The California Sports Lawyer Podcast with Jeremy Evans

In the Season 8 premiere, host Jeremy M. Evans breaks down one of the most compelling financial contrasts in global sports today: why American professional sports franchises command significantly higher valuations than iconic European clubs, even when those clubs often have larger global fanbases. Jeremy explores the legal, structural, and economic frameworks that make U.S. teams uniquely attracti...

This week on the California Sports Lawyer Podcast , host Jeremy Evans unpacks how 2025 pushed college sports into the "algorithm era," where control is shifting away from tradition and toward platforms, data, and contracts. Jeremy breaks down how NIL has evolved from simple endorsement deals into valuation models and roster management systems increasingly driven by analytics, audience metrics, and...

This week on the California Sports Lawyer Podcast , host Jeremy Evans breaks down why Netflix’s sports strategy is increasingly about conversation before games—using culture, creators, and shoulder programming to drive engagement without taking on the full cost and scheduling risk of traditional live sports rights. Jeremy examines Netflix’s move into exclusive podcast distribution and what it sign...

This week on the California Sports Lawyer Podcast , host Jeremy Evans examines a growing question in modern sports: who owns probability. As leagues, sportsbooks, data firms, and media platforms expand real-time analytics and betting content, win probabilities, predictive models, and live odds are becoming valuable assets. Jeremy explains how probability is created, packaged, and monetized across...

This week on the California Sports Lawyer Podcast, host Jeremy Evans breaks down the rise of the "franchise sports studio" — how leagues, teams, and media partners are quietly rebuilding sports to look a lot more like Hollywood. Using the new UFC–Paramount deal as a roadmap, Jeremy explores how live games and fights are becoming the tentpole "blockbusters", surrounded by year-round universes of sh...

This week on the California Sports Lawyer Podcast , host Jeremy Evans unpacks the fast-moving "shadow library" controversy now reshaping generative AI. After a major court setback for OpenAI, the spotlight is on the allegedly unlicensed books and internet materials used to train large language models (LLM)—and why "chain of title" for data is becoming the next legal battleground. We dig into how a...

This week on the California Sports Lawyer Podcast , host Jeremy Evans breaks down what the House v. NCAA settlement really set in motion for college sports—and why it is only the start of a much bigger NIL era. We dig into revenue sharing, roster and scholarship shifts, and the new enforcement landscape, then zoom out to how NIL logic is spreading into entertainment and AI-driven identity licensin...

This episode of the California Sports Lawyer Podcast with Jeremy Evans features a dynamic conversation with Michael Ashley — bestselling author, screenwriter, publisher, futurist, and prolific commentator on artificial intelligence, culture, and creativity. Ashley draws from his extensive experience writing for Forbes, authoring books, and publishing thought-provoking work on The AI Philosopher to...

Jeremy Evans, host of the California Sports Lawyer Podcast , discusses how AI voice technology is reshaping licensing, NIL, and publicity rights for both living and deceased athletes and actors. He explores the legal, ethical, and business implications of artificial intelligence in entertainment, media, and sports, and how creators and estates can protect and monetize their digital likeness and vo...

This episode of the California Sports Lawyer Podcast with Jeremy Evans features an engaging conversation with Amir Khan, Legal Counsel at Sportradar, a global leader in sports data, technology, and integrity solutions. Khan shares insights from his career at the intersection of sports, technology, and law — discussing how data analytics, integrity monitoring, and digital innovation are transformin...

This episode of the California Sports Lawyer Podcast with Jeremy Evans features an insightful conversation with Amy Privette Perko, Chief Executive Officer of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. Perko discusses her distinguished career in college athletics, from her time as a student-athlete and NCAA leader to her role guiding the Knight Commission’s national efforts to promote int...

In this episode of the California Sports Lawyer Podcast , host Jeremy Evans sits down with Rob Sine , Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blueprint Sports , a leader in the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) space. With over twenty years of experience across professional sports, collegiate athletics, and major agencies, Rob offers a unique perspective on how NIL continues to evolve and reshape...

