{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Why We Like It","title":"Rewriting the Playbook: Inside Sports' Commercial Reinvention with Chris Bevilacqua & Chris Marinak","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9fcc7b42\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1938,"description":"Conference realignment. The transfer portal. A $20.5M-per-school revenue-sharing mandate that didn't exist two years ago.\nStreaming platforms spending north of $14B on rights. Sports is being rebuilt from the ground up and on this episode, Sam talks to two people whose careers have shaped many of the defining moments along the way. Chris Bevilacqua built the proof of concept that became every conference media network you know today.\nChris Marinak spent nearly two decades inside MLB, helping deliver innovations like the pitch clock and the ABS challenge system.\nNow both at Playfly Sports, they discuss media rights, college sports, hyper-personalization, and what fans should expect over the next five years.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xkf6-F9BhqDPX2GDBp4h6dao1t67VFkFWZxyaoEwvJE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZThh/ODFiZWUyODdhYTYz/M2M1NWE1OTk0NzU0/NTEzNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}