Locke -- The Business Week Top 100 Power People in Sports -- How about Utah
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Business Week has released their top 100 most powerful people in sports It is an interesting list and a more interesting discussion of what dictates power. It has left me with some observations and questions. I have linked to the list on my Facebook account
Roger Goodell is #1, the commissioner of the NFL. There is no question that NFL is king. It has the best TV deal, it has the most loyal fan base and it has had the fewest major issues –but let me ask you as a sports fan why – why is the NFL king?
Some other observations
- Tiger Woods is #2 on the list and he is the only athlete in the top 10, the next closest active athlete is Peyton Manning at #13; David Beckham is #17 and LeBron at #19. What really jumps out at me is that Tiger is the only athlete more powerful than his commissioner, Tim Finchem the PGA Commissoner is at 34. Which means Tiger is the PGA tour and as Tiger wants Tiger does
- David Beckham is an interesting case – he is at #17 where will he be after a year or two in the
- Comcast is rising up the list as a player, what was supposed to be Fox to threaten ESPN looks as though it may be Comcast as their Chairman comes in at #24. ESPN/ABC/Disney leader George Bodenheimer is #4
- Barry Bonds is the highest ranking baseball player at #39 – do you really believe that Bonds still has any power and is that where baseball stands that it has no other power brocker. That is a bad sign for the game of baseball.
- They rank Marc Cuban at #50 and I think it is too low – this is one guy with enough guts to challenge and change things that gives him power
- The highest ranking hockey player is Sidney Crosby at #61
- In the future the biggest jump is going to be internet related. They rank Bo Bowman who is advanced media for MLB at #52 and John Walsh head of ESPN internet at #66. They have the key to the future
Those are my thoughts. What would the
Comments
Re: Locke -- The Business Week Top 100 Power People in Sports -- How about Utah
1. Larry Miller (who else)
2. Lavell Edwards
3. Dave Checketts
4. Bronco Mendenhall
5. Jerry Sloan
6. Tom Holmoe
7. Deron Williams
8. Chris Hill
9. The Mtn.
10. Kyle Whittingham
2. Lavell Edwards
3. Dave Checketts
4. Bronco Mendenhall
5. Jerry Sloan
6. Tom Holmoe
7. Deron Williams
8. Chris Hill
9. The Mtn.
10. Kyle Whittingham
Posted by hansencheek on September 28, 2007 at 9:00 AM
Re: Locke -- The Business Week Top 100 Power People in Sports -- How about Utah
I guess it depends on how you define power but, in my eyes athletes and even coaches are at a disadvantage compared to their bosses.
1. Larry Miller
----big gap---
2. Dave Checketts
3. Chris Hill (tons more national clout than Holmoe)
4. Tom Holmoe
5. Jerry Sloan
6. Bronco Mendenhall
7. Deron Williams (his upcoming contract shapes the Jazz)
8. Craig "Hair" Thompson (as symbol of MWC and the TV deal)
9. Kyle Whittingham
10. Jim Boylen (seems like a reach today but, in a year it will make sense).
1. Larry Miller
----big gap---
2. Dave Checketts
3. Chris Hill (tons more national clout than Holmoe)
4. Tom Holmoe
5. Jerry Sloan
6. Bronco Mendenhall
7. Deron Williams (his upcoming contract shapes the Jazz)
8. Craig "Hair" Thompson (as symbol of MWC and the TV deal)
9. Kyle Whittingham
10. Jim Boylen (seems like a reach today but, in a year it will make sense).
Posted by vegas ute on September 28, 2007 at 1:47 PM
Re: Locke -- The Business Week Top 100 Power People in Sports -- How about Utah
1. Larry H. Miller
2. Jerry Sloan
3. Kevin O'Conner
4. Bronco Mendenhall
5. THE STUPID COUGAR CLUB! (Donors)
6. The Jazz Bear (Good for 2-5 points a night!)
7. The Invisible Hand of the MTN. (The unspoken problem of the two blurry camera angles not being able to get instant replay correct! This goes for Vs. and CSTV.)(BYU wins UCLA game if it is played on ESPN and they have more then two angles to review calls)
8. The empty seats at Rice-Eccles (It got Ron Mcbride fired and made Urban a star)
9. Hot Rod (Name another man, any man that can call another man Horney and get away with it?)
10. The dump (formally know as Delta Center; however now easier to find at night thanks to Green glow. It did recycle Ostertag so maybe there is something to the ESA.)
2. Jerry Sloan
3. Kevin O'Conner
4. Bronco Mendenhall
5. THE STUPID COUGAR CLUB! (Donors)
6. The Jazz Bear (Good for 2-5 points a night!)
7. The Invisible Hand of the MTN. (The unspoken problem of the two blurry camera angles not being able to get instant replay correct! This goes for Vs. and CSTV.)(BYU wins UCLA game if it is played on ESPN and they have more then two angles to review calls)
8. The empty seats at Rice-Eccles (It got Ron Mcbride fired and made Urban a star)
9. Hot Rod (Name another man, any man that can call another man Horney and get away with it?)
10. The dump (formally know as Delta Center; however now easier to find at night thanks to Green glow. It did recycle Ostertag so maybe there is something to the ESA.)
Posted by maskmarv on September 29, 2007 at 11:59 PM
Re: Locke -- The Business Week Top 100 Power People in Sports -- How about Utah
Thanks. Great job everyone. These are fantastic.
Posted by dlocke on September 30, 2007 at 1:41 AM
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