Welcome to the Season 2 of the Sports Law Sage Podcast. For the eleventh episode we have our guest Roshan Gopalakrishna who is the Partner at LawNK, Bengaluru-India. He graduated from the NLSIU, Bangalore. He is also associated with Go Sports Foundation, The Sports Law and Policy Centre and the Sports and Society Accelerator to promote sports on the ground level.
00:31 – 02:29 Welcome to the Season 2, and Introduction to our Guest
02:30 – 05:08 Journey from school to the NLSIU, Bangalore
05:09 – 07:42 Working in the Sports Legal Industry
07:43 – 08:36 Different types of internships in Sports, working with the Manager of Sachin Tendulkar
08:37 – 09:06 Other Franchise League like Indian Premier League
09:09 – 11:24 The unique broadcasting revenue model of Indian Super League
11:25 – 18:12 Challenges while working with the different sets of clients, with athletes and sports organization
18:13 – 20:19 FTX Bankruptcy filing, Impact on Sports and eSports Market;
20:19 – 21:17 The times when Chit Funds were the Sponsors for the IPL Teams;
21:18 – 22:18 Crypto product was the big market for the eSports market;
22:19 – 22:51 NFTs in the Indian Cricket, and the next big product in Sports;
22:52 – 23:18 The ecosystem of Jupiter Meta, how it can be change the NFT and Fan Token market in India
23:19 – 23:44 The NFT of the Aston Martin F1 Team got sold out;
23:35 – 24:06 Fan Tokens can be the alternative of the Season Tickets;
24:07 – 24:43 Crypto is a highly volatile market involving the crypto-currencies.
24:44 – 27:52 NFT fragmentation of offering the service to the consumers, and Digital Rupee;
27:53 – 31:00 Sports Governing issue in India, AIFF, BCCI, and IOA,
31:01 – 31:23 FIFA President Tenure in last 40 years;
31:24 – 32:00 Saudi Arabia and Qatar economic blockage, but for FIFA both comes together, and the influence INFANTINO?!
32:12 – 35:22 Sports Governance shall evolve around the sports and athletes;
35:23 – 37:25 Impact made by the Sports Law and Policy Centre, Go Sports Foundation, and Sports and Society Accelerator in India;
37:26 – 38:52 Symposium 2022, Future of Cricket, The Future of Sports, Climate Crisis in Sports;
38:53 – 40:40 Climate Crisis cause damage to the sports infrastructure, especially in India;
40:41 – 41:17 Australian Women’s Cricket, and Winter Sports can get affected by the Climate Crisis;
41:27 – 44:26 Sports and Society Dialogues, Sports Washing, South African Sports on Systemic Racism;
44:27 – 48:30 Skills which are required to work into the Sports Legal Industry;
48:31 – 53:58 Reading, “Awakening the Blue Tigers” by Neel Shah and Gaurav Gala, Sports in which India is doing well, but do we have Public Parks to play Sports;
53:59 – 1:00:28 FIFA World 2022 in Qatar, what things that India have to learn in case they have to host such global events;
1:00:29 – 1:01:32 Conclusion Remarks
00:30 – 01:00 The Missing 11th by DJ Williams
1:00:48 – 1:01:32 Travel Nonstop by Squadda B
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Credits: Produced by Tushar Katheria and Anvesha Pipariya
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