RobnPod Episode 5: Two-Percenters Trying To Feel Like One-Percenters
The Commish and Sportico's Eben Novy-Williams go in on private equity in college athletics, and programs' insatiable need to "keep up with the Joneses." Plus, the matchups for the Week 1 CFB Tournament are revealed.
The college football season is upon us, and that means a new season of RobnPod.
The Commissioner explains Robn's new-ish weekly Prediction Tournament format for college football and exclusively reveals the games on the Week 1 Tournament Card.
Then, Sportico's Eben Novy-Williams stops by to talk the increasing "business-i-fication" of college athletics as private capital and corporatized job titles enter a space that's gagging for cash while being staffed by people who aren't so business-y.
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JaEWHnFqMVNwk7gkpBm6J?si=928c3f6fa80845e8
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-percenters-trying-to-feel-like-one-percenters/id1748267253?i=1000666596084
Chapters:
- The feasibility of schools potentially tapping endowment earnings to cover growing athletics deficits in the post-House era
- To what extent B-list programs that are looking to keep up in the college athletics cash race are creating a buyer's (or lender's) market or Private Equity firms
- What exactly would the Clemson Football Program CEO say they'll do around here?
- Once Private Equity takes an actual stake in a college program, who are they selling to in 5-10 years' time?
- The first jersey patch deal in college athletics coming out of the NAIA
- How did Colorado's former special teams coach find himself in Riyadh hoping to talk to the Saudi Public Investment Fund?
