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Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Strategy. That was the Heineken CEO catching up with Bloomberg a little bit earlier on today. It's been amazing to see the attention The formula one has attracted over the last couple of years TK. I was very happy when you started to take an interest in Premier League football. I'm perhaps a little bit more happy you finally got around to follow this because I always thought this would be the sport for because you it captures all of your interests in one thing. The late great Ken Pruitt used to throw pencils at me because I'd had no interest in F1. I have to admit, as with the Heineken gentlemen, the Netflix series is the one that got going. me There's the British guy married to one of the Spice Girls and there's Tito Tato, the Mercedes guy and then there's this American guy who's like a fury. I didn't even know what McLaren was and the answer is, you know, you get to know these people. It's the only sport where you're looking at the managers and the executives in the same you way look at the drivers. It's very cool. A great lead into our next guest Tom. Am I doing well here? This is wonderful. Okay, right now and this is a joy after what we saw in Belgium to bring in Zac Brown. He's the chief executive officer of McLaren Racing and to give you an idea of the breadth, the scope, the scale of his history with racing, he actually was in the cars doing it at a very young age and he's someone that also has a great amount Americana including a precious letter from George Washington to someone arguing about the travesty of Benedict Arnold. This is a renaissance man, John, running things. You told me McLaren was special. It's very special and it's a special opportunity to catch up with Zac Brown of McLaren Racing. Zac, what a foot of catch up with you, sir. A difficult weekend compared to the success in Hungary and at Silverstone in the UK as well. Zac, can you catch these Red Bulls this year? Can you get a win? Well, we're trying. We're trying. We need them to blink. But, you know, there's a lot of racing left to go. We're getting closer. Unfortunately, no one's close enough yet. But I would think a win is in possible the second half of the season. It's certainly our goal. What is it about the setup of the car, developments the that you've made over the last several races, Zac, where you think you've made progress? And what kind of races on the calendar? Do you think we can see that a little bit more? Aerodynamics. You know, it's very much an aerodynamics game. Of course, you have to have two great drivers, which we have. You have to have great pit stops and reliability. But it is an aero game. And that is where we've made our biggest gains. We started that in Austria. I think some of the quicker tracks. So I would think Austin, Japan, we should be strong. Abu Dhabi, we should be strong. It's the slow corners we don't like. But who likes going slow anyway. But that's where we need to improve. And we've got some more developments coming, but so does everyone in Formula One. So it is definitely a development race. Zach, I watched every minute of Belgium somewhere and in the vicinity of lap 31 or 33, there was Zach Brown talking to a 22 year old kid quietly who had gone out of the race early as well. Oscar Piazzi is 22. At 14 he was basically a professional. That's all these kids do is drive, drive, drive. What were you saying to Oscar Piazzi at lap 33 there after he bombed out of the Belgium race? Yeah, I told couple him a things. One, don't worry about it. He had such a great Saturday. He's having a great season. And so these guys feel like they not only let themselves down, but the team down. And so they need to know we're together. all in this We win together, we lose together. And then also we had a pretty difficult race with our arrows set up. So at that particular moment, Lando was going backwards until we kind of strategically got him in a better place. So I also told him he probably wasn't missing having too much fun at the moment, just being a little bit lighthearted. And, you know, these things happen. He's done a fantastic job all year. Explain to our American audience, including a dummy like me, what did Bruce McLaren give you? What does the McLaren name mean to Earl in auto racing? He was a legend. He was all about innovation. He was a driver. He was a designer. So, you know, we're very proud to wear the Papaya colors, which was Bruce's colors back in the day. And that was actually done so could he have more standout on television back in the black and white days. And so he's an inspiration to to all of us. And he was a racer. He was an innovator. He was a designer and, of course, a team owner. So we're the second most successful team in the history of Formula One and something that we're very, very proud of. And we were also the only team to have won what's called the Triple Crown, which is the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indy 500 and, of course, the Monaco Grand Prix. And it's something that we can hope to do again in the future. Zach, as you try to plow further into the U .S. is something that Formula One has tried to do is I'm learning and I'm one of the people who are becoming the adopters here. Where is the distinction, the overlap between Formula One and NASCAR? How competitive is that at a time when NASCAR already has such a cult following in the U and .S. Formula One has a very different type of energy coming from Europe? Yeah, I think they're complementary. They're different. They probably have almost the same similarities between baseball and basketball because they're radically different as far as the type of racing. So a little bit of a different demographic and psychographic. Obviously Formula One is very global where NASCAR is a domestic sport, but I think all motorsports help each other. So I think room for both including IndyCar, which is much more like Formula One. It's just awesome to see how big Formula One has got in America as quickly as it has. And I Netflix obviously has a lot to do with that, as does the Austin Grand Prix, Miami Grand Prix and the soon to come Vegas Grand Prix, which is going to be off the charts. As a lot of purists probably feel that the Netflix series perhaps inaccurately reflects some of the drama or the lack thereof, as Max Verstappen, as John was pointing out, has noted, as an American who has been in a sport that really has been dominated by presence, European how does a sport have to change to really become as popular in the US? Well, I think it is changing and a lot of credit to Liberty who acquired the sport five, six years ago. I think Netflix is a great example. That would have probably not happened with previous ownership because the industry, the sport would not have wanted the cameras on the inside of the sport. It wasn't an inclusive sport and I think now we're very digitally savvy. We've embraced the fan. We're all about the fan and things like Netflix where we're showing people about our Great great sport and I've seen some of those comments which are a little disappointing because I think they're a little inaccurate in the sense of we're capturing our great sport. When Netflix puts together the content, they'll sometimes pick and pull because they're trying to illustrate a point so we as the racers We'll see for instance. Oh that was a clip of our pit crew from Monaco, but they're showing us in Italy, but it kind of doesn't change the narrative. So I think we're a little bit too close to it and because Formula All about the details we get a little bit wound up when the details a little bit inaccurate exact tell me how the commercial Agreements have developed over the last couple of years. Let's just say for example, we wanted to put Bloomberg surveillance side of Lando's car. Let's just say let's just say what's the cost of that now compared to what it was several years ago Zach how much is the price of that increased? It's probably gone up Twofold in five years and and I think what's great though is the exposure Is gone up fourfold? So, you know, it's all value for money, but the Demand, I mean if we look at our our partners right Google Cisco Dell Goldman Sachs, I mean these companies were not considering Formula One five years ago. And now You've got the world's greatest companies joining those that were already there So it's it's been unbelievably Commercial success does that real quickly and by the way, you know, John and I think we can piece together $5 ,000 to get Bloomberg Inside the car you guys are always tweaking the cars and you've got a summer break like Pharaoh A has summer break. I mean John's taken off all of August into September you go from Belgium to Netherlands Is your car gonna be tweaked and different for Netherlands or do you actually take
WTOP
"zach brown" Discussed on WTOP
"Seven news first alert Let's check in live now with Steve Rudin. Steve another hot one today. You got it hot and humid and we're definitely feeling good already with temperatures well into the middle to upper 80s to near 90 degrees now later this afternoon especially farther west using the district as your center point showers and thunderstorms begin to blossom but the better likelihood for some stronger storms be later this evening and into the overnight highs for today 92 to 97 degrees could turn out to be the hottest day so far this year showers and are storms likely overnight we drop down to the 70s tomorrow do the cloud cover not quite as warm but still very humid 85 to 90 degrees with showers and storms during the afternoon we do stay unsettled for the day on Saturday and Sunday day but right now Saturday is trending the drier of the two days it's 90 in Leesburg 86 on Capitol Hill and 87 in Gaithersburg Steve's forecast brought to you by Len the plumber trusted same day service seven days a week just ahead on WTOP student loan payments will be beginning in a matter of months and we've got some advice 11 21 the newly renovated weather post pavilion in Columbia Maryland launched its summer concert season with new food options including steak impossible freight burgers and gourmet ice cream sandwiches upcoming Merryweather shows include Jason Aldean July 27th the chicks August 2nd OAR and goo goo dolls August 4th and Zach Brown band October 6th in DC the anthem unveiled a new sculpture of
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
