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With USA Today reporting that the revenue from the 2025 tournament is set to be USD $955 million, an increase of $122 million from last year’s total, the NCAA has many reasons to play along with the rising powers that be.
In today’s era of Name, Image, and Likeness compensation – schools are exploring the globe looking to lure the best talent to the ever-popular college basketball product. It’s a sport which features an event that brings in nearly USD $9 billion dollars in annual revenue – March Madness.
F1 entered 2025 off the back of its most financially successful year to date, reporting USD $3.65 billion in annual revenue in 2024 - the fourth consecutive year of top-line growth. Furthermore, F1 concluded 2024 with $2.6 billion in cash and liquid investments on hand while currently trading at an enterprise value of $30 billion, a 275 per cent jump from 2017.
TGL aims to be the new league of the year in ’25 but its fiscal approach will focus on television audiences and sponsorships far more than in-person attendance.
Stathletes, operating within a rapidly expanding sports analytics market, offers industry-leading hockey insights across 31 hockey leagues in 34 countries and has successfully scaled to the highest professional levels in North America and Europe.
There has been little “luck of the Irish” for the Notre Dame football team in recent years, and recent decades. One of the most historic programs in U.S. college football claims 11 national titles, but none since 1988.
When it comes to money in sports, the past 11 months did not disappoint, featuring exorbitant valuations for North American teams, record-setting contracts for athletes and broadcasters alike, and a media rights deal that got a basketball league paid.
On Dec. 5, EA NHL 25 released its holiday content drop, a downloadable addition to their wildly popular franchise. In it are all six PWHL teams, their players and even the Walter Cup.
The global sailing competition capped off its most successful event in history at the inaugural 2024 ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix in Halifax, Nova Scotia a month prior - selling out within 12 minutes of tickets going on sale. It was attended by a record shoreside crowd of 50,000 spectators along the Halifax and Dartmouth waterfronts.
The CFL’s search for its next commissioner began early in the new year, following Randy Ambrosie's decision to step down upon the hiring of his successor, after a non-confidence vote in the fall.
Ons Jabeur is a three-time Grand Slam finalist with more than $13 million in prize money by age 30, and as she looked out at the main court used for the Miami Open this week and next, she rattled off a lengthy list of things she thinks could be fixed in professional tennis to help all players.
"This is a sport that is about history," said Michael Posner, head of MLB's authentication team. "Recording that history properly and knowing, 'This is the ball, the base, the bat,' that's what we're doing. We're protecting that history."
