What It Takes to Win: Phillies' Owner John Middleton on Baseball Success & Strategy

Описание: John Middleton, Principal Owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, closed out the 2024 Wharton Sports Business Summit in a conversation with Asuka Nakahara, Practice Professor of Real Estate at the Wharton School. The pair discussed the business of owning sports teams, the importance of analytics (and luck), and what the future of finance in Major League Baseball could look like.

0:00 Introduction
1:29 How did Middleton get involved with the Phillies?
3:10 What are the metrics of success?
5:05 Relationship between investors and sports teams
8:00 Financial guardrails
9:37 What are the common mistakes that owners make?
12:47 Finding well-fitting employees
14:24 Revenue streams in sports
17:03 Real estate and boosting opportunity
20:30 The future of sports analytics
21:53 Key metrics in sports analytics
23:30 Utilizing player data
26:14 Origins and effects of the pitch clock
29:10 Advice to current students who want to go into the sports industry
31:15 Middleton's thoughts on achieving World Series success
35:50 How to drive positive change in players
37:55 Broadening revenue streams to rebuild finances
40:00 Essential early steps in building a successful sports team
43:10 Effect of CBA negotiations

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