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No, not long ago, it was the circuits of Monaco that recognized Formula One, but now the streets are looking more like Miami. This year, not only will the US have more races than any other country, but with Las Vegas joining the circuit in November, the balance of and power F1 might be shifting across the Atlantic. The host of Bloomberg Originals next in sports show Jason Kelly sat down with McLaren Racing CEO Zach Brown in New York to talk about why the sport is booming in America, where F1 goes from here and his adventures managing some of the biggest stars in the sport. Let's with start the United States if we can because F1 is clearly having a moment. Why? Why is the F1 as big in North America as quick as it has become? I think clearly Netflix everyone points to, which I think has had a big part in showing America how F1 works, not only on the track but kind of more importantly off the track. It's quite a fascinating sport. Of course, Austin brought Formula One back in 2012 and had a record audience last year, so that race is going from strength to strength. Then, of course, you've had Miami two years in a row. That was a massive success, and now we have Las Vegas coming. I think it's a combination of all of that, and Formula One is very healthy. Now what we're seeing, specifically in North America, a lot of female audience, a lot of younger audience, so if you look at the areas Formula One needed to grow, the three top priorities were North America as a market, a new audience, a younger audience, a more diverse audience, all of which is happening, so it's been a fantastic run. So for you, you grew up as a kid in Los Angeles. You were a fan from a very early age. I mean, you sort of clocked that as important. What do you think it is about the American audience? What appeals to an American audience, specifically about this sport, do you I think? think it's probably the personalities and the understanding of how the sport works. You know, I think as people now see, it's as busy off the track as it is on the track, and a lot of great personalities, drivers and team bosses and sponsors, and it's big business. And I think with that comes a lot of theater, a lot of drama, and makes for an interesting TV show off the track, and I think now people understand how the sport works and they've got to know some of the personalities, and it's always been a fascinating sport, just hasn't had the popularity in North America now that it has. Talk to me about Vegas. I mean, it feels like everyone I talk to keeps pointing to that on the calendar. Penultimate race of the year may not mean as much this season, given what's going on, and yet, know, you night race, on the strip, maybe a record crowd for a US audience. What can Vegas do, do you think, in terms of consolidating gains, as we say in the business world? It's going to be amazing. think I it's going to be the largest sporting event in the world this year. You know, Abu Dhabi a couple years ago was bigger than the Super Bowl. I think Las Vegas will probably trump any Formula One race from a reach standpoint. I think it'll be great for Las Vegas, which has clearly embraced sports, with all the sports teams that they now have in town. And it's going to be spectacular. We've been hearing about Las Vegas ever since we were last in Las Vegas in the early 80s, and actually get a Grand Prix that's not in a parking lot, which it was in the early 80s, down the strip and properly down the strip. I mean, hats off to Liberty for putting it together. They're the promoter of the event, so they're putting their money where their mouth is. It's a quite substantial investment, think and I it's going to be great for North America. I think it's going to be great for our sponsors. I think it's So tell me about that piece that you brought up something really interesting, which I feel like you understand as well or better than anyone, because you have one of the most wide ranging and diverse portfolios in motorsports. You understand what it takes to be a promoter. You understand what it takes to operate one of these things. What is it that brings Liberty as the promoter that you think will be a little bit different? Well, I think ultimately, they're investing in the event. Formula One teams all share in the in the revenue. So we're you know, have we a vested interest, of course, in every Grand Prix. But I think what will happen here is Liberty will try some some new things, which I don't know what those look like yet. But I think the the amount of collaboration and cooperation that the Formula One teams and the drivers and the sponsors, we all have a big vested interest in making sure this is a huge success. So I think the fact that it's a Saturday night race, which there's not been Saturday night races before, that will be that will be different. The format will be different. Being so late in the in the evening will be exciting. And, you know, I think we're going to do some cool, cool stuff. They've purchased a big piece of property. So they're also trying to figure out how to leave the Formula One footprint behind so when people come through Vegas, which is obviously a very global market, get people to experience Formula One. So they'll have things like the Formula One arcade talking about maybe doing some sort of Hall of Fame there. So Formula One will be fully embedded in Vegas. What does the footprint look going like from here in your estimation? I think we have enough races now in North America. You know, we've got obviously three in the States and you've got Canada, Mexico, Brazil. So we've got kind of three surrounded. races So I think that's a good volume of races. I think where we can now see a big improvement is in television ratings. We have a new television contract. They invested a substantial amount of money, which means they'll put a lot of effort into it, which is fantastic. I think it's a great broadcaster. But if you look at our TV ratings compared to things like the NFL or NBA finals, there's a lot of room for growth. So I don't anticipate us having more races. I think the big focus will be getting all 24 races around the world bigger television ratings. And then that's, of course, what sponsors want. How does it fit in? I mean, what is the overall racing kind of ecosystem look like? And where do you see that going? Yeah. For us, we're a Formula One team, first and foremost. We have an IndyCar team. And that was because we have wanted to a larger presence in North America than our Formula One competitors. So as much as Formula One has grown here, we still have another slice of cake on top of that. And, you know, most of our partners, North America is one of, if not their most important market. It's the biggest market for our automotive business. So we wanted to kind of double down on North America, hence having their own McLaren IndyCar team. Sustainability's hugely important to us, as it is to our partners, our employees, our fans. So we're in Formula E. We actually acquired the Mercedes Championship team. And then we're in Xtremie, which is about sustainability and gender equality, because you have a male and female racing driver. So for the first time ever, McLaren has a female racing in driver Emma Gilmore. And then we have a great e -sports team. And that's really for that younger generation. And everyone wants to have a steering wheel in their hand at some point. I know I did, as a young adult. And so that's kind of our selection of our racing activities,
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Down on North America hence having their own McLaren IndyCar team. Sustainability is hugely important to us as to our it is partners, our employees, our fans. So we're in Formula E. We actually acquired the Mercedes championship team and then we're in Extreme E which is about sustainability and gender because you have a male and female racing driver. So for the first time ever McLaren has a female racing driver and Emma Gilmore and then we have a great eSports team and that's really for that younger generation and you know everyone wants to have a steering wheel in their hand at some point. I know I did as a young adult and so that's kind of our selection of our racing activities all very complimentary to kind of have a breadth and depth of opportunities for our sponsor partners, our fans and our employees engage in many different ways because at the end of the day we're in the racing business. Talk to me about you mentioned the gender equality It feels like there's a lot more talk about this you know here in 2023. What needs to happen to really elevate that? How soon will we see a woman driving in Formula One? We're seeing it now. Susie was a great racing driver. I think what we need to do as a sport and you mentioned you know our initiatives around STEM. We've had 60 scholars young women 18 to 23 where we're providing opportunities for them to get involved in motor racing. Obviously the racing driver is kind of the most high -profile position in motorsports, but we want it to be engineers, mechanics, marketing, racing drivers and so I think it's about providing opportunities, educating, getting young adults, kids excited about opportunities in the sport. So it really has to start at the grassroots level and we're seeing you know we're about 20 % underrepresented in our workforce. We'd like to double that by the end of the decade. So it's moving at a pretty fast pace, whether again that's on the race car, in the race car or around the race car. Thank you to Bloomberg's Jason Kelly and McLaren Racing CEO Zach Brown. You can catch the full show on the Business of Sports podcast by going to bloomberg .com slash podcast or wherever you get your podcast. Up next on the show Scarlett will speak with Jason Kelly as well as his next in sports co -host Vanessa Perdomo to discuss the latest from this show as they focus on the sport that is a cross between soccer and ping pong called tech ball. Oh buddy, that is next on the Bloomberg Business of Sports. I'm Michael Barr, along with Scarlett Pooh and Damien Fassauer. This is Bloomberg. The best of Bloomberg Business Week every business day. Sales activity soaring. The Bloomberg Business Week podcast with Carol Masher and Tim Stanavek. What does an Apple developed car look like? The day's breaking global business finance and tech news along with smart analysis. This talk has been on a tear. The Bloomberg Business Week podcast. We just get like 20 seconds from you on Bitcoin. Subscribe today on Apple, Spotify, Bloomberg or wherever you get your podcasts. We gather together in communities across the nation to remember and honor, to celebrate and support to light the night.