Derek Thompson on the American Sports Plutocracy, the NBA’s 2016 Black Swan Event, and the WNBA’s Growing Pains
Bill Simmons and Derek Thompson dissect the financial and cultural forces reshaping professional sports, focusing on the Mark Walter scandal, the 2016 NBA cap spike, and the WNBA's explosive growth. They explore how legal oligopolies, tax loopholes, and artificial scarcity enrich billionair
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