Dan Hurley rubs many the wrong way, so is that why he's great for college basketball? Is Shohei Ohtani the face of Major League Baseball. Are the lack of Cinderellas really what's destroying college basketball. Awful Announcing's Ben Axelrod and Brendon Kleen discuss these topics and more, including an in-depth discussion with Morning Consult's Ellyn Briggs on how Gen Z consumes sports, on the latest episode of The Play-By-Play.

Time Stamps:

-1:04: No Cinderellas in March Madness

-21:11: Ellyn Briggs joins the show

-21:39: Best way to summarize how Gen Z consumes sports

-24:57: Gen Z having a strong connection to athletes, going to games

-29:49: NIL and Gen Z

-31:22: Sports going away from a made-for-TV product?

-34:17: Gen Z and Gen-Alpha sports participation

-37:13: Public reaction to Jackie Robinson article temporarily taken down

-42:30: Women’s sports fans supporting activism among players

-46:33: LIV Golf/Saudi Arabia and sportswashing

-50:20: What has to happen for a new league to work in 2025?

-54:48: Dan Hurley

-57:48: Shohei Ohtani as the “Face of MLB”

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