1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, radio news. 2 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 2: This is Bloomberg Business of Sports. 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 3: Business of Sports can be intimidating for hard for a 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 3: start to break into. 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 4: We really appreciate when our owners are actually there, you know, 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 4: with us through the journey. 7 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: Teams ours especially been very intentional to diversify at all 8 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: levels of the company. 9 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 5: Maybe we're in the golden years for the NFL and 10 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 5: college football. 11 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 3: Our demographic reach has continued to expande. 12 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 1: This is going to be really unlocking the streaming platform 13 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 1: for sports fans. 14 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: Sports evaluations arising. We'll see when they peak. 15 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 3: You don't have to be the best in your sports 16 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 3: and make a whole ton of money. 17 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 6: Bloomberg Business of Sports from Bloomberg Radio. 18 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 1: Welcome to a special edition of The Bloomberg Business of Sports, 19 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: where we explore the big money issues in the world 20 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: of sports. I'm Scarlett Foo, Michael Barr, and Damian Sasauer. 21 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: We'll be back next week. On today's show, we highlight 22 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: some of our FA favorite conversations from Bloomberg Power Players, 23 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: a live event at our headquarters here in New York, 24 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: hosted by Bloomberg Originals Chief correspondent Jason Kelly. Earlier this month. 25 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 1: The event was a series of panels with big names 26 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: in the industry. We'll take a listen to discussions with 27 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: former NBA star, Atlanta Hawk's co owner and Team USA 28 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 1: Basketball managing director Grant Hill, fresh off of this summer's 29 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: gold medal win in Paris. 30 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 3: For US, it was gold or bust. Yeah, and you 31 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 3: really felt that you felt that pressure, particularly in the 32 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 3: metal rounds, and it was unlike any pressure I've ever experienced. 33 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: We'll also here from first time Olympian Steph Curry, whose 34 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: electric shooting helped tam USA bring home the gold. 35 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 7: Thousand sunk in Anglized is one of those things that 36 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 7: you know he did with the moment called for thank you. 37 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: All these shots went in and. 38 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 7: The silenced the crowd, especially that last one. 39 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: I don't even know how to explain it. 40 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: Plus we share conversations with some of the athletes who 41 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: headed over to the trading floor a Canter Fitzgerald. This 42 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: past week. It's part of an annual day of fundraising 43 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: to mark the anniversary of the September eleventh attacks. That's 44 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: on the way on the Bloomberg Business of Sports. But 45 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: we start at Power Players, New York and here from 46 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: two important names in the world of women's soccer. National 47 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: Women's Soccer League commissioner Jessica Berman and Gotham FC and 48 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: US women's national team forward Midge Perse. They sat down 49 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: for a discussion on how women's soccer is growing and 50 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: persu's new reality series, The Off Season. Let's take a 51 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: listen to their conversation, moderated by Bloomberg Originals sports correspondent 52 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: Vanessa Perdomo. Starting with Berwin's thoughts on why the NWSL 53 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: decided to do away with a traditional draft. 54 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 8: There's a few things that made our decision more obvious 55 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 8: that may or may not be relevant to the unique 56 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,119 Speaker 8: challenges of any individual sport. And I do think this 57 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 8: is like a very specific analysis that has to take 58 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 8: into account the culture of the game more broadly, but 59 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 8: also like your uni challenges for your players. So the 60 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 8: short answer is, I don't know. There's really two things 61 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 8: that for us were meaningfully different. The first is that 62 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 8: if you look at the NFL or the NBA and 63 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 8: you balance the trade offs and the opportunities that it creates, 64 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 8: those leagues have historically benefited from someone else investing in 65 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 8: your player development pathway. They are able to put the 66 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 8: wrapper on top of the draft that someone else is 67 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 8: funding and celebrate all these players who become stars during 68 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 8: their years of college. And so coming into the draft, 69 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 8: everybody is like, you know who those players are? Because 70 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 8: there is an entire monetization and marketing engine behind the 71 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 8: NCAA for men's football and men's basketball. We don't have 72 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 8: that in soccer. So in the risk reward analysis of 73 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 8: those obstacles that we impose on ourselves, possibly in some 74 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 8: sports for good reason, it makes it's the weighing of 75 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 8: the pros and cons a lot easier because our players 76 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 8: come from everywhere, and it's a whole other topic of 77 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 8: conversation why the college system doesn't actually serve us the 78 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 8: way it needs to. And certainly it's fair to say, 79 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 8: regardless of what you think of the player pathway, in 80 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 8: the NCAA for women's soccer, no one knows who those 81 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 8: players are because there isn't a big monetization or marketing 82 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 8: engine behind them. So that made it unique. I think 83 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 8: it's also true to say, and if you look at 84 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 8: the history of women's soccer, I often say, when you 85 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 8: close your eyes and think of greatness in this room, 86 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 8: as Americans who love sports, and soccer, you would think 87 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 8: of women first, and that is such a unique first 88 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 8: mover advantage for us as we think about the growth 89 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 8: of women's sports. It is also true that the rest 90 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 8: of the world has woken up to soccer, women's soccer particular, 91 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 8: and we have competitors globally, and that requires a different 92 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 8: level of innovation and thoughtfulness around the mechanisms by which 93 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 8: we will be in a position to attract the top talent. 