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"My, that's I -80, New Jersey. No, not Long ago, it was the circuits of Monaco that epitomize Formula One, but now the streets are looking more like Miami. This year, not only will the US have more races than any other country, but with Las Vegas joining the circuit in November, the balance of power and F1 might be shifting across the Atlantic. The host of Bloomberg Originals next in sports show, sat Jason down with McLaren Racing CEO, Zach Brown in New York to talk about why the sport is booming in America, where F1 goes from here and his adventures managing some of the biggest stars in the sport. Let's start with the United States if can we because F1 is clearly having a moment. Why? What's happening? I think there's a lot of reasons and long may it continue and it's great to see. I never thought I'd see Formula One as big in North America, as quick as it has become. I think clearly Netflix everyone points to, which I think has had a big part in showing America how Formula One works, not only on the track, kind but of more importantly off the track. It's quite a fascinating sport. Of course, Austin Formula One back in 2012 and had a record audience last year, so that race is going from strength to strength. of Then course you've had Miami two years in a row. That was a massive success and now we have Las Vegas coming, so I think it's a combination of all of that and Formula One is very healthy. And now what we're seeing, specifically in North America, a lot of female audience, It's a lot of younger audience, so if you look at the areas Formula One needed to grow, kind of three top priorities were North America is a market, a new audience, younger a audience, a more diverse audience, all of which is happening, so it's been a fantastic run. So for you, you know, you grew up as a kid in Los Angeles. You were a fan from a very early age. I mean, you sort of clock that as important. What do you think it is about the American audience? What appeals to an American audience in specifically about this sport? Do you think? I think it's probably the personalities and the understanding of how the sport works, you know, I think is people now see it's as busy off the track as it is on the track and a lot of great personalities, drivers and team bosses and sponsors and it's big business. And I think with that comes a lot of theater, a lot of drama and makes for an interesting TV show off the track and I think now people understand how the sport works and they've got to know some of the personalities and it's always been a fascinating sport, just hasn't had the popularity in North America that it now has. Talk to me Vegas. about I mean it feels like everyone I talk to keeps pointing to that on the calendar. Penultimate race of the year may not mean as much this season given what's going on and yet you know night race on the strip, maybe a record crowd for a US audience. What can Vegas do do do you think in terms of consolidating gains as we say. Yeah it's going to be amazing. I think it's going to be the largest sporting in event the world this year. You know Abu Dhabi a couple years ago was bigger than the Super Bowl. I think Las Vegas will probably trump any Formula One race from a reach standpoint. I think it'll be great for Las Vegas which has clearly embraced sports with all the sports teams that they now have in town and it's going to be spectacular. We've been hearing about Las Vegas ever since we last were in Las Vegas in the early 80s and actually get a Grand Prix that's not in a parking lot which it was in the early 90s down the strip and properly down the strip. I mean hats off to Liberty for putting it together. They're the promoter of the event. They're putting their money where their mouth is. Quite a substantial investment and I think it's going to be great for North America. I think it's going to be great for our sponsors. I think it's going to be great for Formula One. So tell me about that piece. You brought up something really interesting which I feel like you understand as well or better than anyone because you have one of the most wide ranging and diverse portfolios in motorsports. You understand what it takes to be a promoter. You understand what it takes to operate one of these things. What is it that Liberty brings as the promoter that you think will be a little bit different? Well I think ultimately they're investing in the event. Formula One teams all share in the revenue so we have a vested interest of course every in Grand Prix but I think what will happen here is Liberty will try some new things which I don't know what those look like yet but I think the amount of collaboration and cooperation that the Formula One teams and the drivers and the sponsors we all have a big vested interest in making sure this is a huge success I so think the fact that it's a Saturday night race which there's not been Saturday night races before that will be different the format will be different being so late in the evening will be exciting and you know I think we're going to do some cool cool stuff they've purchased a big piece of property so they're also trying to figure out how to leave the Formula One footprint behind so through when people come Vegas which is obviously a very global market get people to experience Formula One I have things like the Formula One arcade talking about maybe doing some sort of Hall of Fame there so Formula One will be embedded fully in Vegas. What does the footprint look like going from here in your I estimation? think we have enough races now in North America you know we've got obviously three in the states and You've got Canada, Mexico, Brazil so we've got kind of America's surrounded so I think a good volume of races. I think where we can now see a big improvement is in television ratings. We have a new contract. television They invested a substantial amount of money which means they'll put a lot effort of into it which is fantastic. I think it's a great broadcaster and but if you look at our TV ratings compared to things like the NFL or NBA finals. There's a lot of room for growth so I don't anticipate us having more races. I think the big focus will be getting all 24 races around the world bigger television ratings and then that's of course what sponsors want. How does it fit in? I mean what is the overall racing kind of ecosystem look like and where do you see that going? Yeah for us we're a Formula One team first and foremost. We have an IndyCar team and that was because we wanted to have a larger presence in North than America our Formula One competitors. As much as Formula One has grown here we still have another slice of cake on top of that. Most of our partners North America is one of not if their most important market. It's the biggest market for our automotive business so we wanted to kind of double down on North America hence having their own McLaren IndyCar team. Sustainability is hugely important to us as to our it is partners, our employees, our fans. So we're in Formula E. We actually acquired the Mercedes championship team and then we're in Extreme E which is about sustainability and gender because you have a male and
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"The Knights man strutting on the strip Scarlett. That's pretty good. It's pretty good and it's been a great week for owner Stan Kroenke with the Nuggets Championship win. You now have four of the teams that Kroenke owns winning championships in the last year and a half. Okay, so those teams are the NFL's LA Rams, the NHL's Colorado Avalanche, the lacrosse team, Colorado Mammoth, now the and recently crowned Denver Nuggets. Dang Mr. Kroenke quit hogging all the stuff but on the lineup today we have round nine of Formula One racing hitting the Pirelli Grand Prix in Canada this weekend. Bloomberg Originals chief correspondent and host of the show next in sports Jason Kelly sat down with McLaren Racing CEO Zach Brown to discuss the boom of F1 in the US. We'll listen in on their conversation later on in the show. And later on we have Bloomberg's Jennifer Rhee our senior antitrust analyst joining us to talk about the latest on the PJ Live golf tour partnership merger joint venture whatever you want to call it. They just trying to hug it out. That is straight ahead on the Bloomberg Business of Sports show but first oh my oh my we're going to talk about betting and we're going to talk about betting ladies in September of last year. They created an authentic platform and community for women interested in both sports and betting and the person behind that Val Martinez You are the CEO and founder of bettingladies .com Val welcome to the Bloomberg Business of Sports. Hi, thank you. Thank you for having me. Well first of all when you talk about betting you hit a major food group of mine and did why this website Come about and take us through the creation of it. Absolutely. I moved to the US five years ago exactly at the time when sports betting was being legalized in the US coming from Italy and the UK. It was kind of an easy transition to understand that sports betting in the US was going to be a relevant topic for the future. My background is financial service industry. I saw a business opportunity. I'm ex stock exchange and I thought there was an opening for talking sports betting to women that were sports fan already. So betting that it was created partially also because in in the US sports is such an integral art life of and the betting lady kind of bridges the gap between a sports fan and sports betting. They want to learn a thing or two about how to place a successful bet. But why targeted to women only do women think about sports betting differently than men? So traditional sports books don't target women yet. There was a study by 888 holding done in 2020 that basically highlighted that 4 6 million women are already sports betting in in the US. And if you the look at offering that is currently present in the market it's geared towards men. I thought there was a different way of talking to women and that's why Betting Lady was created. A more direct approach, a more community -based approach where women can share their journey, their understanding of sports betting, they can learn more in a safe environment let's say. So Val, talk to us about what you do differently. I mean is it content creation? Is it education? Is it access sports that are female oriented or female dominated that other sport books aren't making markets in? I mean what makes you different? That's a very great question. Thank you for asking that. So we focus on women's sports betters not women's sports. I mean we talk about the WNBA and women's soccer but realistically we focus on major league sports. The way in which we are different is that we created a community for women where women join and they can share their ideas and their journeys with like -minded women. So we created this sort of camaraderie for women to be able to understand more about sports betting. I want to highlight that we don't pink it and shrink it as I say. So we don't make women understand. Absolutely not. The women I met through the sports betting community are phenomenal alpha women, and very witty, very eager to learn more. We partner with sportsbooks to help women transition from sports fans to sports bettors. So that's the idea. We are mainly a content site for the time being. I know a lot of sites sponsorships. they have Have you had any sponsors come to you and say, hey we want to be a big time sponsor on your website? That's interesting. So we officially launched a couple of weeks ago. We've been working on the project for nine months, but we launched a couple of weeks ago at the SBCC conference, and we had an overwhelming response. Probably I wasn't prepared for such a positive response from the market. We had a lot of brands coming to us and basically asking for partnership. a We have done recently a partnership with Better Edge and we're still evaluating what's out there and what's right for betting ladies and our community of women. Well, I'm going to piggyback off of Michael Barr's question. Sponsorship is certainly one way to bring in revenue. Is this a subscription service or is this all predicated on advertising on the website? No, we are also an affiliate business. So we partner at the moment with Brush Street. We're looking for expanding the partnership with the other sports book, too. So that's where the revenue comes from. So, Val, just in terms of content creation, I'm aware that you've recently brought in Daniel Camilla, former pro wrestler, to create content for bettingladies .com. Talk about, to us you know, is that is that going to be your model going forward, trying to partner up with famous female athletes to create that content? So all you see on the website is written by women and for
