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Unofficial Partner Podcast

Unofficial Partner

Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. Our guests are a who"s who of the international sports industry talking about the big issues.

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36:30

UP467 The Man Who Signed Michael Jordan: The reality...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/04/01

Sonny Vaccaro was the pivotal figure behind Michael Jordan's groundbreaking deal with Nike, which remains one of the most storied contracts in sports business history. So good they made a movie about it, "Air", in which Vaccaro was played by Matt Damon, with Ben Affleck in the Phil Knight role. Vaccaro's book Legends & Soles: Business, Creativity and Basketball – A Memoir of an Improbable Life is the long-awaited memoir from one of the great American sports business insiders, ...

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69:30

UP466 Who's watching women's sport? New Sky Sports...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/03/25

The commercial growth of women’s sport is dependent on the audience question: Who is watching? To help frame the answer, we been given an exclusive preview of major new research in to women's sport fandom by Sky Sports which is due to be published in the coming weeks. Sky’s rights portfolio of women’s only sport is unmatched in the media industry, running across football, rugby, cricket, golf, tennis, netball and more. And as you'll hear in the conversation, the new findings run a...

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62:52

UP465 The Bundle: The Relevent pitch deck; Bach's NBC...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/03/18

Welcome to The Bundle, our regular series on the sports media and streaming marketplace with co-hosts Yannick Ramcke, General Manager of OTT at the streaming service OneFootball and Murray Barnett, founder of 26West Consulting and formerly of F1, World Rugby and ESPN International. Quiz What is UC3, and what significance does Relevent Sports taking over global commercial rights from Team Marketing hold for this entity?According to the discussion, what were some potential reasons behind UEFA a...

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47:55

UP464 Other People's Money: How to pitch to a VC

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/03/14

Other People's Money is our regular series on sports investment, with co-host Matt Rogan, co-founder of Two Circles. Our guest today is Gabby Swycher, Principal at Redrice Ventures, a venture capital firm that provides capital, advice and connections to early stage businesses including several in the sports sector, most notably they were an early backer of Castore. They describe themselves as ‘a high conviction, anti-hype investor, seeking companies with a sustainable differentiation. W...

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40:44

UP463 Ticketing is a terrible experience, so who's to...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/03/11

Nobody's ever happy with the process of buying event tickets. Why's it so hard? Join us in an enlightening discussion with David Hornby of SecuTix and Stuart Cain, CEO of Warwickshire County Cricket Club, as we explore the complexities of the ticketing process. Discover the roles of different stakeholders, the evolution of ticketing technology, challenges like bots and secondary markets, and the nuanced dynamics of pricing for events. We also dive into the unique aspects of ticket...

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58:16

The Big Idea: Where we talk about the work

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/03/07

The Big Idea is our series where we dissect and talk about campaigns and ideas and creative in sports marketing, with regular co-host Simon Moore, the award-winning creative director. Today the person choosing the campaigns is Joe Burdon, who is a partner at The Romans, part of the Mother Group. Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of...

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58:46

UP461 Are You Advising or Selling? Conflict of...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/03/04

New research from The Gemba Group suggests a credibility problem for the sports sponsorship industry arising when agencies both advise brands on sponsorship opportunities and sell rights for those same properties, leading to potentially biased recommendations. The discussion highlights the increasing involvement of procurement departments, the need for greater transparency and better analytical tools, and the importance of long-term, sustainable relationships between brands and rights h...

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58:31

UP460 Brian Moore For Prime Minister

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/02/28

Our guest today is Brian Moore, former England and British Lions rugby player, lawyer, newspaper columnist, television commentator and author. If it’s informed and insightful opinions you’ve come for, you’re in luck. In a world where the professional sphere of sports intertwines with broader societal issues, Brian Moore dives into themes of identity, retirement, and the business of sports, unraveling the complexities faced by athletes and their transitions post-career. He shares h...

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54:50

UP459 Cristiano Ronaldo at 40: The New Template for...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/02/25

Rory Smith recently wrote a think piece in the New York Times titled What is Ronaldo at 40? The article posed some good questions about the nature of sporting celebrity in 2025 and beyond. So we asked Rory on to the podcast to discuss, with two expert guests from the sports industry, Louise Johnson and Andy Meikle. Rory Smith joined The Athletic from the New York Times, where he spent eight years as Chief Soccer Correspondent and then Global Sports Correspondent. He has previousl...

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45:01

UP458 What's Sport Selling? Fitness, Toxicity and the...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/02/18

This is episode two of a four part series called What’s Sport Selling, created in partnership with Redtorch, the research and creative agency that’s been at the heart of Olympic Sport for over 20 years. This conversation builds on the first episode, with guests Celine Del Genes of Decathlon and Emma Mason Zwiebler of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, in which we discussed the bridge between the elite professional performance side of the industry and the participation ...