94 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 8: And so we had to look in the mirror and 95 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 8: ask ourselves some really tough questions about that that again, 96 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 8: I think make our decision makes sense for us. And 97 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 8: I think the third piece, which Midge alluded to, is 98 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 8: that I do think for women it is different. It's 99 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 8: this idea that we've grown up and certainly I have 100 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 8: not through the same lens as an athlete, but grown 101 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 8: up in a world where this is a society and 102 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 8: a contract that was built for men. Our league business environment, 103 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 8: candidly like even as a mom with a kid in 104 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 8: school when they're scheduling parent teacher conferences, it was all 105 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 8: built for men, or with the idea that a woman 106 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 8: could pick up the pieces during the day because we 107 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 8: don't work and we have to disrupt that if we 108 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 8: want for our sport to be able to be the 109 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 8: actual best league in the world, not the best women's league, 110 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 8: not the best soccer league, but literally the best league 111 00:05:58,160 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 8: in the world. And we think we can actually do that. 112 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 8: We just have to think a little bit differently about 113 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 8: how we get there. 114 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, Midge. 115 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 9: When you're talking about this system and how to grow stars, 116 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 9: you know, beyond the US one's national team, that's a 117 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 9: lot of what your show does. 118 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 10: Right. 119 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 9: You're taking nwossell stars that aren't on the US one's 120 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 9: national team other than yourself. You know that you really 121 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 9: wanted to showcase their stories. I mean that says a lot. 122 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 9: You know, why did you pick them specifically? And what 123 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 9: else can we do to make sure that people know 124 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 9: these players who aren't stars in this league, that aren't 125 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 9: on the US national team. 126 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 11: Yeah, I'll answer that backwards. I think what we can 127 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 11: do is reform the way industry approaches women's sports, and 128 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 11: I think that the CBA is the big example of that, 129 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 11: because the biggest problem is that everything has been extremely 130 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 11: derivative of men's sports. It's been extremely derivative of the 131 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 11: European model and what they do with clubs there. I mean, 132 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 11: I'm in New York, New Jersey, and people call my 133 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 11: jersey a kit and I'm like, to Jersey, this. 134 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 2: Is the US. 135 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 11: So I think just like reframing and reshaping the way 136 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 11: and the lens in which we view women female athletes 137 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 11: as its own original product and content machine would go 138 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 11: a long way. And then in terms of just do 139 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 11: you mean like selecting the actual players who went in 140 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 11: the house. 141 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean that. 142 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 9: I mean I'm assuming some of them are your friends, 143 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 9: some of them. 144 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, most of them are my friends. 145 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 11: Yeah. I just I have played for a couple of 146 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 11: clubs in the in the league, and so I've had 147 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 11: the pleasure of just meeting a lot of women who 148 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 11: play in this league. And it is, honestly, it's unreal 149 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 11: how many stars we have that people just don't know about. 150 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 11: And I say stars in the sense where they're not 151 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 11: just elite high level athletes who perform on the field 152 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 11: extremely well week in and week out, but they have 153 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 11: these stories that if anyone heard them, you would be 154 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 11: in awe and you would be so curious and bought 155 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 11: in into knowing what happens next in that story. Also, 156 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 11: their personalities are just like they just sell and I'm 157 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 11: just like these brands, they don't see them. They don't 158 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 11: see how authentically their stories, their brands, and their personalities 159 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 11: relate to different products, and how it would be so 160 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 11: easy to sell anything through the mortgage boarde for lack 161 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 11: of a better word, of women that you have here. 162 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 2: Do we have a premier date? We do? 163 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 11: And so it's so funny to you. I told them 164 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 11: I was on the call. I was like, we can 165 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 11: announce the premier date. And then I went back to 166 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 11: Twitter and they're like, please don't do that yet. 167 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 9: Jessica. I know, like this was produced completely separate from 168 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 9: the NWSL, but we we're talking about story storytelling there 169 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 9: and how important that is for women's sports in general. 170 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 9: You know, what are your thoughts on that and how 171 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 9: it can propel the leak forward? 172 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean it's a huge priority for us. We 173 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 8: know that original content has served to catalyze the incredible 174 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 8: growth of fandom to both attract new fans as well 175 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 8: as to move fans along on the journey to become 176 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 8: less casual and more avid, and that that's way we're 177 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 8: going to grow our business. Fortunately, we have these incredible 178 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 8: media partners in CBS, Amazon, Ion, and ESPN, and many 179 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 8: of them are doing a ton of original content right now. 180 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 8: I'll just give an example. On Script's Ion, they do 181 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 8: an incredible focus feature story. It's between every match on 182 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 8: Saturday night, so they do a doubleheader every single Saturday, 183 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 8: and between they select a deep dive story and they're incredible. 184 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 8: I totally agree with Midge, the stories are absolutely incredible. 185 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 8: These women are so inspirational and relatable and just listen 186 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 8: to her. She's like the way that they are, the 187 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 8: sophistication with sophistication with which they approach their careers on 188 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 8: and off the pitch, how much they know, some of 189 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 8: which is because they've had to educate themselves. And I 190 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 8: hope we can hold on to the incredibleness of the 191 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 8: culture of these athletes when this league is a billion 192 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 8: dollar valuation, because I do believe that a lot of 193 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 8: what has driven the initiative and self starter ways that 194 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 8: these players tell stories and have their own social and 195 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 8: they're just like scrappy because they had to be and 196 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 8: it is serving us well, and I hope we can 197 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 8: hold on to some of that as we continue to grow, 198 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 8: because it is the unique value proposition we offer the 199 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 8: marketplace that makes us differentiated from the men's sports. And yeah, 200 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 8: we've just scratched the surface on the stories that we're 201 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,959 Speaker 8: going to tell. We have some exciting news, but we're 202 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 8: not breaking it today. 203 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 9: But what he wants to break. 