Contracts, salary caps. Why do our favorite teams make some of the moves they do?

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Hey there, boys and girls. Welcome to another edition of the Business of Sports with Andrew Brand.

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brant's rance version of the business of sports podcast so much to talk about this is a key time

NFL business wise why because we're in the heart of NFL

meetings. Every year, about mid-season, I know we're a little bit before mid-season, the NFL

owners gather. It's their one-time meeting. They also meet in early December. They get together,

talk about the season. I'll talk about the issues surrounding that, whether it's ratings, whether it's cross-ownership, all the things coming up, London, et cetera, coming up during this podcast, during this meeting, excuse me.

What's going on beyond that, I want to have a few words about Nick Bosa coming out, not even finishing

his year at Ohio State, the business of the NFL involved there, and we'll get to other

issues as well.

So the Brantz-Rance version is underway on this week on the Business of Sports Podcast.

NFL meetings, before I even get to the business at hand, we've lost one of the NFL owners,

the richest owner by far, the richest owner in sports, and he owned teams in two sports,

Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers.

His name was, unfortunately, Paul Allen.

Paul Allen passed away this week.

I got to see Paul Allen in action,

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