NBA TV Rights and Players Owning Teams With Rich Paul

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Matt is joined by Rich Paul, the founder and CEO of Klutch Sports Group, as well as co-head of UTA Sports, to discuss why Klutch made a deal with UTA, the upcoming NBA media rights deal, Lionel Messi’s unique deal with MLS, LeBron James’s business interests and players becoming team owners, financial literacy with athletes, his relationship with Adele, and much more. For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! [email protected] Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Rich Paul Producer: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:24.1	It is Thursday, October 19th. The NBA season starts next week, and you definitely don't need me to tell you how big a business that is, both sports and television.
1:27.9	We've never had a sports agent on this show, but there aren't a lot of sports agents with a Hollywood story like Rich Paul's story. Rich is the founder of Clutch Sports. He launched
1:33.6	it in 2012 to represent his friend, LeBron James. Pretty good for his client. And he's since
1:39.5	grown it to rep dozens of top athletes, including the NBA's Anthony Davis, Freeman and Green, many more.
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