UP550 Inside Edge: IPL Auctions and the Financialization of Everything

About this episode

The episode dissects the business of cricket, focusing on the IPL auction and its implications for the sport's global economy.

Richard Gillis, Mike Jakeman and invited guests dissect the business of cricket. The IPL auction has become one of the most watched events in world cricket — part financial instrument, part entertainment spectacle. This episode gets under the bonnet: how it actually works, what it means for players, why it's reshaping cricket's global talent economy, and whether any of it translates to the UK market. The conversation moves fast from mechanics to philosophy: competitive balance vs. team ident...

People in this episode

Hosts: Richard Gillis, Mike Jakeman

Topics covered

• IPL Auctions
• financialization
• business of cricket
• global talent economy
• competitive balance
• entertainment spectacle

Keywords

• IPL
• cricket
• auctions
• financialization
• global talent
• competitive balance
• entertainment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IPL, UK

Books & works: cricket

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