About this episode

John and Mike Morris discuss the complexities of NFL media rights and the implications of the Sunday Ticket lawsuit.

John sits down with Guggenheim's Mike Morris to unpack the NFL's media rights maze and outline some worst case scenarios for the Sunday Ticket lawsuit. The pair dig into why the cable bundle still prints money, Netflix's math on Sunday football, and why the NFL's leverage, for all its power, isn't quite as bulletproof as it looks.

People in this episode

Host: John

Guest: Mike Morris

Topics covered

• NFL media rights
• cable bundles
• Sunday Ticket lawsuit
• Netflix and sports
• media leverage
• sports broadcasting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Guggenheim, NFL, Netflix

Products: Sunday Ticket

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