Introducing: The Bag - A show about Sports, Money, and Making It

Fall of a Titan

SI True Crime

Sports, True Crime

4.3 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Ever wonder how some teams can seemingly do everything wrong and still generate record-profits? Or how some athletes end up going broke? Or why suddenly, everyone in pro sports seems to be obsessed with cryptocurrency? Former NFL running back (and Dancing With The Stars champ) Rashad Jennings has teamed up with award-winning journalist Lindsay McComick to help make sense of all the dollars, NFTs, cryptos and contracts that make up modern sports. They'll talk to gambling experts, NIL insiders, star athletes, agents, business mavens and more to bring you insights from all the intersections of sports and money. From Sports Illustrated and iHeart Radio - what are you waiting for? Get The Bag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Lindsay McCormick, sports and business writer and investor and I'm
0:04.0	Rashad Jennings, former NFL running back in New York time best selling
0:07.8	author and dancing with the stars champion and we're the co-host of the
0:11.4	bag a brand new podcast from Sports Illustrated and I Heart Radio where we
0:16.2	explore the unique angles of stories at the intersection of business and
0:20.1	sports. There was a time when pro sports teams were sponsored by local bars
0:24.0	and athletes needed second jobs to pay their bills. These days the global
0:28.1	sports market is valued at nearly a trillion dollars and impacts every part of
0:32.2	the culture from fashion to music politics to entertainment. Some of today's
0:36.6	athletes are savvy entrepreneurs and leaders shaping the future of how the
0:41.4	business of sports gets done. If it involves sports and money we're gonna talk
0:45.9	about it. Is this sustainable though for the league? It is believe it or not for
0:50.7	the league. It's not sustainable for the NCA. You have seen the demise of NCA from
0:57.1	inside scoops on the latest contracts to inspiring stories of athletes making
1:01.2	lose in other industries to the business of gaming fantasy sports and sports
1:05.6	betting. Somehow he knows every single play that's about to happen before he
1:11.3	happens. I don't know if you want to gamble you know maybe go with Tony and the
1:15.1	list goes on and on and you'll also get our raw and unfiltered hot takes as
1:19.9	well as interviews with leaders in sports and business answering questions that
1:23.7	don't get asked anywhere else but here. What are you waiting for? Get the bag.
1:27.8	Available on the iHeart radio at Apple Podcast or wherever you get podcasts.

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