Sports as the last live media asset. Streaming platforms pay record rights fees; women's sports and betting expand the audience; teams become sovereign-wealth trophies.
Scaling Compounding now. Evidence is visible in company results and data. Largest effect expected 2020–2035.
Second-order effects
Cable's final bundle unravels; leagues become media companies; youth sports professionalise further; the fan pays through subscriptions and bets rather than tickets.
Its neighbourhood
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Frictions it intensifies
These pressures get worse, or reach more people.
Solutions it accelerates
Solutions it threatens
Sectors it reshapes
How to track it
If this trend is real, these are the numbers that will show it first.