The Sporting Class: What the NBA and WNBA’s Record-Setting TV Deals Mean
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Pablo Torre
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Sporting Class! Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper and Nothing Personal’s David Samson are back with another episode with host of Pablo Torre Finds Out ... Pablo Torre! It’s time for more NBA TV rights talk! It looks like NBC, ESPN, and Amazon have won the battle, even though Warner Bros. Discovery is trying to fight. What does the big money mean? Let’s take a look at the valuations of media rights deals and what comes next for sports leagues. Why is Knicks owner James Dolan so mad about it? He sent a letter to the league and is furious with the new NBA media rights deal. Why was he the only owner to vote against this new deal? We finally have seen some numbers on what’s happening with the WNBA. It’s a major increase. Welcome to the billion club! How will this new money impact the league?
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| 0:32.6 | Welcome to Pablo Torre finds out. |
| 0:34.7 | I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is. |
| 0:38.4 | You represented everything that you've come to love. |
| 0:46.1 | Right after this ad. |
| 0:49.1 | You're listening to Draft King's Network. I do want to acknowledge, David, that the real star of this show, the sporting class, has been John Skipper's voice. |
| 1:13.3 | It does a lot. |
| 1:14.5 | I would not have said such a thing. |
| 1:18.0 | Because of the tone or the content. |
| 1:21.5 | Well, we can get to the content, but it is the draw. |
| 1:25.8 | An allegedly weaponized drawl that allows John to be every man and also |
| 1:33.6 | the epitome of the subject of a rich guy's only fans, which is what I call the sporting |
| 1:38.4 | class in reality. |
| 1:39.8 | He's liked more because of his accent? |
| 1:41.9 | Absolutely. |
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