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"We're seeing it now yeah you know there's been Susie was a great racing driver. I think what we need to do as a sport and that you mentioned you know our initiatives around STEM. We've had 60 others which is young women 18 to 23 where we're providing opportunities for them to get involved in motor racing. Obviously the racing driver is kind of the most high -profile position in motorsports, but we want it to be engineers, mechanics, marketing, racing drivers and so I think it's about providing opportunities, educating, getting young adults kids excited about opportunities in the sport. So it really has to start at the grassroots level and we're seeing you know we're 20 about % underrepresented in our workforce. We'd like to double that by the end of the decade so that's moving it's at a pretty fast pace whether again that's on the race car in the race car or around the race car. Thank you to Bloomberg's Jason Kelly and McLaren Racing CEO Zach Brown. You can catch the full interview on the Business of Sports podcast by going to bloomberg .com slash podcast or wherever you get your podcast. Up next on the show Scarlett will speak with Jason Kelly as well as his next in sports co -host Vanessa Perdomo to discuss the latest from this show as focus they on the sport that is a cross between soccer and ping pong called tech ball. Oh that buddy is next on the Bloomberg Business of Sports. I'm Michael Barr along with Scarlett Pooh and Damien Sassauer this is Bloom. This is Caroline Hyde and I'm Ed Ludlow. Join us for Bloomberg Technology, a daily podcast focusing exclusively on technology, innovation and the future of business. We bring you the latest headlines from tech's top companies and conversations with the industry's biggest decision makers. We will have to show our own gains. productivity Privacy is a hugely important issue. It's extraordinary what chip technology can achieve. The Bloomberg Technology Podcast every weekday. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or at Bloomberg .com. We gather together
Analog(ue)
"zach brown" Discussed on Analog(ue)
"Being third, which is where he was in qualifying, being third Monaco doesn't mean anything. He was just lucky that Ferrari a bad strategy which meant by being third he could win that race. But you're only going to put it in the if you are going to put your car in the wall to protect qualifying position, you would do it if you were first. If you're going to do it all, which I do not believe he would do. Agreed. But you're not going to do it for third. Couldn't agree more. I'm right there with you. So this was the prevailing theory as to why max is apparently mad at him, right? And I actually think there were people in the, as they say, Verstappen camp, like family who were saying that that was the issue. So I don't know, right? We don't know because they've never said, but it seemed obvious, but then there is this clip of max saying, I had no problem with this, like in the episode. It's just not true. It's just like the whole thing is silly, but nevertheless, I'm not going to quibble over it. They either a were told not to or it was they are asked not to or they just decided not to, which I actually think is the most likely. That the drive to survive people didn't want to immediately exclude Max Verstappen again, right? So I think that they kind of just like look, the way that there is no proof of this, no one ever said it. So all we're going to be doing is kind of the thing that people don't like, which is like making a story of something that isn't overtly there. Like Chico being halfway out the door, right? Right, but that genuinely, though, like I know what you mean, but there would have 100% being people saying that at the time because people say it all the time, including me, including you. If someone's not logged in, even if they are locked in, like Daniel Ricciardo, right? Daniel Ricciardo was locked in at McLaren for years and we were saying he's going to get fired and he did. So like, that would have 100% been people saying that like, because there always is about the Red Bull seat, right? Can anyone stand up to the glory of Max Verstappen, right? That's the thing that's always said. I guarantee you at some point this season, people will be saying it about check out. They will. So it's just is what it is, right? But yeah, I would say overall, like I wasn't super looking forward to watching it this season because the last season left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth because it wasn't that great and there was a lot of crap in there and also just like the general reaction online to the last season was also not good. It annoyed me when I was reading about how many drivers had given up so much time and nothing was used, right? Like that there were genuinely stories that could have been told and they had the footage of them but decided not to do them because they wanted to make it look like Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz hey at each other instead. That's what they preferred to do in that season. And so I wasn't like super looking forward to it, but this isn't I loved it. Like I think it was a return to form for them the fact that they focused on the Oscar piastre thing and the cost cap, like I was so happy because they were too huge stories that weren't happening on track so I wouldn't have been surprised if they didn't show it because they don't have track footage necessarily to go along with these things, but they found a really good way to tell the stories and the piastre episode is awesome. It's one of the best episodes to drive to survive. They got so much stuff that I don't know how they got. Showing the negotiations. Hearing Omar and Zach Brown talking about. This is going to cost us so much money. How much money is it really going to cost you a reputation? It was awesome. So anyway, driver survives great. We've had the first race of the season. Indeed. It's a shame that we had like a two week gap to the next one, but the schedules weird this year in general, but I had a great time this weekend. It was a great race. It was fine. I don't know. People were like, oh, I was made up so I said, yeah, but Fernando Alonso, though. But just because Red Bull won two, that's obvious. Fernando Alonso was not the obvious podium, right? So it was a fantastic race because we got that. And there was some amazing midfield racing. It was I loved it. I had a great time this weekend, but you know me, Casey, I'm just happy when the cars are on track. I don't care what they're doing. I just like watching them go around the track. I stand up for sky this year. Okay, so what does that mean? I'm not trying to be flipping. I sign up for cable, basically. Can you imagine? And now I can watch it in atmos. Atmos, wait, which one is the HD Ultra HD thing? Oh, I'm sorry for video. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes. So they have it in Ultra HD as they call it. Oh, interesting. I don't think the F one TV stuff does that. That's awesome. Sky are doing it, right? They're sure. And they have the onboard camera thing, which you probably heard about a bunch. I don't know if that was on. I didn't hear about it much during the broadcast, but so I typically, I could get it on ESPN through terrestrial cable, but I typically use the F one TV app on the Apple TV. And then I will also second screen it on the iPad so I can either look at telemetry, which I rarely do, oftentimes I'll have a particular driver's view if there's an interesting chase going on that they're not covering on the main feed. And so I can swap between all the different driver views and team radios and whatnot. Is that what I'm talking about? Sky does that now? And you can do it in that app where you can just do, I can just do it on the TV. So they have all 20 on boards available and they have a battle channel they call it. So if there's a particular interesting battle going on on the track, but they're not showing it on TV. They just show us on that. Yeah, it's cool, man. But I just wanted it to be able to watch the coverage in the highest quality that I could get. And this is it. So it's expensive. But this is I want this. And I'm really, I'm actually really happy with it. Yeah, that's awesome. Now it's been interesting this race was super interesting because I feel like certainly in the 5 ish years that I've been watching F one, there's been way more turnover in shuffling about this year than any year I can remember. Which is very interesting. There's a lot of names that I'm like, oh right, they're racing now, like devries and sergeant and I'm trying to think of who else is new. Piastre, yeah, but there's a bunch of new names, things have been shuffled around. It's fascinating to me to see Mercedes still being a pile of garbage. I wouldn't send her a pile of garbage. They are, in my opinion, in a better place than they were this time last year, but what they realized is this is the best place they can be and it ain't good enough so they come back to the
Talk Is Jericho
"zach brown" Discussed on Talk Is Jericho
"So he saw it kind of like hazing from a fraternity. And in one particular instance, Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi's husband, was the one that he saw making fun of him because they passed out cigars. Some kind of high end cigars. Probably with the same seasoning as the steak. And so he put it in his mouth and he tried to light it and he wasn't able to light it properly or take the right puff. And so they started making all these gay jokes about it. We thought you'd be able to give up blow jobs and we thought you'd be better at that and so they were really hammering him about it. It was like a bunch of frat of evil jerks and the guys being hazed and so and then he got so embarrassed he walked out. He walked out of the room to go be alone. And he thought that was really sad and when he asked about it, somebody told him that that same guy, like he was new to the club, he had just gotten in the year before. And supposedly the story was that the year before when he came there, he didn't fit in either. And most of the time he talked to the help. He talked to the people who were, you know, cleaning and serving food. So he never quite fit in with the rich people and the cool kids. Imagine that can sell out overnight Carnegie Hall. And then you got Nancy Pelosi's husband making fun of you not being able to smoke a cigar. Lots of ways to go with this. Let's go back to this worshiping of the owl God. I find that to be very strange and especially we've mentioned a few times the quote that John rich's friend said that it's thought a big deal. Why are they worshiping in Al God? Is that some sort of a satanic idol being used here? Is this a secret society for satanists that you don't find out