The future home of the NBA? Photo: Jacqueline Nell/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images No major American professional sports league has yet announced its official return, but plans are brewing for the NBA, MLB, and others to come back. One of the big questions is where, exactly, these leagues will play, since traveling from city to city is currently not happening.
To me, this is really fascinating. So, no one knows how it’s going to play out, but I’ve to say: of all the companies, I would trust Disney to do the right thing around safety and everything else. Everybody wants sports to come back, and of course they have to come back. They’re so important from a financial point of view, and I think from a mental point of view for our society, too.
I did my pre-prom at Disney. And it was like, if you lit up a joint or even thought about lighting up a joint, some nice white kid came up to you and before you knew it you were in the Disney jail. Not that I would know about that. Not that I would know about that.Galloway: Disney is literally like — I was about to say Nazis, but I don’t want to compare anyone to Nazis. The good part of Nazis — very organized, very meticulous, and very methodical.
Subscribe on: Apple Podcast Google Podcast Spotify Galloway: Anyway, you have a company that has the ability to continue to deliver exceptional differentiated experiences in a vaccinated, somewhat safe place. Even if a lot of it is just show and reputation. And then it potentially is saying, “All right, now we can bring it to this $200 billion-a-year franchise called sports. We have the facilities, we have the reputation, we have the human capital.
karaswisher profgalloway carynm650 Of course, Disney (ABC, ESPN) owns a greater chunk of the TV rights to the NBA than they do for any other professional team sport, golf, tennis, or NASCAR. They are just facilitating putting their own product back on the air on their terms. Would not expect anything less.
karaswisher profgalloway carynm650 FB is not innovating here, lots of cos have done remote for yrs. Ppl want flexibility but so much tied to employee zip codes corporate/payroll taxes, benefits, insurance, leaves, protections, & cost stuctures via geos. Overpaying handcuffs ppl - value them appropriately by geo
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