Welcome to post Corona where we try to understand COVID-19's lasting impact on the

economy, culture, and geopolitics. I'm Dan Senor. Today we sit down with Billy Bean, who became famous outside the world of sports when Brad Pitt portrayed him in the film adaptation of Michael Lewis's best-selling book, Moneyball.

But long before the name Billy Bean and the term Moneyball entered into the pop culture lexicon,

Billy was a well-respected business executive, data innovator, and talent recruitment genius

inside the sports industry.

Since March, Billy has been thinking a lot about how COVID will change sports.

Why does this matter?

Well, global sports is estimated to be a half a trillion dollar industry depending on how you

calculate it and over the last few years it's been growing skyrocketing actually

that's until COVID made its debut earlier this year. The sports industry at every level has experienced a shock to

its core during COVID. It all just stopped and then tried to restart with uneven results.

I mean even right now we're living through quote the

weak COVID crushed the NFL as summed up by Andrew Beaton in the Wall Street

Journal but there's also been a lot of learning along the way. So back to

Billy Bean, who's been thinking a lot about what of these changes could

outlive COVID. What have we learned during this time that we'll want to keep?

How will sports be transformed?

Since Billy is always thinking about what might come next, how things could be

different, we thought it would be good to pick his brain. This is post Corona.

I'm pleased to welcome Billy being to this conversation. I can't think of anyone better

to have here than Billy. Billy and I have a lot in common. We both love sports. We are both

interested in the intersection of business and sports. We both have children who are

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