about until you're too far down the rabbit hole? Potentially, that could be the between one and four in the morning. So that's once you've been debaucherous drinking and pissing in arguing and all this kind of stuff. Anything satanic, anything evil, anything ritualistic, anything cannibalism, anything. Sexual debauchery would happen between that time from one to four in the morning. And he, the guy who worked there has things to say about that too. So he was talking about as far as racism goes. It was limited because they were starting to let more black members in and a few Jewish, mostly it was humor at women's expense or Mexican Hispanics. He saw cockroaches with Puerto Rican flags painted on their backs and they were doing like some games or races with those and then they were making jokes about Hispanics. They were whispers of prostitution rings like arrests in the area being covered up, but within the grove, he didn't see that specifically. There's something else here, but so he saw a former speaker of energy for the United States. Give a speech about a war in Iraq, and then he opened it up to anybody who was there. Anybody who was there at the speech to give him ideas. And so he was standing in the back with the workers and he said he was invisible just watching and he was thinking how weird that was, that this is like a real issue with real world consequences and he's just like yeah anybody got any ideas. You would never see that. Because at that time people were talking about oil and the Bush administration and all this. And here he is just openly like, yeah, so what do you guys think? What should we do about this? Right. Really struck out as super weird to him. And it made him refer back to how everybody brags about the Manhattan Project. So while they're saying like nobody talks about business, he literally saw this guy who's in charge of energy saying anybody got any ideas and why wouldn't he take their ideas back to the actual job. It's very clicky, groups of men traveling in packs. He said Clint Eastwood would sit with the same people. He saw Carl rove cussing and pissing on a tree. He ordered lobster for breakfast. There was weird stuff. It was a real boys club. And here's the weirdest thing from him. He said, late at night, he heard screams coming from deep in the Woods. And he heard a lot of hushed rumors about Asian boys being kept underground. So that's the second person who said this. What he heard was that they were tunnels being used between one and 4 a.m. every night. He said, I feel like there's something really weird going on. They do weird shit and based on what we know, imagine what we don't know. Well, I mean, that's the thing. It seems like there's a lot we don't know about this. And I can break down, there's a growth stage, a field circle, campfire circle, lecture halls, a lot of outdoor areas for events, the out shrine by the Lake, 2000 seat amphitheater. I mean, they've put time steely Dan has played there. Zach Brown band. There's a whole bunch of stuff. You can actually play gigs at the grove. If you're a member or invited as a guest, I guess. Plus, since it's there year round, off season, maybe they do other events because again, if there's they can limit how far in you go. I mean, so that's it from my three people who have actually been there. Oh, I did want to mention if you're familiar with the TV show household cards? Yes. So there was an episode. And they specifically went into alluding to bohemian grove stuff about a secret cult and they did reenactments and all of this, but within the fictional world and they called it instead of bohemian grove, they called its chapter 60 is the episode. They called it elysian fields, they said men were only allowed in by invitation only in the trees. They get to eat together and pee together. And their quote, remember the other one was about, you know, not weaving a spell with a quote on the TV show for elysian fields was buzzing bees do not sting here. So much emphasis on the peeing. Yes. It went to court. They literally had a court case over it and that was the reason why they justified not allowing women to be there because they needed to be open to be able to pee freely openly. We are moving in a new direction, moving forward and moving beyond smoking. We are Altria and our companies
The Autosport Podcast
"zach brown" Discussed on The Autosport Podcast
"We're not expecting to win titles, but I just want to be happier in the car. I want to know that on one lap turn to it will behave on this way, and then the next step on turn to behave to similar way instead of the massive inconsistency they've had. I would say that inconsistency is still there. So that's a worry if not dialing up the most fundamental floor and keeping drivers happy. And yes, the sort of argument is we need to wait for our wind tunnel to come online, but how long until we start pointing fingers at the technical team or is that enough of an excuse that they need any better infrastructure for now? Because again, at the launch, they were talking about the wind cut tunnel always being the cherry on the top of the cake rather than the flower I don't know another fundamental ingredient. So I think it is a bit more disconcerting and then you have unreliability can happen to every team, but it was sort of like a perfect storm of things coming together. So with the 2022 and beyond Formula One cars, they have the flaps running over the front wheels. These were fouling in the early days, so the mechanics were whittling away at them and sort of making them all snug and not make contact with a rubber, which other teams have struggled with that before. But then come the final day, they had to bench Norris after I think it was just a 44 laps, I believe, is all he managed because then they were too weak and they needed strengthening. It's just little things like that, so last year, you know, you think back to they had two smaller brake ducts and the fires. And yes, that didn't fundamentally ruin their season. They were in that good contest without being for fourth, but it put them on the back foot and the McLaren insiders are saying the chatter amongst the mechanics and the engineers is sort of here we go again and what we saw on track and arguably what the driver is saying just underline that. So yeah, McLaren fans, I think, will be disappointed with the first few races. Yeah, and what struck me is when you and I did a show over the weekend and you mentioned that even Zach brown's body language, you try to sense something from that now. I've met him a few times. And like many people in Formula One, he is charismatic force of nature, like many team bosses as well. You have to be. When he walks in the room, he kind of you notice he's there. So for him to not be bounding around, even if you're not showing all your cards at testing, that little red flags I just want McLaren to do well this year to see what they can do. But let's talk about a team who did have a good test. Maybe a dark horse with some people. Alex Aston Martin, they got themselves a new technical director, former head of aero from Red Bull. His feet are well under the table. Now, certainly this car will have been his design. We didn't see any stroll because of a mountain bike injury, which they were being very cagey about naturally, but we saw drugovich in the car. Alonso in the car. He looked like 20 years junior to him. He was bouncing around and trying to he's a good poker player, but I'm not sure he was disguising how happy he was. But are we overblowing it? Are we overblowing Alex? How good Aston Martin's test was? Oh, that's an excellent question. Are we overblowing it? Well, fine. Not from the test. The test was excellent. Absolutely excellent. Whether that translates into them being able to take on Mercedes, come the race weekend as some people are suggesting that they are actually better than Mercedes. I personally think that's a bit of a stretch and what my mind goes back to when I say that is that Matt talks about when the two of us went tracks are. We went trackside on. I think it was the second morning. We're down at the double apex left. It turns 9 and ten where Sergio Pérez is coming through every single time failing to hit an apex locking up most of the time as well. But Fernando Alonso was the complete opposite. It was perfect every single time. He was so early on the throttle and talking to insiders at Aston Martin. They're saying, actually, in a weird way, this car is actually quite easy to drive. And obviously it's all relative to the Formula One car. So very difficult to drive. But there's a little bit of the drivers are really keen to have the Aston has it. What I would say is based on that track side observation is based on how early Alonso was getting on the power. And it was way earlier than everybody else, so good stable package, but perhaps essentially, maybe not as much fuel in it. I don't know, of course, you know, never going to know the exact numbers. But yeah, in terms of the test, not overblowing. It Aston Martin Luke brilliant. You talk about Dan fellows, the team asked in there. It is still very, very like the Red Bull, but it's got some other different ideas on it as well. You know, they've gone the sort of Alpine route of channeling the air down the inside of the side plots. And it looks like a glorious package. The key thing, though, the reason why people are getting excited about Aston's potential come race day and the rest of the season is Alonso produced an extremely competitive long run at the very end of the final day. In fact, astin totally sort of didn't engage in that. It wasn't quite like a Q three shootout, but that under the lights and the cooler, best conditions, several teams going for finally doing a bit of performance running. Aston didn't do that. So what does that tell me? To be there very, very confident about the package. They've got one is to do their own thing. And as you say, Fernando Alonso, very happy, enjoying what I'm told is a sort of a honeymoon period with
