The Sports Brief
World Sports ProgramAnalysis and research from the World Sports Program on the policy, economics, and governance shaping the future of sport.
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The Municipal Sports Complex Boom: Is the U.S. Building Too Much Capacity?
Why local leaders need to look past economic-impact studies and confront the hidden costs of the youth sports boom.
What to Know:
The Mirage of Economic Impact: A high-volume tournament brings millions in visitor spending, but local munic...
Private Equity Isn’t Buying Sports. It’s Buying the Athlete Pipeline.
The next big sports investment story may have less to do with professional teams and more to do with the kids playing below them.
What to know:
The down-pyramid shift: Private equity is moving beyond professional franchises to consolidate...
How Sports Governing Bodies Can Raise Institutional Capital Without Surrendering Control
Research Report 01 | 2026
Research Report 01 | 2026
Global Sport’s Crisis Isn’t Just FIFA
The IOC and Other International Federations Were Built on the Same ‘Concentration-of-Power’ Model
The latest controversy surrounding FIFA has once again placed the governance of international sport under scrutiny. That scrutiny is justifie...
Does FIFA’s $20B Private Equity Spinoff Hold the Key to Global South Infrastructure?
When FIFA proposed a $20 billion commercial spin-off this week, Western headlines called it “selling football’s soul,” but for 150 member associations across the Global South, it represents the largest capital liquidity event in modern spor...
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