204 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 8: We are working on some very exciting original content that 205 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 8: the league is developing that we'll be in market and 206 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 8: it's going to really help people to really, you know, 207 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 8: pick up the hood, understand more about our game, our players, 208 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,839 Speaker 8: our storylines off the pitch, but as importantly on the pitch. 209 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 4: You know. 210 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 8: I often juxtapose the challenges between men's sports and women's 211 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,959 Speaker 8: sports because I lived NFL, NBA, NHL world, and we 212 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 8: were always trying to tell stories about who they are 213 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 8: as people, because all anybody wanted to talk about was 214 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 8: the highlights. In women's sports, I find that everyone wants 215 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 8: to talk about like friendships and like, oh, she's a 216 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 8: mom and all that's like really great, And I understand 217 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 8: the point, I do, but I want them to be 218 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 8: as excited to talk about literally like the rivalries, the 219 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 8: stories about the player and how incredible she is and 220 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 8: by the way, cover the fact that these athletes are 221 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 8: not diving and like they get tackled and they get 222 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 8: right up and start running, and like, you bring any 223 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 8: group of people who are men's soccer fans from Europe 224 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 8: who are like avid soccer fans at the core and 225 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 8: heart of the technical respect for the game, and they 226 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 8: come and watch an NWSL game and they're like, that's 227 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 8: the best soccer I've ever seen. And so you just 228 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 8: have to like really get over these biases that are 229 00:11:55,960 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 8: just unfortunately like deep rooted about like, yeah, these women 230 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 8: are incredible and they are the best soccer players in 231 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 8: the world. 232 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: That was Jessica Berman, National Women's Soccer League commissioner and 233 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,559 Speaker 1: NWSL Ford Midge, person who's also star of a new 234 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: reality series on soccer the off season. They were speaking 235 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: with Bloomberg Originals sports correspondent Vanessa Perdomo at the Bloomberg 236 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: Power Players Conference in New York earlier this month. Coming up, 237 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: we hear more of our favorite conversations from that event, 238 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: including from NBA superstar Steph Curry. 239 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 2: You're a team USA Basketball. 240 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 7: We're supposed to win, but the competition has definitely gotten 241 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 7: extremely tough. For there's from nineteen ninety two, I think 242 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 7: there was only seven. 243 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 2: NBA players that they played against. 244 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 7: Obviously they're a great team, but for us, we played 245 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 7: against sixty seven or sixty nine. 246 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 9: I mean the styles. 247 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 2: You knew my job up here, we knew, we knew 248 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 2: what the childs are going to be. 249 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: I'm Scarlett Foo and you're listening to the Bloomberg Business 250 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: of Sports from Bloomberg Radio. Around the world. 251 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 5: To Bloomberg Business of Sports from Bloomberg Radio. 252 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: This is the Bloomberg Business of Sports, where we explore 253 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: the big money issues in the world of sports. I'm 254 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: Scarlett Fu, Michael Barr, and Damian Sasauer will be back 255 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: next week. We're listening in on some of our favorite 256 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:20,319 Speaker 1: conversations from Bloomberg Power Players, a special event held live 257 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: at our headquarters in New York this month, featuring panels 258 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: and discussions with key names in the universe of sports. 259 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: Our next conversation takes us back to Paris and the 260 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:33,199 Speaker 1: Summer Olympics with NBA superstar Steph Curry. In Paris, he'll 261 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: recall Curry won his first and potentially last Olympic gold medal. 262 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: He spoke on stage next to under Armor CEO Kevin 263 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: Plank with Bloomberg Original's sports correspondent Vanessa Perdomo. They discussed 264 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: the Olympics, his relationship with under Armour and more. Let's 265 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 1: listen in starting with his experience this summer in Paris 266 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: from Bloomberg Power Players, New York. This is Steph Curry. 267 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 7: So it was my first Olympic experience, which was definitely 268 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 7: worth the way it was, you know, crazy energy throughout 269 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 7: the whole city, the build up to the gold medal game, 270 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 7: playing France against or playing against France in France, so 271 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 7: they you know, the home crowd was definitely on their 272 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 7: side for a while. It's the best experience because obviously 273 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 7: in the NBA there's such a build up in playoffs 274 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 7: a seven game series, and after eighty two games, this 275 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 7: is a six game sprint and it's basically like march madness, 276 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 7: wanted done, and so that intensity, that anxiety really like 277 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 7: to get it done, and it for it to build 278 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 7: up to that last three minutes. For me, it was 279 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 7: something some storybook stuff and I still had it doesn't 280 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 7: sunking angleize, just one of those things that you know 281 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 7: you did with the moment called for. Thankfully, all these 282 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 7: shots went in and the silence the crowd, especially that 283 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 7: last one. I don't even I don't even know how 284 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 7: to explain it. And yeah, to celebrate with those twelve guys. 285 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 7: So yeah, it was. It was definitely a great first 286 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 7: and probably only experience. 287 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 2: Did you playing for it? Huh? 288 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 6: Did you playing for it? Did you see you either 289 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 6: got that method actor kind of sit down as an 290 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 6: athlete and visualize the win. 291 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 7: So if my joke has been well, Anthony Edwards, he 292 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 7: made a joke. He was like, I only showed up 293 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 7: to Paris for the last three days because I was 294 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 7: I saved all of my my shots for the last 295 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 7: two games. 296 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 2: I didn't play. 297 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 7: I didn't shoot the ball well the first four I 298 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 7: think I only made like five threes and it ended 299 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 7: up making seventeen and I'm sorry, sixteen in a two 300 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 7: game stretch. 