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Motor sports be healthy at the highest levels where you no longer require that to be part of your racing There's a couple Formula One teams that take paying drivers I think it's okay they had to pay to get there but you'd like to thank everyone in Formula One Those are the 20 best drivers in the world of 20 best Formula One drivers in the world of reality is it's probably the 16 best and there's maybe four that are questionable on whether they would truly be there if they didn't have sponsorship that the teams needed if we could get the teams healthier than they could bless dependent upon driver sponsors Zach Brown CEO of McLaren racing when they told me you were the guest my boss has said okay keep it professional do a professional interview I said okay they went around the corner and I shouted oh lordy yes thank you Zach man from one motorhead to another thank you sir My pleasure love chatting love travel as you guys know Thanks again Just to talk about the history of McLaren and like I said I remember all of these races that they won I remember Mark donohue winning the 72 race Johnny Rutherford winning the 74 race star I remember the 76 win It's really neat to see McLaren and that history at Indianapolis man Yeah it is very neat and of course like you I tend to get sidetracked into more of the racing stuff and less of the business stuff But actually in this conversation I found the business aspect even more interesting You know when he told us about how he got started in LA and he had to kind of hustle because he didn't have family involved in racing or billionaire parents that he ended up working with roger as a mentor and starting his own team Instead to me the business aspect of it is so exciting And I'd really like to see more diversity I think Lewis Hamilton might be the only black kid who ever raced in Formula One and there's been a few in NASCAR and a couple in Indy car but it's for the most part it's just been like privileged rich boys who have been able to do it So I'd like to see more women I'd like to see more diverse pilots and mechanics and team owners and maybe we're headed that direction I mean look I'm going to take the other side of that Matt I'm not a rich boy either but I could listen to him talk about his AC cobra two 89 and his four wheel drive Anderson horsepower monster Porsche 9 59 all day long And this is my only regret is he races these classic cars You know what I mean He just raised an 89 Jaguar at the Grand Prix of Long Beach in April So you know he's still he's still got it man He still got the itch he still got a scratch it My goal is to be the number one pick That's something I've been dreaming of since the kids It feels better to be number one than number 5 I wear a number because of Mike We have a chance to go for three in a row Good numbers are the good times and I first started wearing.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"With this week's special guest hosts from the Bloomberg family Damien SaaS hour and Matt Miller We're speaking today with McLaren racing CEO Zach Brown looking at the IndyCar racing space ahead of this weekend's Indy 500 Now this is a huge racing weekend before that in F one they're running the Grand Prix of Monaco and F one has is climbing here in the U.S. Now I'm a motorhead I'll always I always love any kind of racing F one the rise here in the U.S. what do you attribute to that I think we discussed earlier I think it's a combination of a lot of factors The sport has always been awesome I just don't think it's had a permanent home If you look back in Formula One while it was pretty popular here in the 70s and to say the early 80s what does it have Ten different venues it went to and then you had after tire date in Indianapolis Formula One Latin America and it left America with a bad taste in the U.S. markets mouth because of the race So I think that really damaged Formula One in North America And when Austin came back that created a lot of excitement Formula One was in a different place And it's just gone from strength to strength since then Zach I got to say you know when I think of race car drivers and I think of guys from the Carolinas or Tennessee or Indiana I mean for me when I think of a race car driver coming from California of all places I think of Cole trickle in days of thunder So for me I'm wondering if you can help me better understand your background you know how you came to love this sport You know how you became a race car driver yourself and then you know just marketing international I mean how'd you get to this place Well a lot of hard work and a lot of travel I had a lot of support from my family My father used to take my brother and I to the races in LA just as a fan and kind of once a year thing so my first ever race was the 1981 loan pretty which I remember like it was yesterday Then he would take us to riverside for the NASCAR and sports car races and then we go to the drag races in Pomona to kind of grew up loving cars and doing two or three races a year from 81 to 85 and then when I got into high school I still love the cars I went to high school with about E who was his father was in the racing business we went to the Long Beach pan pre and 87 Mario dominated that race from pole and met Mario my head being on the wheel of 14 week which is probably a pretty unique way to get into the racing So sold my winnings there which were a bunch of the auctions and what it got And one of the pursuit of the Formula One dream and then ultimately didn't have any significant family resources So I had to learn how to do sponsorship race for ten years It was clear I wasn't going to make it to the top but I was pretty good at the sponsor stuff and started a company JMI really just as a means to make a living and then ended up turning that into the world's largest motor sports agency and sold it and I think that's the opportunity to either join Formula One on McLaren and I'm a racer So I wanted to be in the garage and part of the race to join McLaren and here we are 6 years in You're going back to Indianapolis with the man who was a big factor involved with McLaren Roger Penske Now he owns the racetrack What is it like going back there talking to the man and I'm sure you guys talk all the time about McLaren in about their progress and all the history with Roger Penske Well Rogers my business hero the way he's built business around racing and the way he uses his business to now build his racing is awesome He's a proper racer So I feel very privileged to be able to call him a friend and a competitor All at the same time And he's great and I think you very much values of McLaren history and he was the right guy to own Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar He's doing it for passion So you know he's going to want to leave a great legacy and grow in the car to the next level and that was a big deciding part of when we bought the team was larger at the helm and that gives us a lot of optimism for the future You mentioned if you can't get to the top if you don't have money from your parents you've got to hustle Do you think that's changing now I mean I know there's a huge push for diversity Are people like you bringing drivers in who previously wouldn't have been able to have the privilege Yeah I think it's always going to be a very expensive sport And someone needs to pay for it And whether that's family friends sponsors racing teams identifying you at a young grade I we always are looking for the best drivers but it's an expensive sport.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Up today stay tuned for our interview with CEO of McLaren racing Zach Brown that is straight ahead on the show but first let's dig into some of the top stories making headlines in the business of sports and probably one of the biggest ones Colin Kaepernick he's working out for the Las Vegas Raiders Damien does this mean that we're going to see Colin Kaepernick come back Well he's been trying to come back for some time right I mean Michael it would be awesome to see him come back you know we all know the history there you know the grievance against the league I think that was settled for something under $10 million But you know he's been trying out for quite a bit of time You know I'd love to see him go back to the Raiders I mean they have David Carr obviously But if he gets some time behind center throwing a guy like devonte Adams I mean that could be very cool to watch You think this is good PR for the Raiders I definitely do especially after what we saw last week with Gruden So yeah no absolutely you know it's a little bit of PR there but he definitely can serve a role as maybe mentoring David Carr serving as a bit of a take your head in the locker room and all that kind of stuff So you know there's a reason they brought him in I hope And it would be great to see him suit up and get behind center again Can you imagine him coming if he does come back the sponsorship opportunities he's going to have Oh my goodness can you imagine I mean look Josh McDaniels knows that too right I mean this is dummies out there in Las Vegas They know the value of a dollar But I think you know in the same breath in Kaepernick's last season with San Francisco they didn't do so well I believe they had only one win that year So that has obviously a lot to do with the team itself But you know yeah I mean let's give it a shot I mean let's see if the man can still run the ball I mean he was you know not your typical pocket passer as you know Michael He used his feet quite a bit and he knew how to score a touchdown Now in being humble about trying to come back on the field he said look I'll come back as a backup quarterback Well in this case he may not have any choice right I think it's David Carr's team especially given the fact that they signed devonte Adams who is David Carr was his college quarterback The main reason he's there is because of David Carr but you know look this is the NFL anything happens Injuries abounds You know it would be very cool to see him take to the field again If the Raiders sign Kaepernick what are the pros and cons I mean look you know obviously from a media perspective there's a lot there that is good It's good for the franchise It's good for the team I think But most Vegas wants to win right They need some strides in the off season They had some really really big signings You know on both sides of the ball And so you know I'm bringing in someone like Colin Kaepernick Add a little bit of something there you know a little bit of zhejiang You know I'm excited for the season We're getting close here I'm keep in mind Kaepernick's only 34 years old and I say only 34 years old because if you look at Tom Brady he is well into his 40s So Kaepernick if you go by those rules he still has a lot of time and his legs are fresh Yeah I think the real catch up for him is going to be getting accustomed to the offense you know shaking off the cobwebs in terms of how to read today's NFL defense Yeah it's going to be interesting Let's talk about soccer league premier soccer league and the sale of Chelsea It's nearly complete and part of that puzzle now is because the Portugal government has ratified the takeover from Todd boley's purchase Todd boley by the way owns a part of the Los Angeles Dodgers Now I need to explain the reason why the Portuguese government was in on this is because Abramovich holds a passport for the European nation So that's why they had to give their okay on this as well Chelsea this has been a long going dramatic story Damian are we finally going to see now Chelsea in Thai Bowie's hands Well I think Michael the big what if was you know they needed to be assured the regulators that is that the proceeds from the sale were not going to accrue to Roman Abramovich right Due to the sanctions placed against them So you know I think they've gotten through that I think they've made the proper assurances there It looks like Todd bully is going to be the owner of a yet another EPL club and you look this is coming at a very interesting time I think for English premiere And the reason I say that is because you've had a lot of Americans the glazers for one come into the league in recent years and they're just not spending the way some of their peers from the Middle East for example are I mean we know that the deputy prime minister of the UAE owns man city and he spent a lot of money on that We know that Abramovich spent a lot of money on his team as well But if you look at operating profitability it's come off quite significantly And I think what I'm hearing is that Todd bully wants to be a little bit more conservative with the purse strings than his predecessor And so however the fans react to that remains to be seen I think they're welcoming Todd right now but if they don't start to put some wins up you know things can change in a hurry Finally Damien we're moving to another topic but you know what it's all about because it is Sunday Sunday Sunday It is time for racing F one at Monaco the back end of it We've got it The Coca-Cola 600 for NASCAR and in between the Indy 500 Oh my goodness gracious And Roger Penske of course owns the track I'm looking forward to seeing butts in the seats this year like we've seen in a little bit last year I mean talk about butts in the seats Michael I mean Formula One racing in the U.S. is absolutely taken off right I mean we know 2021 was a record I think you had something on the order of 930,000 viewers per race And look ESPN just said their F one ratings year to date are up something on the order of 22% year over year So F one is a very very big deal I can't wait to see who crosses the art of bricks first Up next on the show speaking of the Indy 500 We have an interview with the CEO of McLaren racing Zach Brown And we're talking in the racing ahead of this weekend's Indy 500 straight ahead on the Bloomberg business of sports I'm Michael Barr along with guest host Damien SaaS sour and don't forget to catch our podcast That's Monday's.