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The Big Deal - Australian Sports Business Podcast
Hosted by Andrew Montesi & Warren Tredrea · EN
The Big Deal reveals the dollars, details and drama behind the business of sport, in Australia and around the world. Hosted by AFL legend Warren Tredrea, Andrew Montesi and expert guests, The Big Deal takes sports fans into the boardroom for behind the scenes access and analysis of contracts, negotiations, endorsements and more. Whether you’re into the big hits or the big dollars, you’ll love The Big Deal.
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Sports Biz Wrap: AFL's diversity deal, concussion insurance exclusion issues, Ninnis' shock sacking, new Wildcats owner unveiled, Mbappe chasing down missing wages, Snoop Dogg's influencer payday and more!
Aug 28, 202400:26:33Tap to summarizeThis week breaks down the AFL's new broadcast deal and the finer details as well as the latest in concussion dilemmas. Here's what Tredders and Jack covered: AFL - AFL’s diversity employment clause in TV rights deal AFL - Zurich Insurance Group introduces blanket concussion exclusion for new AFL players NBL - Breaking down Scott Ninnis’ shock sacking NBL - TV reach extends with additional game set for FTA. NBL - New Perth Wildcats owner Mark Arena unveiled NBA - Could Jeff Bezos buy the Boston Celtics? BBL - Warner, Carey, Smith all sign on in Big Bash. FOOTBALL - Kylian Mbappe chasing down millions in unpaid wages from PSG. STREAMING - New streaming service Venu Sports coming together. INVESTMENT - Kevin Durant has reportedly invested in football giants PSG. FOOTBALL - Vinicius Jr’s eye-watering offer from Saudi Arabia. OLYMPICS - Snoop Dogg’s influencer payday. OLYMPICS - French pole-vaulter’s bizarre offer. Get all the detailed notes here and subscribe to get them in your inbox every week https://www.thebigdeal.au Just reply or comment to our The Big Deal emails, or send a voice note to thebigdeal@apiromarketing.com to be included in the next Talkback With Tredders episode! About The Big Deal The Big Deal reveals the dollars, details and drama behind the business of sport, in Australia and around the world. Subscribe to the weekly podcast on your favourite podcast player, and join our community and get a weekly wrap of sports deals, breaking sports business news and much more at: www.thebigdeal.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Sports Biz Wrap: AFL club membership record smashed, Gustavsson out of Matildas, TNT matches Amazon's offer, NBCUniversal's Olympic gold, Channel 9's commentator conundrum, Mbappe's Ligue 2 stake and more!
Aug 7, 202400:26:32Tap to summarizeThis week's wrap breaks down the AFL club membership record being broken once again and how the Matildas can move on from Tony Gustavsson. Here's what Tredders and Jack covered: AFL Club membership record surpassed Matildas sack Tony Gustavsson TNT Matches Amazon's NBA offer NBCUniversal's Olympic win Nine's Olympic commentator conundrum Mbappe's majority stake in Ligue 2 club New WNBA media rights deal announced Kelce brothers after big bucks for podcast Sergio Perez's Red Bull battle Man United's 'New' Trafford Get all the detailed notes here and subscribe to get them in your inbox every week https://www.thebigdeal.au Just reply or comment to our The Big Deal emails, or send a voice note to thebigdeal@apiromarketing.com to be included in the next Talkback With Tredders episode! About The Big Deal The Big Deal reveals the dollars, details and drama behind the business of sport, in Australia and around the world. Subscribe to the weekly podcast on your favourite podcast player, and join our community and get a weekly wrap of sports deals, breaking sports business news and much more at: www.thebigdeal.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Sports Biz Wrap: 'See ya Simmo', Rugby Australia survival strategy, costly Olympics coverage, NBA media rights and more
Jul 24, 202400:27:58Tap to summarizeThis week's wrap looks at how rugby can survive in Australia, why the Olympics coverage is proving costly for Nine, NBA media rights deal shapes up and much more. Here's what Tredders and Jack covered in the chat: Fallout from Adam Simpson's axing as West Coast coach $5M pop star AFL grand final appearance New plans for Tassie stadium Rugby Australia's survival strategy Nine staring at big loss on Olympics coverage Aussie goes number 1 in MLB draft McVeigh makes it to the NBA NBA media rights deal Euro 2024 prize money Copa America disaster Get all the detailed notes here and subscribe to get them in your inbox every week https://www.thebigdeal.au Just reply or comment to our The Big Deal emails, or send a voice note to thebigdeal@apiromarketing.com to be included in the next Talkback With Tredders episode! About The Big Deal The Big Deal reveals the dollars, details and drama behind the business of sport, in Australia and around the world. Subscribe to the weekly podcast on your favourite podcast player, and join our community and get a weekly wrap of sports deals, breaking sports business news and much more at: www.thebigdeal.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Sports Biz Wrap: A-League financial drama, looming AFL player movements, NBA's biggest deal, NFL's costly antitrust ruling and more
