Hang Up and Listen - Sports’ Billion-Dollar Bubble
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Joel Anderson, Josh Levin, and the Ringer’s Bryan Curtis talk about Klay Thompson’s move to Dallas and whether there will ever be another NBA dynasty. They also check in on the state of sports media TV rights, and they welcome Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC.
Klay to Dallas (2:38): Is the Golden State breakup what the NBA wants?
Sports media rights (19:08): Will the money keep on flowing forever?
SEC expansion (33:28): The huge positives and glaring negatives of conference realignment.
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| 0:00.0 | All the big names are here. |
| 0:02.0 | Oh, who is that? |
| 0:03.2 | I think she was in the movie about that really big shark. |
| 0:06.0 | No, not her, the florist. |
| 0:08.0 | She's automating invoices on the go so she can spend more time on that flower wall. Quickbooks to save you up to eight hours a week, |
| 0:15.0 | so you could bring your vision to life. |
| 0:17.0 | That's how you business differently. |
| 0:19.0 | Into it's Quickbooks. I'm Josh Levine, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of July 8, |
| 0:38.7 | 2024. |
| 0:39.7 | On this week show, we'll talk about Clay Thompson's move from Golden State to Dallas, and whether there will ever be another |
| 0:45.5 | NBA dynasty again. We'll also check in on the state of sports media TV rights, which are getting |
| 0:50.7 | scrambled and streamed up the Wazu. |
| 0:53.6 | And finally, we'll welcome the newest official members |
| 0:56.2 | to College Sports's mega conferences |
| 0:58.0 | now that Texas and Oklahoma are for real in the SEC |
| 1:01.7 | and Oregon, Washington, UCLA, and U.S.C. are joining Rutgers in the |
| 1:05.8 | big ten. |
| 1:06.8 | I'm in Washington, D.C. I'm the author of the book The Queen and the host of an upcoming |
| 1:10.2 | slow burn season on the rise of Fox News. |
| 1:12.9 | Stephen Fatsist is off today, |
| 1:14.3 | but he'll be back next week to celebrate |
| 1:15.9 | whoever wins the Euros and Copa America |
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