{"podcast":{"title":"Front Office Sports Today","slug":"front-office-sports-today-4120147","podcast_index_feed_id":4120147,"rss_url":"https://api.spokenlayer.com/feed/channel/the-leadoff-podcasts-ext/3c9929b72538c12bd92ac6762f8d798b9d4e8cdca7692ea74f466061d01816cb","website_url":"https://frontofficesports.com/podcasts/fos-today/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0eccb792-8223-11ed-8ea9-4b4b76c4d47c/image/0a1f57c256c28bf8c6e03884f3409a4d.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Front Office Sports","episode_count":857,"summary":"Sports is big business. Here's your daily brief.Front Office Sports Today is your morning briefing on the deals, decisions and cultural moments shaping the industry. Hosted by Baker Machado, with reporting from the Front Office Sports newsroom.Weekdays in under 12 minutes, ready at 6 a.m. ET. Plus longform conversations throughout the week with athletes, analysts, and executives shaping the game.Subscribe now and turn on notifications.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-12T22:21:03.214161+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147"},"episode":{"title":"A Conversation about Unrivaled's $650M Valuation with Co-Founder Alex Bazzell","slug":"a-conversation-about-unrivaled-s-650m-valuation-with-co-founder-alex-bazzell","published_at":"2026-08-26T18:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147/a-conversation-about-unrivaled-s-650m-valuation-with-co-founder-alex-bazzell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/1C131A/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOS4468359731.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/1C131A/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOS4468359731.mp3","summary":"Unrivaled Co-Founder Alex Bazzell joins Colin Salao of Front Office Sports to discuss: • Unrivaled's new $100 million raise at a $650 million valuation • Plans to expand the tour model and find a bigger home arena • Why 95 percent of players hold equity in the league • Comparing Unrivaled to the upcoming Project B league • Building an informal relationship with the WNBA Chapters 00:00 Intro and the new funding announcement 00:59 Why Unrivaled raised again after last year 02:26 The future of Sephora Arena in Miami 03:27 Exploring new cities and arena sizes 04:34 Why the league sticks to one home city 05:57 Addressing skepticism about raising so quickly 07:47 What the next five years look like 09:43 The potential for college player games 10:42 How player equity and vesting works 14:12 Comparing Unrivaled to Project B and the WNBA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Unrivaled Co-Founder Alex Bazzell joins Colin Salao of Front Office Sports to discuss: • Unrivaled's new $100 million raise at a $650 million valuation •…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1167,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/front-office-sports-today-4120147/episodes/a-conversation-about-unrivaled-s-650m-valuation-with-co-founder-alex-bazzell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147/a-conversation-about-unrivaled-s-650m-valuation-with-co-founder-alex-bazzell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}