Jul 9, 202400:20:35Tap to summarizeOn The Big Deal this week, AFL legend Warren Tredrea is joined by co-host Jack Hudson to talk about the latest business in A-league, AFL, NRL, NBA, NFL ... and even the unlikely 'cost' from Cristiano Ronaldo’s academy investment. Covered in this episode: The A-League's financial drama The Bears nearing NRL return Looming AFL player movements Aussie NBA trades Lebron, Bronny and the biggest NBA deal The cost of the NFL's antitrust ruling Ronaldo's academy investment pays off ... or does it? And more! Get all the detailed notes here and subscribe to get them in your inbox every week https://www.thebigdeal.au Just reply or comment to our The Big Deal emails, or send a voice note to thebigdeal@apiromarketing.com to be included in the next Talkback With Tredders episode! About The Big Deal The Big Deal reveals the dollars, details and drama behind the business of sport, in Australia and around the world. Subscribe to the weekly podcast on your favourite podcast player, and join our community and get a weekly wrap of sports deals, breaking sports business news and much more at: www.thebigdeal.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Free-to-air TV armageddon: Will sport pay the price? - with Tim Burrowes
Jul 8, 202400:16:30Tap to summarizeAustralia’s biggest TV media companies are slashing costs. What does it mean for their giant sports broadcast deals? Top media analyst Tim Burrowes joins The Big Deal podcast. What’s left for traditional media stocks in the wake of Meta pulling the pin on its news content deal? How will Seven Group Holdings (ASX:SVW) and Nine Entertainment Holdings (ASX:NEC) afford expensive sports deals as audiences choose streaming instead? AFL legend and media commentator Warren Tredrea discusses all this and more with Unmade founder and leading media and marketing industry analyst Tim Burrowes on The Big Deal. About The Big Deal The Big Deal reveals the dollars, details and drama behind the business of sport, in Australia and around the world. Subscribe to the weekly podcast on your favourite podcast player, and join our community and get a weekly wrap of sports deals, breaking sports business news and much more at: www.thebigdeal.au Disclaimer:The information provided by The Big Deal does not constitute personal financial/product/investment advice. The information provided is of a general nature only and does not take into account your individual objectives, financial situation or needs. It should not be used, relied upon, or treated as a substitute for specific professional advice. The Big Deal recommends that you obtain your own independent professional advice before making any decision in relation to your particular requirements or circumstances. Past performance of any product discussed is not indicative of future performance. We may at times refer to third parties. Details of these third parties have been provided solely for you to obtain further information about other relevant products and entities in the market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Sports Biz Wrap: AFL movements, Storm cashes out of Vegas, NBL invests in women's league, Giddey's move to Chicago, Brady's big broadcast gig & more
Jun 28, 202400:13:40Tap to summarizeWe're in the heat of footy season but player agents are busy make plans for next year and beyond. In this week's wrap, Tredders and Jack talk about: AFL player movements Hall Of Fame embarrassment Melbourne Storm saying no to Sin City WNBL gets its saviour Giddey joins the Bulls WNBA's most valuable teams Details on big money broadcasters out of the US Tiger and Rory's new venture And more! Get all the detailed notes here and subscribe to get them in your inbox every week https://www.thebigdeal.au Just reply or comment to our The Big Deal emails, or send a voice note to thebigdeal@apiromarketing.com to be included in the next Talkback With Tredders episode! About The Big Deal The Big Deal reveals the dollars, details and drama behind the business of sport, in Australia and around the world. Subscribe to the weekly podcast on your favourite podcast player, and join our community and get a weekly wrap of sports deals, breaking sports business news and much more at: www.thebigdeal.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →How Strong Pilates was built - with Michael Ramsey
Jun 21, 202400:18:07Tap to summarizeThis week on a special edition of The Big Deal, Tredders is joined by co-founder of Strong Pilates, Michael Ramsey. Strong Pilates is a franchise company which has set its sights on a $35 million turnover a year. After launching pre-pandemic in 2019, Strong Pilates has reached 58 studios across Australia and New Zealand, with expansion heading to the States and more. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Ramsey started the business after breaking his ankle and turned to reformer pilates. Alongside his business partner Mark Armstrong, they used the profits from their former ventures to establish the business. Listen to the full chat here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Sports Biz Wrap: Battle of the umpire boss, Free Agency moves, Gil joins Tabcorp, Boomers jersey farce, WNBA's ups and downs, Peacock turning to golf and more!