Season 7, episode 40 on the California Sports Lawyer Podcast with Jeremy Evans, discusses UC Investments, the representative entity for retirement and related funds for California teachers in the University of California system, that is seeking approval to send $2.4 billion dollars to the Big Ten conference in exchange for a 10% stake. Copyright 2025. California Sports Lawyer. All Rights Reserved....

Season 7, episode 39 on the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans, discusses the importance of performance, money, and dealmaking in sports when the systems meant to excel are slow to adapt to change and efficiency. Copyright © 2025. California Sports Lawyer®. All Rights Reserved. (www. CSLlegal.com). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...

Season 7, episode 38 on the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans, discusses the entertainment, media, and sports industry implications from the Paramount and UFC deal. Copyright © 2025. California Sports Lawyer®. All Rights Reserved. (www. CSLlegal.com). Try ZipRecruiter for FREE at ZipRecruiter.com/work. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...

Season 7, Episode 37 of the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans features an in-depth conversation with Sarah Myer, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Indiana Sports Corp. Myer shares her journey in sports leadership and community impact, and how Indiana Sports Corp continues to play a leading role in shaping opportunities for athletes, fans, and communities through major s...

Season 7, Episode 36 of the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans features an in-depth conversation with Jared Wangler, former Michigan Wolverine football player and CEO of Valiant Management Group, the team behind the Champions Circle NIL collective. Wangler shares his journey from the gridiron to entrepreneurship and how Champions Circle has become a national model for supporting s...

Season 7, episode 35 on the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans, discusses the need for change in NIL and college athletics through limiting the transfer portal to once per year for one time during a college athletes playing time. Copyright © 2025. California Sports Lawyer®. All Rights Reserved. (www. CSLlegal.com). Try ZipRecruiter for FREE at ZipRecruiter.com/work. Hosted by Simp...

Season 7, episode 34 on the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans, discusses the need for networks and streamers to think creatively about utilizing their star power on other networks that explores coordination as opposed to exclusivity to increase interest and viewership. Copyright © 2025. California Sports Lawyer®. All Rights Reserved. (www. CSLlegal.com). Try ZipRecruiter for FREE...

Season 7, episode 33 on the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans, discusses the information, knowledge, and technology debate about the survival and protection of knowledge and learning with a focus on entertainment, media, and sports. Copyright © 2025. California Sports Lawyer®. All Rights Reserved. (www. CSLlegal.com). Try ZipRecruiter for FREE at ZipRecruiter.com/work. Hosted by...

Season 7, episode 32 on the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans, discusses how the Big Ten’s playoff ambitions and Major League Baseball’s push for realignment and expansion reveal the high-stakes legal and media battles reshaping modern sports. Copyright © 2025. California Sports Lawyer®. All Rights Reserved. (www. CSLlegal.com) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ad...

Season 7, episode 31 on the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans, discussing the changing landscape in entertainment and sports content consolidation, forgoing competition for coordination and the need for great dealmaking. Copyright © 2025. California Sports Lawyer®. All Rights Reserved. (www. CSLlegal.com) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informati...

Season 7, episode 30 on the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans, discussing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on entertainment and social media platforms. Copyright © 2025. California Sports Lawyer®. All Rights Reserved. (www. CSLlegal.com) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for...

Season 7, episode 29 on the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans, discussing the use of artificial intelligence in decision-making in sports ownership and management. Copyright © 2025. California Sports Lawyer®. All Rights Reserved. (www. CSLlegal.com) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adve...

Season 7, episode 28 on the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans, discussing the growth of digital products like cryptocurrency, daily fantasy sports, and betting, creating moneymaking opportunities and compliance issues. Copyright © 2025. California Sports Lawyer®. All Rights Reserved. (www. CSLlegal.com) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...