X (formerly known as Twitter) incentivizing sports misinformation?

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    1 hr 13 min
  • Is the U.S. Congress the Commander's 12th man?

    Congress is like the rich grandfather who buys love with lavish birthday presents. First they help oust Snyder, now they are throwing lead blocks to open up a path to a possible new stadium on the RFK site. We look at the latest moves by congress a the upcoming NIMBY issues that will pop up soon. It only take the NFL a couple of weeks to get all lathered up and we look at eye-popping Thursday Night Football on Amazion numbers and how the WGA Strike (which now may be resolved) is pushing Monday Night Football games back to ABC.


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    1 hr 10 min

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