301 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 2: So yeah, I visualized that for sure. Yeah. 302 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 7: Uh, you know, whenever the moment calls for it, I'm 303 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 7: gonna shoot it. 304 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 9: So I mean, you're always in the clutch. And I 305 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 9: think we've all all seen that enough to know that 306 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 9: for sure. You know, we had Grant Hill here and 307 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 9: he had talked about it. You know, he had talked 308 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 9: about the experience there, and you know he's obviously been 309 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 9: in a similar situation, but he said, you know, being 310 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 9: the director USA Basketball, and he said that was the 311 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 9: most pressure he felt in his entire career. Do you 312 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 9: feel that sentiment? I mean, Steve Kerr kind of alluded 313 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 9: to the same kind of a moment too. 314 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 7: It's good for Grant to say that because he couldn't 315 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 7: be out there on the court do anything about it, 316 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 7: like his work was done once the team was selected. 317 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 2: But as a player, yeah, there we always. 318 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 7: Has a sense of relief because we're team USA Basketball, 319 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 7: like we're supposed to win. But the competition has definitely 320 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 7: gotten extremely tougher. There's from nineteen ninety two, I think 321 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 7: there was only seven. 322 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 2: NBA players that they played against. 323 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 7: Obviously they're a great team, but for us, we played 324 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 7: against sixty seven or sixty nine. 325 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 9: I mean, the stocks. 326 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 2: You're doing my job up here. 327 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 7: We knew, we knew what the challenge are going to 328 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 7: be and so for us to uh to get it 329 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 7: done no matter how it looked like, we knew it 330 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 7: was gonna be tough. So the Serbia comeback was insane 331 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 7: and that was where the most thing going into that 332 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 7: fourth quarter the first time I actually thought like we. 333 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 2: Might not win if we don't figure this thing out 334 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,359 Speaker 2: like and to respond the way we did with special. 335 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, you prefer a favorite, you prefer underdog. 336 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 2: I've always always been for a long time. 337 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 7: If I'm the favorite, I'm still going to trick myself 338 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 7: into thinking you're the underdog. 339 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 2: That's just part of my DNA. 340 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 9: So that's under rated mentality right. 341 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 2: Well on brands, absolutely. 342 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 9: Kevin, you know I want to talk to you about 343 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 9: Obviously you're watching along with the rest of us. You're watching, 344 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 9: you know, hype for the US, but hype for step 345 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 9: and he has this amazing performance and then under armer 346 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 9: Curry Brand drops the Curry Twelves in the USA colorway. 347 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 2: He's got them on. 348 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 9: I mean, he's got him on right there. I mean, 349 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 9: what kind of could you name a better time to 350 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 9: drop a sneaker? You know, tell me about that. And 351 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 9: building on the success of the Olympics, well. 352 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 6: I mean you try to find the right number one 353 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 6: un drummers all about innovation and product that you know 354 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 6: will give athletes those a little edge. We say, to 355 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 6: provide you with a solution that you never knew you needed, 356 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 6: and once you try to, you couldn't imagine living without. 357 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 2: So I can rattle this stuff off. 358 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 6: But that means like the curry outsoul has given him grip, 359 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,880 Speaker 6: because that's one thing that Steph wanted is he could. 360 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 2: Get his shot off a little bit faster. His team 361 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 2: figured out he could score two. 362 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 6: Point three more points per game and up that, and 363 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 6: so we try to put the innovation there. But when 364 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 6: you can match in a great innovation with great style and 365 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 6: the athletes moment, and so that's what Stephan at the 366 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 6: Olympics is one of the things which we couldn't We 367 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 6: couldn't written a scripted as any better too. And then 368 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 6: one thing is certain is that he's always going to 369 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 6: come through. 370 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 2: So we got so we have that, yes, and then the. 371 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 6: Twelve leads to the thirteen or the twelve leads to 372 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 6: we got all the color drops and leads to a 373 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 6: tour that we got coming up as well with. 374 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: More more shoes coming. 375 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 9: And when you're looking forward to future success in things 376 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 9: like that, I mean, obviously you know we talked about it. 377 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 9: So under Armer is now a partner with USA Football 378 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 9: and you're going to be bringing that to LA twenty 379 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 9: twenty eight as flag football enters. You know, the Olympics 380 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 9: for the first time. Talk to me about how that 381 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 9: fits into the Olympics strategy. 382 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 6: Well, I think authenticity. You know, under armed as a whole, 383 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 6: we had seventy two athletes, twenty six countries and with 384 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 6: twenty eight medals. 385 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:47,400 Speaker 2: You know, this is twenty eight right here. 386 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 6: I think the last one that came home Kelsey Plum. 387 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,640 Speaker 6: Kelsey Plumb won another one as well. So I mean 388 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 6: this is where we want to be there for sports. 389 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 6: So UND number is meant to be, you know, one 390 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 6: of the very few global brands that can show up 391 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,959 Speaker 6: any athletic endeavoraux on every court, any pitch, any field 392 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 6: and be seen as credible. And that's something that we 393 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 6: refer to as we're a podium brand. We call ourselves 394 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 6: a sports house. So we want to be in those 395 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 6: moments and we want to be outfitting. 396 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 2: Athletes where it matters. 397 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 6: And so you know, we were founded on field in 398 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 6: the sport of football, and so football making a debut 399 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 6: in LA is going to be super cool. It is 400 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 6: going to be a really neat opportunity for us, especially 401 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 6: as we look at in twenty eight of you know, 402 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 6: that'll be the first year we'll be outfitting the flag 403 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 6: football team there. So we'll see what kind of athletes 404 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 6: and we'll see who's going to be throwing the rock, 405 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,360 Speaker 6: but we will definitely see that you ever played flag football. 406 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 2: I'm watching my six year old player now, so they 407 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 2: could use another ten year old. 408 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 9: Eight maybe you know stuff you both. 409 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:43,439 Speaker 2: Had talked about it. 410 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 9: There the global outreach of the Olympics, and you know 411 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 9: you've obviously been on the winning train before in the NBA. 412 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 9: Does this feel different in the in when you're talking 413 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 9: about the way that this impacts global business? 