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Barr along with this week's special guest host from the Bloomberg family Damian SaaS hour and Matt Miller We're speaking today with McLaren racing CEO Zach Brown looking at the IndyCar racing space ahead of this weekend's Indy 500 Now this is a huge racing weekend before that in F one they're running the Grand Prix of Monaco and F one has is climbing here in the U.S. Now I'm a motorhead I'll always I always love any kind of racing F one the rise here in the U.S. what do you attribute to that I think we discussed earlier I think it's a combination of a lot of factors The sport has always been awesome I just don't think it's had a permanent home If you look back in Formula One while it was pretty popular here in the 70s and to say the early 80s what does it have Ten different venues it went to and then you had after tire date in Indianapolis Formula One left America and it left America with a bad taste in the U.S. market's mouth because of the race So I think that really damaged Formula One in North America And when Austin came back that created a lot of excitement Formula One was in a different place And it's just gone from strength to strength since then Zack I got to say you know when I think of race car drivers I think of guys from the Carolinas or Tennessee or Indiana I mean for me when I think of a race car driver coming from California of all places I think of coal trickle in days of thunder So for me I'm wondering if you can help me better understand your background you know how you came to love this sport you know how you became a race car driver yourself and then just marketing international I mean how did you get to this place Well a lot of hard work and a lot of travel I have a lot of support from the family My father used to take my brother and I to the races in LA just as a fan and kind of once a year thing so my first ever race was the 1981 loan with the Grand Prix which I remember like that was yesterday Then he would take us to riverside for the NASCAR and sports car races and then we go to the drag races in Pomona to kind of grew up loving cars and doing two or three races a year from 81 to 85 and then when I got into high school I still love the cars I went to high school with about E who was his father was in the racing business we went to the Long Beach Grand Prix in 87 Mario dominated that race from pole and met Mario my head being on wheel of 14 week which is probably a pretty unique way to get into the racing So sold by winning this area which were a bunch of watches and with my note card and one of the pursuit of the Formula One dream and then ultimately didn't have any significant family resources So I had to learn how to do sponsorship race for ten years It was clear I wasn't going to make it to the top but I was pretty good at the sponsor stuff and started a company JMI really just as a means to make a living and then ended up turning that into the world's largest motor sports agency and sold it And I think that's the opportunity to either join Formula One on McLaren and I'm a racer So I wanted to be in the garage and part of the race So join McLaren and here we are 6 years in You're going back to Indianapolis With the man who was a big factor involved with McLaren Roger Penske now he owns the racetrack What is it like going back there talking to the man and I'm sure you guys talk all the time about McLaren in about their progress and all the history with Roger Penske Well Rogers my business here the way he's built business around with racing and the way he uses his business to now build his racing is awesome He's a proper racer So I feel very privileged to be able to call him a friend and a competitor All at the same time And he's great And I think you very much values the McLaren history and he was the right guy to own Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar he's doing it for passion So you know he's going to want to leave a great legacy and grow in the car to the next level and that was a big deciding part of when we bought the team was while there was at the helm and that gives us a lot of optimism for the future You mentioned you know if you can't get to the top if you don't have money from your parents you've got to hustle Do you think that's changing now I mean I know there's a huge push for diversity Are people like you bringing drivers in who previously wouldn't have been able to have the privilege Yeah I think it's always going to be a very expensive sport And someone needs to pay for it And whether that's family friends sponsors racing teams identifying you at a young grade I we always are looking for the best drivers but it's an expensive sport.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Racing CEO Zach Brown looking at the IndyCar racing space ahead of this weekend's Indy 500 Now this is a huge racing weekend before that in F one they're running the Grand Prix of Monaco and F one has is climbing here in the U.S. Now I'm a motorhead I'll always I always love any kind of racing F one the rise here in the U.S. what do you attribute to that I think we discussed earlier I think it's a combination of a lot of factors The sport has always been awesome I just don't think it's had a permanent home If you look back and Formula One while it was pretty popular here in the 70s and to say the early 80s what does it have Ten different venues it went to and then you had after tire date that Indianapolis Formula One left America and it left America with a bad taste in the U.S. markets mouth because of the race So I think that really damaged Formula One in North America And when Austin came back that created a lot of excitement Formula One which in a different place And it's just gone from strength to strength since then Zach I got to say you know when I think of race car drivers I think of guys from the Carolinas or Tennessee or Indiana I mean for me when I think of a race car driver coming from California of all places I think of coal trickle in days of thunder So for me I'm wondering if you can help me better understand your background you know how you came to love this sport You know how you became a race car driver yourself and then just marketing international I mean how did you get to this place Well a lot of hard work and a lot of travel I have a lot of support from the family My father used to take my brother and I to the races in LA just as a fan and kind of once a year thing so my first ever race was the 1981 loan with the Grand Prix which I remember like that was yesterday Then he would take us to riverside for the NASCAR and sports car races And then we go to the drag races in Pomona So I kind of grew up loving cars and doing two or three races a year from 81 to 85 and then when I got into high school I still love the cars I went to high school with about E who was his father was in the racing business we went to the Long Beach pan pre and 87 Mario dominated that race from pole and met Mario my head being on wheel of fortune P week which is probably a pretty unique way to get into the racing So sold by winning this area which were a bunch of boxes and we wanted note part and one of the pursuit of the Formula One dream and then ultimately didn't have any significant family resources So I had to learn how to do sponsorship race for ten years It was clear I wasn't even going to make it to the top but I was pretty good at the sponsor stuff and started a company JMI really just as a means to make a living and then ended up turning that into the world's largest motor sports agency And so I think that's the opportunity to join Formula One and McLaren and I'm a racer So I wanted to be in the garage and part of the race to join McLaren and here we are 6 years in You're going back to Indianapolis With the man who was a big factor involved with McLaren Roger Penske now he owns the racetrack What is it like going back there talking to the man and I'm sure you guys talk all the time about McLaren in about their progress and all the history with Roger Penske Well Rogers my business here the way he's built business around racing and the way he uses his business to now build his racing is awesome He's a proper racer So I feel very privileged to be able to call him a friend and a competitor all at the same time And he's great and I think he very much values the McLaren history and he was the right guy to own Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar he's doing it for passion So you know he's going to want to leave a great legacy and grow in the car to the next level and that was a big deciding part of when we bought the team was larger at the helm and that gives us a lot of optimism for the future You mentioned if you can't get to the top if you don't have money from your parents you've got to hustle Do you think that's changing now I mean I know there's a huge push for diversity Are people like you bringing drivers in who previously wouldn't have been able to have the privilege Yeah I think it's always going to be a very expensive sport.