Brazilian football ends mass manager sackings

Brazilian football will implement a new rule curbing the amount of managers who can be sacked each season in a historic ruling Research has found that there are an average of 37 sackings of managers in the men's game in Brazil each season - the most in the world Could it have wider implications for…

ByDavid ClaxtonMay 28, 20210Comments

The BeNeLiga – Europe’s first joint football league?

Could Belgium and the Netherlands launch a joint league? Why would both countries be looking at starting a BeNeLiga? It was the topic of discussion on a recent edition of The Smart Money podcast, with journalist Robert Kidd Could European football soon have its first, major joint domestic league between two European countries? It looked…

ByDavid ClaxtonMay 21, 20210Comments

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The rise (and sudden) fall of The Super League

And just like that, The Super League project looks dead. Maybe for just a few moments though. It was a topic we discussed once more in detail on The Smart Money podcast, with my guest, once more, Colin Watt. See the full conversation below and also here on YouTube. It was the second…

ByDavid ClaxtonApril 30, 20210Comments

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The European Super League fails

On 11th April 2021 the "Super League" of European football launched Within 72 hours it was declared dead on arrival as "founding" clubs sought to leave The Smart Money podcast, in a special episode, covered the topic in detail - check it below In the coming weeks, Business Of Sport will delve, very, very deep…

ByDavid ClaxtonApril 23, 20210Comments

Analysis Football The Smart Money Podcast

Champions League Reforms

The so-called "Swiss Model" will make extensive changes to football's UEFA Champions League competition The reforms are due to be put in place by 2024's competition This was a topic explored on The Smart Money podcast - see below to listen in Big changes are coming for the UEFA Champions League. Start from 2024, these…

ByDavid ClaxtonApril 13, 20210Comments

NFTs The Smart Money Podcast

What is an NFT

A video of LeBron James sells for over $200,000 - helping to hype NFTs The market for NFTs has exploded within mere months TCould it be the next big market for sports memorabilia? Heard the hype about NFTs? What is an NFT? To give them their proper name - Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) - are,…

ByDavid ClaxtonApril 7, 20210Comments

Analysis Football The Smart Money Podcast

UK, Ireland World Cup 2030 bid

The UK government announced its intention to launch a joint bid, with Ireland, to host the 2030 World Cup The Smart Money podcast asked - Do we finally need to have an honest conversation about the worth of World Cups to countries? It was revealed in an exclusive interview given by Prime Minister Boris Johnson…

ByDavid ClaxtonMarch 24, 20210Comments

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The Smart Money Podcast launches

The Smart Money Podcast, from A State Of Mind is now out in the open, subscribe on YouTube today The news dropped on an episode of Colin Watt's fantastic Football Insomniac podcast, which I had the pleasure of being a guest on Business Of Sport is still going strong and read more about The Smart…

ByDavid ClaxtonMarch 21, 20210Comments

The Smart Money Podcast

The Smart Money Podcast

Brazilian football ends mass manager sackings

The BeNeLiga – Europe’s first joint football league?

The rise (and sudden) fall of The Super League

The European Super League fails

Champions League Reforms

What is an NFT

UK, Ireland World Cup 2030 bid

The Smart Money Podcast launches

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