# As sports sponsorship scrutiny grows, is it still worth it? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drum-podcast-1264371/as-sports-sponsorship-scrutiny-grows-is-it-still-worth-it Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drum-podcast-1264371/as-sports-sponsorship-scrutiny-grows-is-it-still-worth-it.md Podcast: [The Drum Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drum-podcast-1264371) Published: 2026-06-04T12:55:44+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-drum-network-podcast/episodes/as-sports-sponsorship-scrutiny-grows-is-it-still-worth-it Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/62e90c0361c5da0012f76880/e/6a2175d0ac951431d76081f1/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drum-podcast-1264371/episodes/as-sports-sponsorship-scrutiny-grows-is-it-still-worth-it Duration seconds: 2292 ## Resource As the Fifa World Cup looms, we're joined by experts in sponshorship and talent partnership - Gartner's Nicole Greene and Outreach's Joe Hockley, respectively - to map the upcoming 'most commercial World Cup ever'. As creators' stars continue to rise and budget scrutiny reaches sponsorships, what makes the big-ticket activations still worth it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drum-podcast-1264371/episodes/as-sports-sponsorship-scrutiny-grows-is-it-still-worth-it/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drum-podcast-1264371/as-sports-sponsorship-scrutiny-grows-is-it-still-worth-it.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.