414 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 7: For sure, there's no bigger international stage than what we 415 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 7: just experience. It's starting with being on the bars and 416 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 7: open the ceremonies with all five hundred ninety plus you know, 417 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 7: Team USA athletes across all the different sports events, skills 418 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 7: and you know, just being in that environment. For me, 419 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 7: I felt it like I was kidding the kinisty taking 420 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 7: pictures with everybody. Everyone to take pictures with us, and 421 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 7: I'm like, make sure you introduce who you are because 422 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 7: I want to know. 423 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 2: I want to educate. Well score they were and all that. 424 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 7: You feel like, you know how how much passion there 425 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 7: was from fan bases everywhere, and you know the amount 426 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 7: of reaction I got from that gold medal game and 427 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 7: just what we were able to accomplish how I played 428 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 7: that obviously is something I'll be talked about for a 429 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 7: long time. 430 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 2: But it drives exactly what Kevin was talking about, the 431 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 2: you know, the things that. 432 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 7: Kind of have to go right for it to happen, 433 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 7: from my product all the way to being able to 434 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 7: celebrate it in different parts of the world. So it's 435 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 7: it's definitely amazing, and I think we're going to capitalize 436 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 7: off that momentum. 437 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 9: And that goes into the tour that you're talking about. 438 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 12: Is it that? 439 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:58,719 Speaker 9: Is it a global tour for the next few sinkers? 440 00:20:58,800 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 9: Is that what you're talking about, Kevin? 441 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 2: It would be the first shome. 442 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 6: Steph will be over in Asia doing a four cities 443 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 6: tour there starting in Chendu, and we've got a colorwage 444 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 6: called the Pandu that's going to be dropping then as well, 445 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 6: which is Chendu is where the Pandas are in China. 446 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 2: So it's going to be really exciting. 447 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 6: The product will be terrific, But the way that Stephan's 448 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 6: sort of received there is it's like nothing I've ever 449 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 6: seen before. It's been five years since we've been over 450 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 6: to China as well. We've got a pretty big store 451 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 6: base there, so it's it's something that the market's incredibly excited. 452 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 6: I think the first day there you had how many 453 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 6: sign ups? I think, you know, several million social media 454 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:32,959 Speaker 6: sign ups the people that are popping on ten cents 455 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 6: going to be one of our partners for the tour. 456 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 2: But we'll be there. 457 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 6: We'll meet you in Shanghai and see and I mean, 458 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 6: I remember we've done this before. 459 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 2: You remember you're on a tour. It's like it's it's 460 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:43,719 Speaker 2: twenty four hours a day. 461 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 6: But what was that big mall we were and you'd 462 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 6: put you up against like some six. 463 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 2: Year old kids. 464 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,239 Speaker 6: For whatever reason, Stephan woke up and if you've ever 465 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 6: seen in Stephan, I've never seen seventh grade not make basketball. 466 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 2: It happened. So anyway, we'll make. 467 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 9: Sure we get to sleep for so you were a 468 00:21:57,880 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 9: little jet lag man. 469 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 7: Just a little bit you shine out balance the work 470 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 7: and the reason we're over there. Obviously, I'm still prepping 471 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,439 Speaker 7: for you know, the next NBA season coming up at 472 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 7: the end of the month, so you know, trying to 473 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 7: do it all obviously and take advantage of this window 474 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,479 Speaker 7: of time to be Like I said, it's been fibvious, 475 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 7: it's been over there, and you know this is international 476 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 7: work we're trying to do, so I'm excited about it. 477 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, Kevin. 478 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 9: One of the things you know, I want to talk 479 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 9: to you about as we talk about strategy and moving 480 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 9: forward is you took a seatback from being CEO and 481 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 9: now you're back. Why was it important for you to 482 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 9: step back in this role. 483 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 6: I mean that's something which you know we say it 484 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 6: on number there's four things that make up our brand. 485 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 6: Is number one, we're about athletes. Number two about sports. 486 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 6: Number three, we're about innovation. Number four passion and hopefully 487 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 6: we can wrap some smarts and some strategy around that. 488 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 6: And that's one thing which we've got a really incredible 489 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 6: team and what I'm watching being built in Baltimore right 490 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,919 Speaker 6: now is really special with the people side of it, 491 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 6: but also you know, in the physical infrastructure too. We've 492 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 6: got a new headquarters. It's opening, you know, in a 493 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 6: town like Baltimore this November, three hundred thousand square folow. 494 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 2: But it'll be a LEAD certified building. 495 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 6: It'll it'll be a new house to sort of contain 496 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 6: and it feels like we're starting a brand new chapter 497 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 6: at Ua. 498 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 2: So the ability to come. 499 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 6: Back and lead that as something what a gift, you know. 500 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 6: Gratitude is something I've learned is you know, turning fifty 501 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 6: two and I feel like I've lived several chapters at 502 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 6: this point and got some dog years on me. So 503 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 6: hopefully we can apply all that wisdom and smart and 504 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 6: again some of the great relationships that we have to 505 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 6: when you have you know, talent like Stephan and someone 506 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 6: is inspirational that can speak to the living, physical, walking, 507 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 6: manifestation of what it. 508 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 2: Means to be the underdog. 509 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 6: To have that you know, they didn't pick me, you know, 510 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 6: they didn't. 511 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 2: They didn't give me that chance. 512 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 6: Heybridgin a tech I mean, so it's like and this 513 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 6: is the things where Stephan is that underdog and to 514 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 6: know that, you know, you can apply that rule of 515 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 6: ten thousand hours. 