The Sporting Class: Cooperstown Prom Kings, WNBA Protests & What Owners Want

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Our semi-regular roundtable on sports business reconvenes for expertise from the boardroom: David Samson takes Pablo behind the scenes of Ichiro's viral joke about him at the Baseball Hall of Fame, then John Skipper translates the math from the ESPN negotiating table to the Unrivaled cap table the looming strike over WNBA salaries — and team valuations at large. Plus: foreskin, poppycock, psychedelic pastel paisley, pandering to the people, talking with your eyes... and a haberdashery version of pre-determinism. • Subscribe to Nothing Personal with David Samson https://www.youtube.com/@NPDS • From Pablo's Substack: We're One of the 100 Best Podcasts of All Time (Allegedly) https://www.pablo.show/p/were-one-of-the-100-best-podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Pablo Torre, and this episode of Pablo Torre finds out is brought to you by Remy Martin 1738, Accord Royale.
0:08.7	Exceptionally smooth, cognac for all your game day festivities.
0:12.4	Please drink responsibly, because today we're going to find out what this sound is.
0:18.4	Your whole career, your whole wealth is based on capitalism and the way you made
0:24.1	money for yourself and other people. And now you sit here and say, you know, losing $11 million a year,
0:29.5	big whoop, your asset went up by more. Right after this ad.
0:41.9	People are wondering where we've been.
0:43.6	It's been a while.
0:44.6	Hello, John.
0:45.2	Hello, David.
0:48.6	Hi, Pablo.
0:49.2	Really?
0:50.8	That's the timing we're going to have today.
0:51.7	Same sweater.
0:54.1	How many Mississippies was that before you say hello?
0:56.1	Hold on you're making fun of my sweater?
1:01.3	I'm not making fun of your sweater. Can we visually describe the scene here right now? Am I going crazy?
1:06.0	Well, John's in an old Navy striped shirt that I assume he wore in elementary school.
1:11.0	And it fit me. It's the best I can come up with.
1:12.3	John looks European.
1:15.9	He looks like he should be pedaling a bicycle with a baguette in the basket.
1:16.7	And a bray.
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