# M&A Corner: The Business of Sports Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-obvious-6984827/m-a-corner-the-business-of-sports Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-obvious-6984827/m-a-corner-the-business-of-sports.md Podcast: [Beyond The Obvious](https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-obvious-6984827) Published: 2025-07-15T16:21:26+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/1fa42447 Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/1fa42447/1e0278ef.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beyond-the-obvious-6984827/episodes/m-a-corner-the-business-of-sports Duration seconds: 560 ## Resource In the current era of must-see live sporting events, sports leagues and teams are becoming increasingly attractive to private equity investors. In part two of this installment of M&A Corner, Mizuho | Greenhill's Co-Head of Corporate Finance and Head of Greenhill International, Kevin Costantino, continues his conversation with Stephen Amdur, Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, as they discuss the growing appetite for institutional investment in the sports industry. Stephen provides his insight into the world of finance for professional sports teams and leagues, with the discussion exploring the rigor required to manage successful sports deals and the opportunities that exist for private equity investors in professional sports. In this episode, our experts analyze the evolving sports landscape in the context of law and finance and cover topics such as the developing secondary market, the international market for sports franchises and how this investor interest impacts college sports. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beyond-the-obvious-6984827/episodes/m-a-corner-the-business-of-sports/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-obvious-6984827/m-a-corner-the-business-of-sports.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.