516 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 2: It's something that's very under armoured. 517 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 6: Speaks to the kid and the consumer, which is a 518 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 6: lane that we think, you know, under armor is that 519 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 6: chip on the shoulder we represent grit. It's from our 520 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 6: hometown of Baltimore to the attitude we have with Stephan place. 521 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 6: So that's something makes us really proud and we're happy 522 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 6: to tell that story inspire young kids all over the world. 523 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 9: Stuff. You know, when you come back together now you've 524 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 9: you've been partners in this business for a long time 525 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 9: and you're moving Curry Brand forward. How do you envision 526 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 9: this relationship going forward, especially you know, past your playing 527 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,679 Speaker 9: career and beyond. 528 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 7: Yeah, if you look at from twenty thirteen when I 529 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 7: had my first meeting in Charlotte with the under Armoured team, like, 530 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 7: the vision was to build something unique and special to 531 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 7: kind of reflect what I wanted in the basketball space. 532 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,919 Speaker 7: Unarmored basketball was babies at the time, and you know, 533 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 7: it's kind of just a white canvas of what do 534 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 7: you want to build and built off my signature journey 535 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 7: over the course of the first eight years Curry Brand 536 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 7: launching in twenty twenty one, and then thinking about, okay, 537 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 7: you know, to your point, what is the legacy of 538 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 7: this opportunity to you know, we call it change the 539 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 7: game for good and everything he just mentioned about, you know, 540 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 7: your product and innovation being you know, the driving force 541 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 7: of that. I want to bring people along, you know, 542 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:02,679 Speaker 7: the ride with me. 543 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 2: And so you know, obviously signing Deer and. 544 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 7: Fox last year, it was a big deal especially as 545 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 7: an active athlete, to have somebody that sees the same 546 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 7: vision I have as an underdog who's trying to prove 547 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 7: himself and take that next step, and he wants his 548 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 7: you know, a product to do exactly what he needs 549 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 7: to do to be the greatest basketball player he can be, 550 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 7: but also has a vision of, you know, what he 551 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 7: wants to do in the community as well. 552 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 2: For me, that's a huge, huge deal. 553 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 1: That was NBA superstar Steph Curry as well as under 554 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 1: Armor CEO Kevin Plank talking with Vanessa Perdomo, Bloomberg Originals 555 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 1: Sports correspondent. They were on stage at Bloomberg Power Players 556 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 1: in New York this month. Coming up, we've got more 557 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 1: from Power Players for my colleagues, Michael Barr and Damian Sasauer. 558 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: I'm Scarlett Foo. You're listening to the Bloomberg Business of 559 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: Sports from Bloomberg Radio. Around the world, You're. 560 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 5: Listening to Bloomberg Business of Sports from Bloomberg Radio. 561 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 1: This is the Bloomberg Business of Sports where we explore 562 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,120 Speaker 1: the big money issues in the world of sports. I'm 563 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: Scarlett Fu, Michael Barr and Damian Sasaur. We'll be back 564 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 1: next week. It's a special edition of the show Today 565 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,719 Speaker 1: featuring highlights from Bloomberg Power Players New York, a special 566 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 1: event featuring panel discussions with top figures in the world 567 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: of sports. For our next conversation, we stick with basketball, 568 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: but this time with former NBA star Grant Hill. He 569 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: is co owner of the Atlanta Hawks, an investor in 570 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: NBA Africa, and serves as Managing director for USA Basketball. 571 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 1: Grant Hill spoke to Bloomberg Originals Chief correspondent Jason Kelly 572 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: at Bloomberg Power Players about the big win in the 573 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: Summer Games for Team USA and basketball's growth around the world. 574 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 1: Let's listen in on their conversation, starting with his thoughts 575 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: on Team USA taking home the gold medal. 576 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 3: For US, it was gold or bust. Yeah, and you 577 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 3: really felt that you felt that pressure, particularly in the 578 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 3: metal rounds, and it was unlike any pressure I've ever experienced. 579 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 3: Steve Kerr who was our head coach, and Steve Kerr 580 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 3: has had a pretty illustrious career five NBA Finals as 581 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 3: a player with Chicago and San Antonio. He's coached in 582 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 3: six NBA Finals, having won four with the Golden State Warriors, 583 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 3: and he even acknowledged there was no pressure like that pressure. 584 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 2: Wow. 585 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 3: And so we just kept saying, we got five days 586 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 3: in three games like this is get through it. Let's 587 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 3: coach to win, let's play to win. But it was incredible. 588 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 3: It was rewarding, and it was hard, and to be 589 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 3: able to embrace the hard, I think on the other 590 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 3: side of that was incredibly fulfilling. 591 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 12: So it's got to be a moment. As a very 592 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 12: savvy business person an investor, you have to look at 593 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 12: this as a huge opportunity, not just for USA basketball, 594 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 12: for global basketball as well. You're a co owner of 595 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 12: the Atlanta Hawks, you're deeply involved in the game, You're 596 00:27:55,440 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 12: an investor in NBA Africa. What is the what's the 597 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 12: business case or how strong is the business case for 598 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 12: global basketball at this point, especially given some of the 599 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 12: talent that's emerging. But how does this play out on 600 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 12: the money side? 601 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 3: You know, that's a great point. First of all, the 602 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 3: impact of the Olympics and basketball. Two things. One the 603 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 3: eighty four Olympics when here in Los Angeles, coached by 604 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 3: Bob Knight, Michael Jordan was about the end of the NBA. 605 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 3: That inspired me, like watching that, being engrossed in the 606 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 3: you know, the whole Olympics, Carl Lewis or Mary lou Retten. 