Evidence receipt / evaluation
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: evaluation
27 Jan 2026 Acquired The NFL
“NFL is a league, great, they're fine. But the players, I think other league players and especially the NBA have been able to build wealth and businesses and revenue streams much better than NFL players because they're the platform and the audience value accrues to them so much more.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
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- Claim type
- evaluation
- Recorded
- 27 Jan 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- The NFL
Transcript context
…Yeah, lifetime though. Players are definitely variably rewarded based on their value to any given team, but the NBA and the MLB are way less equal than the NFL. The superstars in the NBA, like LeBron James, including sponsorships, makes $127 million a year. There is no one in the sport of football that comes close. There are three basketball and three soccer players at the top of the list before any football players. The NFL has managed to sort of smooth the curve more than other sports have. Well, I think this is also related to the social media thing. This is like the big divergence between the players and the sports and the leagues. NFL is a league, great, they're fine. But the players, I think other league players and especially the NBA have been able to build wealth and businesses and revenue streams much better than NFL players because they're the platform and the audience value accrues to them so much more. Yep, agree.…
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