How weightlifting is going from strength To strength

The sport of weightlifting is as old as human life, with prehistoric tribes reckoned to test each other by lifting heavy rocks. Weightlifting is also deeply ingrained in the Olympics, with the sport being part of the first modern Olympics held in 1896 in Athens. The sport was broadened out to include female competition…

ByDavid ClaxtonApril 5, 20200Comments

Rugby

What the ruck! Is rugby ready to go global?

Can rugby become a global sport? And with the showpiece of Rugby, the World Cup, coming to a close at the start of November, how truly global is the game? As of 2018, it was reported that a record of 9.6 million people played the game globally. By contrast, football dwarfs rugby, with over 265…

ByDavid ClaxtonOctober 26, 20190Comments

Analysis NFL

Will London get an NFL team?

BusinessOfSport.Net YouTube ChannelBack in October 2007, the BBC's website produced a headline: "NFL takes the UK seriously" ahead of the first regular-season game to be hosted outside of North America between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants. The game was pretty turgid, 13-10 to the Giants with the Wembley pitch becoming a quagmire,…

ByDavid ClaxtonOctober 20, 20190Comments

Analysis Football Longform

Why did Bury FC die?

At 23.07pm on Tuesday 27th August, for all intensive purposes, with the announcement that the club had been demoted from the English Football League (EFL), effectively signaled the extinction of Bury FC. Bury FC was dead as it had, effectively, run out of money. With the English Football Association (FA) moving the game…

ByDavid ClaxtonSeptember 6, 20190Comments

Analysis MLB

Can baseball become popular in Europe?

BusinessOfSport.Net YouTube ChannelA game reckoned to be created in the UK, but by 1856 was being referred to as America's "national game". Meet baseball. A European game, but can baseball become popular in Europe? It comes to the UK this weekend when two of Major League Baseball's (MLB) franchises face off at the Olympic…

ByDavid ClaxtonJune 30, 20190Comments

Analysis Football

Championship Playoff Final is richest game in football

BusinessOfSport.Net YouTube ChannelYesterday's EFL Championship Playoff Final between Aston Villa and Derby County was portrayed as the "richest game in sport". How much is the yearly playoff worth to the victor, Villa? According to ESPN, the game is worth £170 million (!) across three seasons (even if a team is relegated after just one season…

ByDavid ClaxtonMay 27, 20190Comments

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How will Brexit affect football?

BusinessOfSport.Net YouTube ChannelToday (29/03/19) was meant to be "Independence Day" with the UK due to leave the European Union for good, following the referendum vote in June 2016. Street parties, minted coins and a host of merchandise, including t-shirts have all been cancelled, or postponed. While Brexit's ultimate destination is currently unknown, its…

ByDavid ClaxtonMarch 29, 20190Comments

AAF Analysis XFL

The AAF doesn’t even last a season

BusinessOfSport.Net YouTube ChannelHeard of the Alliance of American Football (AAF)? The new American football league launched a week after Super Bowl LIII, kicked off to over two million viewers for its debut game. Its second week pulled in 400,000 viewers. Not bad, but within its second week of the league it needed an injection…

ByDavid ClaxtonFebruary 24, 20190Comments

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Why the XFL failed

Read about The Rock buying the XFL here BusinessOfSport.Net's YouTube ChannelYou may remember Business Of Sport's recent post on the XFL, and if it can survive its second attempt at launching a professional American football league. Well, update, it can't. Read this post as to why it failed in 2020 and yet again. But…

ByDavid ClaxtonFebruary 2, 20190Comments

Analysis XFL

A year until the XFL kicks off, will it be a success?

In just over a year, there will be a new American football league, yet the XFL is not so new. 2001, the bombastic owner of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Vince McMahon launched the X-Treme Football League (XFL) to much fanfare

ByDavid ClaxtonJanuary 20, 20190Comments

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How weightlifting is going from strength To strength

What the ruck! Is rugby ready to go global?

Will London get an NFL team?

Why did Bury FC die?

Can baseball become popular in Europe?

Championship Playoff Final is richest game in football

How will Brexit affect football?

The AAF doesn’t even last a season

Why the XFL failed

A year until the XFL kicks off, will it be a success?

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