607 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 3: But watching that team, like, I thought that I want 608 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:37,679 Speaker 3: to do that. 609 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 2: I was eleven years old. 610 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 3: I dabbled in a number of sports, and like a 611 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 3: lot of kids, I had that dream. But it inspired me. 612 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 3: Then fast forward ninety two the Dream Team, yep, and 613 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 3: really kind of inspired in the entire world and the 614 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 3: game now. The success of that team and the success 615 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 3: of David Stern and Adam Silver and countless others, Like 616 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 3: it's a global game. Thirty percent of the NBA now 617 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 3: are foreign born players. You know, our most recent MVPs 618 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 3: have all been international players. I can go all over 619 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 3: the world and thankfully I've had the opportunity to do that, 620 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 3: and people identify me with the game of basketball, and 621 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 3: you know, twenty five years ago that might not have 622 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 3: been the case. And so you talk about you know, 623 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 3: NBA Africa and sort of that new opportunity there and 624 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 3: the investment and the growth of the game. You know, 625 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 3: it's just staggering to me. And so to have this 626 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 3: world stage where everybody is watching the Olympics in basketball 627 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 3: is one of those signature events, along with track and 628 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 3: field and women's gymnastics and others, and then to have 629 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 3: you know, Lebron like Lebron James. You know, I don't 630 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 3: know if there was another athlete, with all due respect 631 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 3: to the number of great athletes who are all there 632 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 3: from all over the world, but I don't know if 633 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 3: there's anyone that was as popular or as famous or 634 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 3: celebrated as a Lebron James, and so all of that 635 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 3: focus on them. It will have an impact much like 636 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 3: the eighty fourteen did to our generation, and I think 637 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 3: much like the Dream Team in ninety two did. And 638 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 3: so it just it continues to move the needle. You 639 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 3: see the new media rights deal that was just agreed 640 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 3: upon between the NBA and some of the old and 641 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 3: new media partners. The business of basketball is in a 642 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 3: great place, and I believe that our Olympic experience, our 643 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 3: success will play and continue to play a big role 644 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 3: in that. 645 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,960 Speaker 1: That was former NBA star Grant Hill speaking with Jason Kelly, 646 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Original's chief correspondent at Bloomberg's Power Players Live in 647 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: New York earlier this month. If you missed any of 648 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: those conversations, hear are them on demand now on the 649 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Business of sports podcasts on Apple, Spotify, and all 650 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: of your favorite podcast platforms. Now we pivot to another 651 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 1: special event in New York for a very important cause. 652 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: This past Wednesday, we commemorated the twenty third anniversary of 653 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: nine to eleven. One firm Canter Fitzgerald, lost six hundred 654 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: and fifty eight employees in the attacks. Since then, the 655 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: company began the Canter Fitzgerald Relief Fund. It's a not 656 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 1: for profit charity focused on giving financial support to families 657 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 1: affected by natural disasters, terrorism, and other emergencies. To mark 658 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: this day, more than a dozen celebrities, including several top athletes, 659 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: were on the Canter Fitzgerald trading floor. They were calling 660 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: clients to raise money for that cause and their own charities. 661 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: Bloomberg's generally Basik was there and she sat down with 662 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: a few of those athletes, starting with former New York 663 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher, who spoke about a charity that 664 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 1: he's particularly passionate about, the American Heart Association. 665 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 10: Think about it, Three hundred and fifty thousand cardiac arrests 666 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 10: happened each year outside of hospitals, and ninety percent of 667 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 10: those usually result in a death. So at the end 668 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 10: of the day. Being able to have a superpower like 669 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 10: CPRS available, to be able to go on the website 670 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 10: at heart dot org slash nation and be able to 671 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 10: watch a two minute video gain that sort of knowledge 672 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 10: and being able to be a life saver is absolutely humongous. 673 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 10: So for myself to be able to be here and 674 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 10: learning that CPR and hopefully, one of these days if 675 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 10: somebody needs it, being able to have that knowledge under 676 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 10: my belt is such an obvious. 677 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 13: Well, you were telling me that the cause has become 678 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 13: pretty personal to you. 679 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 10: Yeah, you know, I just think in general, I mean, 680 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 10: you know, I mean just all the heart diseases, you know, 681 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 10: all the things that can happen. I mean, you know, 682 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 10: if we don't have that, we're not going anywhere. So 683 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 10: for myself just to be able to be here rep 684 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 10: in the American Heart Association with my best friend, my 685 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,800 Speaker 10: best friend, Fisher pants Man, it's been an honor for 686 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 10: me to be here, especially on an amazing day like today. 687 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 13: I've got to say I've been pretty amused watching you 688 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 13: go from the field to a trading floor. 689 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: You are all over. 690 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 13: This trading floor looking to raise money. 691 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 1: Do you see another vice? 692 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 3: Of course, I don't know. 693 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:49,640 Speaker 10: I mean, obviously I feel like I'm the team mascot. 694 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 10: You know, I get a vest every year. This is 695 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 10: kind of one of those days where I look forward 696 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 10: to every year, and being able to show up and 697 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 10: do what I can to help and give back is 698 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 10: obviously the greatest thing I think somebody can do. I 699 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,160 Speaker 10: still wish I could on the field kind of changing 700 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 10: people's lives and making people smile that way. But if 701 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 10: I can still come here to the floor put a 702 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 10: smile on people's faces, maybe with my energy bring them 703 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 10: a little cup of coffee, then that's exactly what I 704 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 10: want to do. 705 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: That was World Series champion former New York Yankee Nick 706 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 1: Swisher speaking with our very own Chanali Basic this past 707 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 1: week at Canter Fitzgerald, part of the firm's annual fundraising 708 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 1: event commemorating the September eleventh attacks. New York Rangers goaltender 709 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: Henrik Lunquiz and Hall of Famer was there as well. 710 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: Here he is with Shanali talking about why being at 711 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: Canter each year to mark this day is important to him. 712 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 14: I think ever since I moved to New York City 713 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 14: back in two thousand and five, you can feel the 714 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 14: importance of this day obviously, and I want to do 715 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 14: whatever I can to honor people that was affected by 716 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 14: this day and Canner for example, then they do such 717 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 14: an incredible job of supporting so many great charities and 718 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 14: try to make something positive out of this. 719 00:33:57,880 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 13: You are a true story of resilience and a lot 720 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 13: of ways yourself after having open heart surgery. What's next? 721 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,760 Speaker 13: How do you redefine Hendrik Lonquist post Rangers? 