The Big Deal - Australian Sports Business Podcast

Aug 28 2024 100 ep. 37 mins 18
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The Big Deal reveals the dollars, details and drama behind the business of sport, in Australia and around the world. Hosted by AFL legend Warren Tredrea, Andrew Montesi and expert guests, The Big Deal takes sports fans into the boardroom for behind the scenes access and analysis of contracts, negotiations, endorsements and more. Whether you’re into the big hits or the big dollars, you’ll love The Big Deal.

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Sports Biz Wrap: AFL's diversity deal, concussion insurance exclusion issues, Ninnis' shock sacking, new Wildcats owner unveiled, Mbappe chasing down missing wages, Snoop Dogg's influencer payday and more!

Aug 28 2024 26 mins  
This week breaks down the AFL's new broadcast deal and the finer details as well as the latest in concussion dilemmas. Here's what Tredders and Jack covered: AFL - AFL’s diversity employment clause in TV rights deal AFL - Zurich Insurance Group introduces blanket concussion exclusion for new AFL players NBL - Breaking down Scott Ninnis’ shock sacking NBL - TV reach extends wit

Sports Biz Wrap: AFL club membership record smashed, Gustavsson out of Matildas, TNT matches Amazon's offer, NBCUniversal's Olympic gold, Channel 9's commentator conundrum, Mbappe's Ligue 2 stake and more!

Aug 06 2024 26 mins  
This week's wrap breaks down the AFL club membership record being broken once again and how the Matildas can move on from Tony Gustavsson. Here's what Tredders and Jack covered: AFL Club membership record surpassed Matildas sack Tony Gustavsson TNT Matches Amazon's NBA offer NBCUniversal's Olympic win Nine's Olympic commentator conundrum Mbappe's majority stake in Ligue 2 club New

Sports Biz Wrap: 'See ya Simmo', Rugby Australia survival strategy, costly Olympics coverage, NBA media rights and more

Jul 24 2024 27 mins  
This week's wrap looks at how rugby can survive in Australia, why the Olympics coverage is proving costly for Nine, NBA media rights deal shapes up and much more. Here's what Tredders and Jack covered in the chat: Fallout from Adam Simpson's axing as West Coast coach $5M pop star AFL grand final appearance New plans for Tassie stadium Rugby Australia's survival strategy Nine stari

Sports Biz Wrap: A-League financial drama, looming AFL player movements, NBA's biggest deal, NFL's costly antitrust ruling and more

Jul 09 2024 20 mins  
On The Big Deal this week, AFL legend Warren Tredrea is joined by co-host Jack Hudson to talk about the latest business in A-league, AFL, NRL, NBA, NFL ... and even the unlikely 'cost' from Cristiano Ronaldo’s academy investment. Covered in this episode: The A-League's financial drama The Bears nearing NRL return Looming AFL player movements Aussie NBA trades Lebron, Bronny and

Free-to-air TV armageddon: Will sport pay the price? - with Tim Burrowes

Jul 07 2024 16 mins  
Australia’s biggest TV media companies are slashing costs. What does it mean for their giant sports broadcast deals? Top media analyst Tim Burrowes joins The Big Deal podcast. What’s left for traditional media stocks in the wake of Meta pulling the pin on its news content deal? How will Seven Group Holdings (ASX:SVW) and Nine Entertainment Holdings (ASX:NEC) afford expensive sp

Sports Biz Wrap: AFL movements, Storm cashes out of Vegas, NBL invests in women's league, Giddey's move to Chicago, Brady's big broadcast gig & more

Jun 28 2024 13 mins  
We're in the heat of footy season but player agents are busy make plans for next year and beyond. In this week's wrap, Tredders and Jack talk about: AFL player movements Hall Of Fame embarrassment Melbourne Storm saying no to Sin City WNBL gets its saviour Giddey joins the Bulls WNBA's most valuable teams Details on big money broadcasters out of the US Tiger and Rory's new ventur

How Strong Pilates was built - with Michael Ramsey

Jun 20 2024 18 mins  
This week on a special edition of The Big Deal, Tredders is joined by co-founder of Strong Pilates, Michael Ramsey. Strong Pilates is a franchise company which has set its sights on a $35 million turnover a year. After launching pre-pandemic in 2019, Strong Pilates has reached 58 studios across Australia and New Zealand, with expansion heading to the States and more. Like a phoenix

Sports Biz Wrap: Battle of the umpire boss, Free Agency moves, Gil joins Tabcorp, Boomers jersey farce, WNBA's ups and downs, Peacock turning to golf and more!

Jun 16 2024 26 mins  
In this week's episode, Tredders and Jack discuss the bizarre battle between the AFL's umpires boss Stephen McBurney and CFMEU boss John Setka. Also on the pod... Free Agency moves Gil joins Tabcorp Boomers' jersey farce WNBA's ups and downs Peacock turns to golf French Open's new deal Wimbledon offering more cash Bid to boot Rugby Victoria board Sam Kerr's Chelsea extension Newca

Sports biz wrap: Australian sport commercial revenue breakdown, AFL contract moves, NRL's Origin success, Cummins' MLC move, Perth Wildcats' ownership change in the pipeline and more!

Jun 10 2024 28 mins  
In this week's episode, Tredders and Jack breakdown the Australian sport commercial revenue chart and... Player salaries and salary caps; Loyalty vs business when it comes to AFL player deals; Multi-million TV audiences & ratings for NRL State of Origin; San Francisco Unicorns signing of Pat Cummins; The Perth Wildcats acquisition offer to Sports Entertainment Group; The NBA a

Andrew Demetriou on the deals that shaped the AFL

Jun 06 2024 29 mins  
Former AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou joins Warren Tredrea to look at some of the big deals that shaped the sport as we know it today. Demetriou reveals the dollars and deals that led to Adelaide Oval’s development, as well as the possibilities for the future, including proposals for both NT and Tasmanian teams to join the league. You can also watch this interview on HotCopper through