Adam Minter is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering the business of sports. He is the author, most recently, of “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale."
The economics of amateur football are evolving so dramatically that this $6 million deal between a celebrity and a less prominent athletic department is now necessary.
Efforts to do an environmental clean-up fall short of goals, but it’s way more progress than host cities would’ve made without pressure from the Games.
Utah had leverage to push back against problematic doping-related provisions in the IOC’s contract for the 2034 Games. But officials refused to use it.
