the.com/sports business
where grown adults negotiate the price of loyalty, then sell it back to you as a jersey.
means the industry of turning games into revenue through media rights, sponsorships, ticketing, and merchandising.
from emerged as leagues realized fans would pay for proximity to victory, not just victory itself — television money in the 1960s-70s turned pastimes into balance sheets.
biggest revenuebroadcast rights, not ticket sales, dominate now
franchise valueoften exceeds any player's entire career earnings
real productattention, sold repeatedly to advertisers