The Business of College Sports
Welcome to The Business of College Sports podcast! Host Kristi Dosh is a sports business contributor for Forbes and formerly ESPN's sports business reporter. A recovering attorney, she is the author of "Saturday Millionaires: How Winning Football Builds Winning Colleges." She's joined each week by experts in and around college sports to discuss the latest news and the impact it has on the industry. Whether you work in the industry or are simply a fan of college sports, this is where you come to learn what's really going on behind the scenes.
Episodes
69 episodes
The Future of Multimedia Rights
Big announcement this week: Kristi has a new co-host, Jeff Schemmel! Jeff is the President and CEO of College Sports Solutions, a consultancy focused on helping athletic departments maximize their efficiency, leverage their resources and increa...
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Season 3
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Episode 68
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46:49
Automating NIL Operations for Collectives and Universities
Thomas Thomas Jr. is the co-founder and CEO of Basepath, whose software is used by student athletes, collectives, and universities to automate name, image, and likeness operations. Thomas joins the...
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Season 3
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Episode 67
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45:42
New Developments in NIL for International Student Athletes
In this episode, I’m joined by Ksenia Maiorova and Amy Maldonado. Ksenia and Amy are very accomplished immigration attorneys who work with international athletes seeking to take advantage of NIL. They've been able to secure O-1 visas for severa...
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Season 3
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Episode 66
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40:35
The Growth of Group Licensing in NIL
This episode, I am joined again by Wesley Haynes, President and Founder of The Brandr Group. If you missed the first episode from last year, it's available
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Season 3
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Episode 65
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35:33
A View of College Athletics from a Board of Regents Seat
This episode, I'm joined by Jordan Acker, the Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Regents at the University of Michigan and a partner at Goodman Acker in Detroit.A lifelon...
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Season 3
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Episode 64
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49:31
Replace Traditional Ticketing, Increase Attendance and Revenue
I'm joined this episode by Chris Giles, co-founder and CEO of FanRally, a platform that replaces traditional season tickets with a tech-enabled subscription service. Members pay a mont...
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Season 3
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Episode 63
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39:30
The Evolution of Licensing in the NIL Era
We're joined this episode by Marty Ludwig, Director of Trademarks and Licensing at University of Cincinnati, where he is responsible for managing all internal and external relationships regarding the commercial use of the university’s brand (in...
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Season 3
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Episode 62
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39:33
Using Data to Increase Fan Engagement and Revenue
This episode I'm joined by industry veteran Steve Hank, currently an Executive Vice President at Affinaquest, to talk about how athletic departments can leverage the data they already have to increase fan ...
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Season 3
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Episode 61
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38:14
The Future of NIL and Compensating Athletes with NCAA President Mark Emmert
On Friday, September 9th, I was joined on campus at the University of Florida by NCAA President Mark Emmert. Special thanks to the UF Institute for Coaching Excellence for hosting this, which was an interview for both of the NIL co...
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Season 3
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Episode 60
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1:17:26
Revisiting NIL for International Student Athletes
I'm joined this episode by Rob Seiger, a partner in Archer & Greiner P.C.’s Sports Law Group, who has joined us once before to talk about issues international student athlet...
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Season 3
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Episode 59
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29:07
How The Players' Lounge is Monetizing NIL and Engaging Fans
Former UGA quarterback Aaron Murray joins the podcast to chat about his new venture, The Players' Lounge. This NFT community was built by lettermen to empower relationships within the collegiate sports community through connecting current and f...
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Season 3
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Episode 58
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28:01
BYU's Proactive Approach to NIL
In this episode, I'm joined by Gary Veron, Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Experience at BYU. BYU has been very proactive in its approach to name, image and likeness, so I invited Gary on to discuss what's going on ...
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Season 3
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Episode 57
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38:58
The Story Behind the Gator Collective's Early Success
In this episode, I'm joined by Eddie Rojas, the founder of the Gator Collective. Eddie was a former baseball player at the University of Florida and was one of the first to start an NIL collecti...
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Season 3
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Episode 56
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34:15
How Oklahoma State's Brand Squad is Engaging Marketing Students in NIL
There is so much creativity and innovation happening in the NIL space right now, and Oklahoma State's The Brand Squad is a terrific example. If you aren't on a campus, you might not real...
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Season 3
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Episode 55
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48:02
How Athletic Departments Can Leverage NFTs Alongside Student Athletes
I'm joined this week by Porter Grieve, CEO of Mercury, a white-label NFT platform that focuses on helping universities and sports teams to create one-of-a-kind digital fan experiences.Mercury recently partnered with Kansas Athletics (
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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37:06
Introducing the NIL Summit
This week, I'm joined by Jason Belzer, CEO and co-founder of Student Athlete NIL, and Kimberly Beaudin, President and CEO of the College Football Hall of Fame, to talk about the inaugural NIL Summit being he...
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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36:43
The Hockey Guys: Earning Through NIL as a Group
For this episode, I'm joined by David Kaplan of The Hockey Guys, a group of 10 NCAA hockey players who got their start on TikTok. The Hockey Guys have grown their reach to over 1.4 million fol...
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Season 3
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Episode 52
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49:51
Former UGA Football Players Getting Creative With NFTs
Former UGA football players Ty Frix, Keith Marshall and Aaron Murray, along with Ty’s brother Trent Frix, recently created The Players’ Lounge, a digital collaborative space for college fanbases, w...
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Season 2
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Episode 51
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22:58
Group Licensing and NIL with The Brandr Group
This episode, I'm joined by Wesley Haynes, President and Founder of The Brandr Group. His company has been on the leading edge when it comes to group licensing in the NIL era, signing nearly 20 scho...
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Season 2
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Episode 50
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50:54
Charting a Course for the Future of the MEAC
In this episode, I'm joined by Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Commissioner Dr. Dennis E. Thomas to chat about the MEAC's new partners...
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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41:54
How NIL is Impacting Facilities Projects
I'm joined on this episode by Trevor Bechtold, Director of Sports, Recreation + Entertainment at HOK. He's an architect who has worked on projects like the expansion to t...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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29:12
The NIL Economy in Columbus, Ohio
In this episode, I'm joined by Zach Beebe, the co-founder of NIL Management. Based in Columbus, Ohio, NIL Management has secured a steady stream of local deals for Ohio State student athletes, including cars for six football student at...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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36:22
Adding and Leveraging Esports at the Collegiate Level
In this episode, I am joined by Dave Capitano, the Higher Education Practice Leader at Baker...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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39:59
Navigating Taxes for Student Athletes with NIL Revenue
This episode I am joined by Katie Davis, a CPA, Partner, and Collegiate Athletics Practice Leader at James Moore & Co., an accounting firm that works with collegiate athletics departments, athletic associ...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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49:22
Adventures in Conference Realignment with Oliver Luck
This episode I'm joined by Oliver Luck, former WVU football student athlete, NFL player, NCAA administrator...and perhaps most important to this conversation, the former WVU athletic director who guided the Mountaineers through the last round o...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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46:41