Jun 17, 202400:26:08Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, Tredders and Jack discuss the bizarre battle between the AFL's umpires boss Stephen McBurney and CFMEU boss John Setka. Also on the pod... Free Agency moves Gil joins Tabcorp Boomers' jersey farce WNBA's ups and downs Peacock turns to golf French Open's new deal Wimbledon offering more cash Bid to boot Rugby Victoria board Sam Kerr's Chelsea extension Newcastle's new owners Cricket boost in the States And more! Get all the detailed notes here and subscribe to get them in your inbox every week https://www.thebigdeal.au Just reply or comment to our The Big Deal emails, or send a voice note to thebigdeal@apiromarketing.com to be included in the next Talkback With Tredders episode! About The Big Deal The Big Deal reveals the dollars, details and drama behind the business of sport, in Australia and around the world. Subscribe to the weekly podcast on your favourite podcast player, and join our community and get a weekly wrap of sports deals, breaking sports business news and much more at: www.thebigdeal.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Sports biz wrap: Australian sport commercial revenue breakdown, AFL contract moves, NRL's Origin success, Cummins' MLC move, Perth Wildcats' ownership change in the pipeline and more!
Jun 11, 202400:28:31Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, Tredders and Jack breakdown the Australian sport commercial revenue chart and... Player salaries and salary caps; Loyalty vs business when it comes to AFL player deals; Multi-million TV audiences & ratings for NRL State of Origin; San Francisco Unicorns signing of Pat Cummins; The Perth Wildcats acquisition offer to Sports Entertainment Group; The NBA and the latest in global basketball; UEFA Champions League and Real Madrid's 5-year signing of striker Kylian Mbappe for $24.5 million a season, including a $245m sign-on bonus! (And then, the reaction from Cristiano Ronaldo); Reports around Manchester City's legal action against the Premier League around Associated Party Transactions; HanesBrand selling the sportswear brand Champion to Authentic Brands in a $1.2b sale - shares in Hanes surged more than 15% on the news; Formula One driver Jack Doohan's rise to the Alpine F1 team and the salary gaps between drivers in the competition; Doubts around French Olympic uniform supplier Le Coq Sportif's financial health; And, finally, the $2.89 million sale of a one-off Michael Jordan autographed sports card. But that's not the highest price ever attained for a sports card. And more! Get all the detailed notes here and subscribe to get them in your inbox every week https://www.thebigdeal.au Just reply or comment to our The Big Deal emails, or send a voice note to thebigdeal@apiromarketing.com to be included in the next Talkback With Tredders episode! About The Big Deal The Big Deal reveals the dollars, details and drama behind the business of sport, in Australia and around the world. Subscribe to the weekly podcast on your favourite podcast player, and join our community and get a weekly wrap of sports deals, breaking sports business news and much more at: www.thebigdeal.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Andrew Demetriou on the deals that shaped the AFL
Jun 6, 202400:29:43Tap to summarizeFormer AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou joins Warren Tredrea to look at some of the big deals that shaped the sport as we know it today. Demetriou reveals the dollars and deals that led to Adelaide Oval’s development, as well as the possibilities for the future, including proposals for both NT and Tasmanian teams to join the league. You can also watch this interview on HotCopper through our new partnership. About The Big Deal Hosted by AFL legend Warren Tredrea, The Big Deal reveals the dollars, details and drama behind the business of sport, in Australia and around the world. Subscribe to the weekly podcast on your favourite podcast player, and join our community and get a weekly wrap of sports deals, breaking sports business news and much more at: www.thebigdeal.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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