On the front page of today’s WSJ – speculation that Phelps could sign with Nike now that his Speedo contract is about up.
A sports mgmt professor suggested a bidding war could take place, and that he could be worth upwards of $50M to Nike (don’t know whether that would be what they’d offer him or what they’d make because of him), but his quote is “he could literally allow them to launch a massive swimwear company.” Imagine...
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I wonder if Phelps mania might lead to a "Swimming Channel" on cable. May not be 24 hours but good meets. domestic, international, even Masters Nats etc. Clinics, classics, reality TV etc.
That would be quite the quantum leap. I had a hard time finding the Worlds on TV last year. I ended having to subscribe to an extra sports package on Dish to get some obscure college sports channel that was showing it.
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I wonder if Phelps mania might lead to a "Swimming Channel" on cable. May not be 24 hours but good meets. domestic, international, even Masters Nats etc. Clinics, classics, reality TV etc.
That would be quite the quantum leap. I had a hard time finding the Worlds on TV last year. I ended having to subscribe to an extra sports package on Dish to get some obscure college sports channel that was showing it.
