You're listening to Draft King's Network. Hey there, boys and girls. Welcome to another edition of the Business of Sports with

Andrew Brand. I'm your host. We're produced by Jack Connell, our musical producer, my son, Sam Brandt, follow my boy blue tunes, and we are presented, as always, by Draft Kings. We got a Brant's Rance edition, a lot to get to in my weekly whip around the business of sports, some big time NFL issues with the Sunday ticket

overturn. And of course, people are asking me a lot about this Brandon Ayuk's situation. I'm going

to get into it from all sides, the agent side, the player side, the team side, and the teams

trying to acquire him side. It's quite a situation. We'll talk about it.

Then I've got some Olympic thoughts on some of the stars coming out of this two-week

period in Paris.

It's been extraordinary events.

I think it's been great.

And then some final thoughts on the college conference realignment

and how they're dealing with the new changes.

Okay, so settle in and learn and hope you find this podcast different than all others,

unique in its ability to inform, entertain, and perhaps even enlighten.

Let's start with the NFL.

They continue to brush aside any and all threats to their continued popularity and prosperity.

It's amazing. It's absolutely amazing. Here's what happened last week. We know on June 27th,

the jury in the Sunday ticket litigation that began in 2015 finally came to a decision, and their decision was a $4.1 billion judgment

against the NFL, the plaintiffs won, the plaintiffs being bars and restaurants and individual

consumers who purchased Sunday ticket during a long period of time.

4.7 billion is tripled, tripled per antitrust law to give a 14.1 billion.

Again, 14.1 billion judgment against the NFL. Think about that. And then the people went crazy,

the fans, the media, oh my God, is this going to affect the

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