722 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,360 Speaker 14: You know what, throughout sports, it was a lot about achieving, 723 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,439 Speaker 14: try to win, try to get better. I think what's 724 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 14: driving me the most right now is having fun, being inspired, 725 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 14: having the right type of people around me. I love 726 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 14: my work at MSG again, meeting so many incredible people, 727 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,879 Speaker 14: but also all these different partnerships that I worked with, 728 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:32,239 Speaker 14: the Revolution, Race, My Fragrance, Next Chapter or Porsche. 729 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 13: So what about the Rangers. There are a lot of 730 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,840 Speaker 13: questions out there and what it would take for the 731 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 13: Rangers to really make it up and to make it 732 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,720 Speaker 13: into these Stanley Cup Finals. What do you expect the season? 733 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:48,280 Speaker 14: Yeah, you know, it's always exciting time September training camp starts. 734 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 14: I remember the feeling you've been away for the summery 735 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:52,480 Speaker 14: players come back, and you. 736 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 2: Look at last year. 737 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 14: It was a great season for the Rangers. They were 738 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,239 Speaker 14: so consistent throughout the regular season to have a great 739 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,360 Speaker 14: run in the playoff. So we're only a few wins 740 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 14: away from the finals, right and when you're that close, 741 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 14: it's important to evaluate the right way. Maybe tweaks here 742 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,320 Speaker 14: and there, but you're not that far off. 743 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,720 Speaker 1: Henrik Lunquiz, New York Rangers goaltender and Hall of Famer, 744 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 1: with our very own Chinali Bassic as we remember nine 745 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,879 Speaker 1: to eleven at Canter Fitzgerald this past week. And while 746 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 1: the reason for the occasion is heavy, the mood on 747 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,799 Speaker 1: the trading floor was not sober at all. Celebrities and 748 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,360 Speaker 1: fan favorites joined in on the trading action and of 749 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 1: course raise money for important causes. Former New York Giants 750 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 1: star receiver Victor Cruz was there and I actually got 751 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: a chance to talk with him about his experiences on 752 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:38,240 Speaker 1: the trading floor. 753 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 4: It's going well here on the floor. There's a lot 754 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:41,879 Speaker 4: of energy, a lot of things going on, a lot 755 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 4: of different celebrities making their way through, and we're making 756 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 4: some money. I don't have a full tally just yet, 757 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 4: but I'm know I've been making a bunch of trades 758 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 4: and raising some money for not only cares for Fitzgerald, 759 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 4: but for the Victor Cruz. 760 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:54,240 Speaker 2: Foundation as well. 761 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,439 Speaker 1: Right, And I know that celebrities like you are asked 762 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,880 Speaker 1: to kind of fulfill some of the orders. Can you 763 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,720 Speaker 1: give us a sense of what people are buying or selling? 764 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,360 Speaker 1: Is there a lot of talk of, say in video 765 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,560 Speaker 1: or the Trump Media company coming up. 766 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 2: I actually can't tell you that. 767 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 4: I have no idea, to be honest, I know that 768 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:10,200 Speaker 4: I've just been making. 769 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:10,880 Speaker 2: Some solid trades. 770 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,280 Speaker 4: And you know, it's always interesting when you're just throwing 771 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,879 Speaker 4: twenty million, thirty million dollars around. 772 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:16,240 Speaker 2: Like it's nothing. 773 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,040 Speaker 4: It's always it's always a fun time yelling those numbers out. 774 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 1: That was former New York Giants superstar receiver Victor Cruz. 775 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,880 Speaker 1: And it wasn't just New York sports legends and attendance either. 776 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,280 Speaker 1: Former New England Patriots superstar tight End and of course 777 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: a frequent Super Bowl champion, Rob Gronkowski was also there 778 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,080 Speaker 1: and he spoke to Shanli Basik Canna. 779 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,319 Speaker 5: Fitzgerald just does such a great job remembering those that 780 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,719 Speaker 5: were falling, you know, that were that are deceased from 781 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 5: the ninety eleven event. So it's just an amazing tradition 782 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,560 Speaker 5: what Canter Fitzgerald is doing just to remember everyone you 783 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,759 Speaker 5: know that has passed away, and just bringing awareness to 784 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,680 Speaker 5: that situation and just raising money for great causes out 785 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:57,319 Speaker 5: there as well. And we're actually raising money for my 786 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,239 Speaker 5: foundation as well to the Grand Nation Youth Foundation, which 787 00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:00,880 Speaker 5: is really cool. 788 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 13: At the end of the day too, what's been interesting 789 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:06,840 Speaker 13: is watching you and many other celebrities here replacing trades. 790 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 13: What are you thinking about in terms of your career 791 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,880 Speaker 13: now after football? You seem to be quite the business man. 792 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 5: Yes, I am quite the business man, that's for sure. 793 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,040 Speaker 2: I'm doing a lot of things out there. 794 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:21,880 Speaker 5: My favorite opportunity is a new salad joint, new salad 795 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 5: venture that I've that I've invested into. I'm a co 796 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,800 Speaker 5: founder and it's actually just started in the Florida area 797 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 5: in the Tampa you know geography. We got three stores 798 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,800 Speaker 5: now we're going to be just expanding rapidly. But also 799 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 5: here I want to bring the stock market back, So 800 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,239 Speaker 5: I'm here at Canter Fitzgerald to do some trades. I 801 00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:41,759 Speaker 5: want to do the biggest trades of the day and 802 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,880 Speaker 5: bring that stock market so it's just booming back, you know, 803 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:46,120 Speaker 5: back up to the sky. 804 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,920 Speaker 1: Rob Gronkowski having a good time on the training Florida 805 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,560 Speaker 1: Canter Fitzgerald during the firm's annual fundraising event, speaking with 806 00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,680 Speaker 1: Shanali Basik. Gronk was one of the many athletes and 807 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:59,160 Speaker 1: celebrities who joined Canter Fitzgerald in marketing that September eleventh, 808 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:02,040 Speaker 1: attacks for a day of fundraising. 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