{"podcast":{"title":"High Performance Business","slug":"high-performance-business-7257183","podcast_index_feed_id":7257183,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/67b8a49ac0f169362a5f3f65","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/highperformancebusiness","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/67b8a49ac0f169362a5f3f65/1785323178866-7ae53e4f-e592-4f3e-9bda-4dc470dafb3c.jpeg","author":"High Performance","episode_count":89,"summary":"You know the score, but what happens on the pitch is only half the story . Soaring ticket prices. Endless subscription fees. Baffling rule changes. Even the most diehard fans are left wondering: why? Award-winning sports journalists Natalie Pirks & Colin Murray step back from a busy news cycle to deliver the business playbook. Armed with razor-sharp wit and genuine curiosity, they bridge the gap between the sports business and the sport itself, unpacking the power plays shaping global games and decoding what they really mean for people in the stands. From FIFA and F1 to the Premier League and major US sports, High Performance Business delivers top-down clarity straight from the pitch-side, court-side, and paddock. Because when you understand the mechanics behind the machine, you're no longer sitting on the sidelines. No business degree required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T00:22:26.301690+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/high-performance-business-7257183"},"episode":{"title":"West Ham's Financial Crisis, Tottenham's Disaster, & World Cup Prize Money | Kieran Maguire","slug":"west-ham-s-financial-crisis-tottenham-s-disaster-world-cup-prize-money-kieran-maguire","published_at":"2026-06-23T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/high-performance-business-7257183/west-ham-s-financial-crisis-tottenham-s-disaster-world-cup-prize-money-kieran-maguire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/high-performance-business-7257183","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-room-where-it-happened/episodes/west-hams-financial-crisis-tottenhams-disaster-world-cup-pri","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67b8a49ac0f169362a5f3f65/e/6a358d0ff1612f1c69d6f832/media.mp3","summary":"Football finance expert Kieran Maguire exposes the volatile economics of the modern game, where Premier League revenue has risen 3,100% since 1992, yet spending has climbed even faster, leaving the sport structurally loss-making. He unpacks the 2025/26 season's biggest financial shockwaves, from Arsenal’s £200m+ Champions League windfall to how Spurs’ brush with relegation rattled multi-billion-dollar investors. Kieran also exposes football's strangest paradoxes: why playing in Europe can lose clubs money, and how the Club World Cup now outpays the actual World Cup.  Looking ahead to the new 2026/27 campaign, Kieran breaks down the impact of the new Squad Cost Rules, the bleak future facing relegated West Ham, and why Arsenal are so well positioned to dominate both on and off the pitch. IFS - award-winning Asset & Service Management software  👉 Reimagine your operations at: https://highpfrmc.com/ifs-au XTB 👉 To find out more and make your money work, use code RWIH at: https://highpfrmc.com/xtb-rwih-au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Football finance expert Kieran Maguire exposes the volatile economics of the modern game, where Premier League revenue has risen 3,100% since 1992, yet sp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3546,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/high-performance-business-7257183/episodes/west-ham-s-financial-crisis-tottenham-s-disaster-world-cup-prize-money-kieran-maguire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/high-performance-business-7257183/west-ham-s-financial-crisis-tottenham-s-disaster-world-cup-prize-money-kieran-maguire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}