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77:02

UP457 India's Decade of Sport: The Teneo Roundtable

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/02/14

This is a special live recording of the podcast created in collaboration with the Strategic Sports Advisory Team at Teneo, at the company's London headquarters. Together we convened a roundtable forum on the topic of India and its relationship with the sports marketplace. Around the table was group of specially invited guests all of whom have a connection to the country and its sports business. We were thrilled to be joined by His Excellency the High Commissioner to the United Kin...

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68:02

UP456 The Bundle: Netflix F1? TNT Six Nations? What...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/02/11

Will Netflix buy F1 rights in the US? Will TNT buy Six Nations in the UK? Will DAZN back out of their Ligue1 deal in France? Streamers' January accounts: is anyone not losing money? Is TGL any good? Do you go to the Super Bowl just for the meetings? Join Richard Gillis on The Bundle with Yannick Ramcke, General Manager of OTT at OneFootball and Murray Barnett, 26West Sport, formerly World Rugby, F1 and ESPN. Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A ...

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58:41

UP455 The Buy Side: Why the financial sector spends...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/02/07

The Buy Side is our regular series talking with brand side marketers about sport and sponsorship. Our guest is Richard Deane, who's career includes running sponsorship programmes at Standard Life Investments, Abrdn and Investec across Ryder Cup, British and Irish Lions and many other major sports properties. The Buy Side is sponsored by the Two Circles intelligence platform KORE. More than 900 brands, venues, and sports organisations trust the Kore platform to manage partner...

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UP454 Other People's Money: Why P/E wants to be a...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/02/04

Other People's Money is our series on the sports investment marketplace with regular co-host Matt Rogan, co-founder of Two Circles. Bruin Capital, George Pyne's private equity firm, has launched a new international soccer agency called As1, representing more than 300 players and coaches as clients. The list includes Bruno Fernandes, Man United, Moises Cascedo, formerly of Brighton, now Chelsea, and Luis Diaz of Liverpool. The company takes a number of acquisitions, including Nomi Sport...

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57:49

UP453 The Venezia Experiment: Questioning the cliches...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/28

Guests:Barney Schauble, co-owner of Venezia FC and Oakland Roots SCOmar Chaudhuri, chief intelligence officer, Twenty First GroupAJ Swoboda, managing director Americas, Twenty First GroupBarney Schauble is a Senior Advisor at Nephila, a firm specializing in reinsurance and climate risk solutions. He joined Nephila in 2004 and has held various leadership roles, including Managing Partner and Head of Nephila Labs. Beyond his work in finance, Schauble has a strong interest in football (soccer) a...

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36:59

UP452 Gamechangers and Rainmakers: Who Created The...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/24

Gamechangers and Rainmakers: How Sport Became Big Business is a new book by British sports industry veteran David Stubley.The growing relationship between sport, television and the advertising industry has been key to this development, as have the boundless ambitions of influencers such as Bernie Ecclestone, Billie Jean King, Pete Rozelle, Mark McCormack, Rupert Murdoch and Horst Dassler. David Stubley spent the first decade of his career working in television at ITV and Channel 4. The last 2...

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73:18

UP451 Media Strategy Masterclass: The Art and Science...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/21

Media rights auctions are the moment when the question of 'What’s sport worth?' is asked and answered; the point at which the talk becomes real; where fortunes are been spent, won and lost, psychology meets money. The auction gives us a glimpse of a different future, that may or may not be the direction of travel for everyone else in the marketplace. What makes this imperfect process more intriguing is that the basic return on investment equation is shifting in real time. The players in...

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67:00

UP449: Who is Charlie Ebersol, and WTF is Infinite...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/17

Today's guest is Infinite Athlete founder Charlie Ebersol. Infinite Athlete has been a sports business story since the brand suddenly appeared on Chelsea’s shirt at the start of last season.It's a story with a lot of baggage: Ebersol is former boyfriend of Maria Sharapova and Britney Spears, and son of actress Susan St James and Dick Ebersol, the legendary NBC Sport chairman. IA is backed by Andreesen Horowitz, Silver Lake, Endeavour and Todd Boehly, the Chelsea co-owner. Insert the bori...

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60:06

UP449 The Bundle: What Next for Netflix, DAZN,...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/14

Welcome to The Bundle, our regular series on the sports media and streaming marketplace with co-hosts Yannick Ramcke, General Manager of OTT at the streaming service OneFootball and Murray Barnett, founder of 26West Consulting and formerly of F1, World Rugby and ESPN International.Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to ...

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UP448 The 2025 Predictions Episode: 17 Experts, 35...

Unofficial Partner Podcast ·

2025/01/10

Dame Tracey Crouch on the Football RegulatorKieran Maguire on Richard Masters Fiona Harold on golf's big mergerJason Siegel on VRJenny Mitton on rugbySteve Martin on brandsJo Redfern on gaming formatsNic Coward on IndiaRich Johnson on single location challengersNathan Homer on Rwanda and AlbaniaProfessor Simon Chadwick on MoroccoMaggie Murphy on entitlement of Lionesses fansSiddharth Raman on rights holders as digital platformsAndrew Umbers on mega agenciesBeth Barrett-Wild on the first ...

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