Sports owners focus much more on winning than making money
I think most owners in sports are much more focused on winning than they are making money from the business... I think they think winning first. And if you win, then profits follow.
More from this episode
View episodeMatt Painter is the new Bo Ryan
We have Purdue, Matt Painter keeping it real, as John Rothstein says. Matt Painter, the new Bo Ryan.
The Purdue vs. Tennessee game was the best game of the tournament so far, second only to Duke
Matt Painter, you have slightly less of a stupid face, and I'm going to say some nice things about Purdue, but that [Purdue vs. Tennessee] was the game of the tournament other than the Duke game.
Tennessee should not be allowed to wear their Indiana-style warm-up colors
My big takeaway was the Tennessee uniforms. They should not be allowed to wear those pants and those warm-ups and those colors. Those are Indianas. Those are Indianas.
More from Michael Rubin
View profileThe 76ers will win the NBA championship this year
The second I sold, I went out and said the Sixers are winning the championship this year. I fully believe that's happening. I think it was my sale of the ownership that motivated everybody to play that much harder.
I have 'closed, closed' the door on future sports ownership because it would get in the way of Fanatics' success
are you closing the door on sports ownership going forward?... Closed. Closed. You're closed, closed. Look, here's the reality... I have so much to do to improve in everything that we do... for me, the opportunity to build fanatics into one of the most valuable companies in the world... I don't want anything to get in the way of that. And sports ownership would be in the way that.
Josh Harris will successfully buy the Washington Commanders
I believe that Josh will get this done. That's my prediction. I believe that Josh will get this done... and I'm rooting for him. He grew up in Washington. I think he'll be a really good owner of that team.