2021
Every article published by the Journal in 2021 — 6 in total.
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09 DEC2021Technology
Semi-Automated Offside and the Cost of Certainty
Optical tracking has made offside adjudication faster and more consistent. It has also made visible a question the sport had comfortably avoided: what tolerance the laws actually intend.
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14 OCT2021Venues
The Retrofit Decade: Why New Stadiums Stopped Being the Answer
Construction cost inflation, tightening municipal appetite and a changed revenue mix have pushed the venue business from building new to rebuilding what exists.
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19 AUG2021Athletes
NIL Day One: The College Athlete Becomes a Vendor
Permitting American college athletes to monetise their name, image and likeness created a market of roughly half a million new commercial counterparties overnight, with almost no supporting infrastructure.
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24 JUN2021Media
The Streaming Bid Arrives, and It Is Not Bidding for Everything
Technology platforms entering rights auctions are buying selectively and structurally — packages, not competitions. Incumbent broadcasters should find that more alarming, not less.
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22 APR2021Leagues
Forty-Eight Hours: Anatomy of a Competition That Never Kicked Off
The breakaway announced in April collapsed faster than any comparable venture in modern sport. Its failure was a financing failure before it was a political one.
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11 FEB2021Markets
Private Equity Learns the Language of Sport
Financial sponsors have spent two years bidding for league-level media entities rather than clubs. The structure tells you exactly which risk they are willing to hold.
