Business of Sport: Barry Hearn on 40 years in the industry & what's next
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman & The Athletic's Matt Slater are joined by Barry Hearn, a man who is a legend in the business of sport, to share what he has learnt in a 40 year career promoting a range of sports including football, boxing, snooker & darts.
In a wide-ranging discussion, Hearn compares the running of football clubs to other industries. He also spoke about the pros and cons of gambling sponsorship and how boxing much embrace the evolving new audience that has been attracted to the sport by the likes of social media star Jake Paul & KSI.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Hi Barry |
| 0:04.1 | Good to see you boys |
| 0:05.3 | It's just waking up |
| 0:06.8 | Chapman by the look of you |
| 0:08.0 | You know |
| 0:08.4 | I've just |
| 0:08.8 | I've just had a |
| 0:12.0 | I've just had a shower Barry |
| 0:13.6 | That's my best hair |
| 0:15.0 | Listen we don't have that problem |
| 0:19.2 | We're young Slater do we |
| 0:20.5 | So it's okay No we don't No we don't have that problem with a young Slater, do we? So it's okay. No, we don't. No, no, no. Brilliant. Thanks for doing this, Barry. I know the athletic well. I knew the boys when they first started, and I know a lot of the key people that join them at the beginning. I mean, I don't know what they've ended up with YouTube for because they do set a very, |
| 0:37.8 | very high standard of journalistic approach. |
| 0:40.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:41.5 | So well done. |
| 0:43.2 | People tell you, I'm a con man. |
| 0:45.5 | You two have done an unbelievable job. |
| 0:51.5 | Well, that is the voice of Barry Hearn talking to myself, Mark Chapman and Matt Slater. |
| 0:58.9 | The man has had a very, very interesting career in boxing, darts, snooker, football, to name just a few. |
| 1:09.0 | And the whole of this week's Business of Sport Pod here on The Athletic is our chat with |
| 1:15.6 | Barry He. |
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