Hey good people! Our friends at Substack see potential in these cult classic House of Glass episodes and wanted to gauge the response from a more regular airing of them (in which we include video of our lovely faces). We’re going to be doing these shows biweekly at Tuesday 10 AM PST/1pm EST. Next time we’ll be doing a live version where we take some questions.
But today, we’ve got a great one for you. The main anchoring topic: Have we reached the “top” for the NFL and sports league business? Ryan Glasspiegel and I discuss topics that include but aren’t limited to:
* Is the NFL’s international expansion really about growing the game — or collecting billions in expansion fees?
* Are American sports leagues taking their loyal domestic fans for granted while chasing the “undecided whale” overseas?
* Why are ancient pocket passers suddenly walking off the couch and outperforming younger, more athletic quarterbacks?
* What Case Keenum’s resurrection says about the current state of NFL quarterback play.
* Did Ryan Glasspiegel actually predict the Patriots’ collapse because Drake Maye went on too many vacations?
* Could Mike Vrabel’s very public offseason embarrassment actually be affecting the Patriots on the field?
* The cable bundle is dying, local sports rights have collapsed — could national NFL and NBA TV money be next?
* The Sacramento Kings hot-mic scandal: normal private workplace chatter, outrageous double standard, or both?
* Mike Tomlin is doing something NFL coaches almost never do: publicly calling another coach’s game management “negligent.”
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