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Barr along with this week's special guest host from the Bloomberg family Damien SaaS hour and Matt Miller We're speaking today with McLaren racing CEO Zach Brown looking at the IndyCar racing space ahead of this weekend's Indy 500 Now this is a huge racing weekend before that in F one they're running the Grand Prix of Monaco and F one has is climbing here in the U.S. Now I'm a motorhead I'll always I always love any kind of racing F one the rise here in the U.S. what do you attribute to that I think we discussed earlier I think it's a combination of a lot of factors The sport has always been awesome I just don't think it's had a permanent home if you look back in Formula One while it was pretty popular here in the 70s and to say the early 80s what does it have Ten different venues it went to and then you had after tire date in Indianapolis Formula One Latin America and it left America with a bad taste in the U.S. market's mouth because of the race So I think that really damaged Formula One in North America And when Austin came back that created a lot of excitement Formula One was in a different place And it's just gone from strength to strength since then Zach I got to say you know when I think of race car drivers and I think of guys from the Carolinas or Tennessee or Indiana I mean for me when I think of a race car driver coming from California of all places I think of coal trickle in days of thunder So for me I'm wondering if you can help me better understand your background you know how you came to love this sport You know how you became a race car driver yourself and then you know just marketing international I mean how did you get to this place Well a lot of hard work and a lot of travel I have a lot of support from the family My father used to take my brother and I to the races in LA just as a fan and kind of once a year thing so my first ever race was the 1981 loan pretty which I remember like it was yesterday Then he would take us to riverside for the NASCAR and sports car races and then we go to the drag races in Pomona to kind of grew up loving cars and doing two or three races a year from 81 to 85 and then when I got into high school I still love the cars I went to high school with about E who was his father was in the racing business we went to the Long Beach pan pre and 87 Mario dominated that race from pole and met Mario my head being on wheel of fortune week which is probably a pretty unique way to get into the racing So sold by winning this area which were a bunch of the auctions and my note card And one of the pursuit of the Formula One dream and then ultimately didn't have any significant family resources So I had to learn how to do sponsorship race for ten years It was clear I wasn't even going to make it to the top but I was pretty good at the sponsor stuff and started a company JMI really just as a means to make a living and then ended up working that in the world's largest motor sports agency and sold it and I think that's the opportunity to either join Formula One or McLaren and I'm a racer So I wanted to be in the garage and part of the race to join McLaren and here we are 6 years in You're going back to Indianapolis with the man who was a big factor involved with McLaren Roger Penske Now he owns the racetrack What is it like going back there talking to the man and I'm sure you guys talk all the time about McLaren in about their progress and all the history with Roger Penske Well Rogers my business here the way he's built business around racing and the way he uses his business to now build his racing is awesome He's a proper racer So I feel very privileged to be able to call him a friend and a competitor all at the same time And he's great and I think you very much values the McLaren history and he was the right guy to own Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar he's doing it for passion So you know he's going to want to leave a great legacy and grow IndyCar to the next level and that was a big deciding part of when we bought the team was while there was at the helm and that gives us a lot of optimism for the future You mentioned if you can't get to the top if you don't have money from your parents you've got to hustle Do you think that's changing now I mean I know there's a huge push for diversity are people like you bringing drivers in who previously wouldn't have been able to have the privilege Yeah I think it's always going to be a very expensive sport.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"zach brown" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Coming up today Stay tuned for our interview with CEO of McLaren racing Zach Brown that is straight ahead on the show but first let's dig into some of the top stories making headlines in the business of sports and probably one of the biggest ones Colin Kaepernick he's working out for the Las Vegas Raiders Damien does this mean that we're going to see Colin Kaepernick come back Well he's been trying to come back for some time right I mean Michael it would be awesome to see him come back You know we all know the history there you know the grievance against the league I think that was settled for something under $10 million But you know he's been trying out for quite a bit of time You know I'd love to see him go back to the Raiders I mean they have David Carr obviously But if he gets some time behind center throwing a guy like devonte Adams I mean that could be very cool to watch You think this is good PR for the Raiders I definitely do especially after what we saw last week with Gruden So yeah no absolutely you know it's a little bit of PR there but he definitely can serve a role as maybe mentoring David Carr serving as a bit of a I think you're heading in the locker room and all that kind of stuff So you know there's a reason they brought him in I hope And it would be great to see him suit up and get behind center again Can you imagine him coming if he does come back the sponsorship opportunities he's going to have Oh my goodness can you imagine I mean look Josh McDaniels knows that too right I mean this is dummies out there in Las Vegas They know the value of a dollar But I think you know in the same breath in Kaepernick's last season with San Francisco they didn't do so well I believe they had only one win that year So that has obviously a lot to do with the team itself But you know yeah I mean let's give it a shot I mean let's see if the man can still run the ball I mean he was you know not your typical pocket passer as you know Michael He used his feet quite a bit and he knew how to score touchdowns Now and being humble about trying to come back on the field he said look I'll come back as a backup quarterback Well in this case he may not have any choice right I think it's David Carr's team especially given the fact that they signed devonte Adams who is David Carr was his college quarterback The main reason he's there is because of David Carr but you know look this is the NFL anything happens Injuries abounds You know it would be very cool to see him take to the field again If the Raiders sign Kaepernick what are the pros and cons I mean look you know obviously from a media perspective there's a lot there that is good It's good for the franchise It's good for the team I think Like most Vegas wants to win right They need some strides in the off season They had some really really big signings You know on both sides of the ball And so you know I'm bringing in someone like Colin Kaepernick Add a little bit of something there you know a little bit of zhejiang You know I'm excited for the season We're getting close here I'm keep in mind Kaepernick's only 34 years old and I say only 34 years old Because if you look at Tom Brady he is well into his 40s So Kaepernick if you go by those rules he still has a lot of time and his legs are fresh Yeah I think the real catch up for him is going to be getting accustomed to the offense you know shaking off the cobwebs in terms of how to read today's NFL defense Yeah it's going to be interesting Let's talk about soccer league premier soccer league and the sale of Chelsea It's nearly complete And part of that puzzle now is because the Portugal government has ratified the takeover from Todd bully's purchase Todd boley by the way owns a part of the Los Angeles Now I need to explain the reason why the Portuguese government was in on this is because Abramovich holds a passport for the European nation So that's why they had to give their okay on this as well Chelsea this has been a long going dramatic story Damian are we finally going to see now Chelsea in tad boley's hands Well I think Michael the big one F was you know they needed to be assured the regulators that is that the proceeds from the sale were not going to accrue to Roman Abramovich right Due to the sanctions placed against them So you know I think they've gotten through that I think they've made the proper assurances there It looks like Todd Bowie is going to be the owner of a yet another EPL club and you look this is coming at a very interesting time I think for English premiere and the reason I say that is because you've had a lot of Americans the glazers for one come into the league in recent years and they're just not spending the way some of their peers from the Middle East for example are I mean we know that the deputy prime minister of the UAE owns man city and he spent a lot of money on that We know that Abramovich spent a lot of money on his team as well but if you look at operating profitability it's come off quite significantly And I think what I'm hearing is that Todd bowley wants to be a little bit more conservative with the purse strings than his predecessor And so however the fans react to that remains to be seen I think they're welcoming Todd right now but if they don't start to put some wins up you know things can change in a hurry Finally Damien we're moving to another topic but you know what it's all about because it is Sunday Sunday Sunday It is time for racing F one at Monaco the back end of it We've got it The Coca-Cola 600 for NASCAR and in between the Indy 500 Oh my goodness gracious And Roger Penske of course owns the track I'm looking forward to seeing butts in the seats this year like we've seen in a little bit last year I mean talk about butts in the season Michael I mean Formula One racing in the U.S. has absolutely taken off right I mean we know 2021 was a record I think you had something on the order of 930,000 viewers per race And look ESPN just said their F one ratings year to date are up something on the order of 22% year over year So F one is a very very big deal I can't wait to see who crosses the art of bricks first Up next on the show speaking of the Indy 500 We have an interview with the CEO of McLaren racing Zach Brown And we're talking indie racing ahead of this weekend's Indy 500 straight ahead on the Bloomberg business of sports I'm Michael Barr along with guest host Damien SaaS sour and don't forget to catch our podcast That's Monday Wednesdays and Thursdays and all your podcast platforms and right here on Bloomberg business of sports from Bloomberg radio Progressive snapshot can save you money based on how you drive and how much.
The Doug Collins Podcast
Fox News Contributor Joey Jones on Zac Brown's Camp Southern Ground
"So Joey, welcome to the Doug Collins podcast. Yeah, man, thanks for having me on. It's a good time. Most people might not know this. Informal setting here I like to just sort of give the man behind or the women behind the scenes that you and I met in a really unique way. You were working at the time down in a place helping veterans, but you were working with Zach brown's project down in Georgia. Tell us, for that matter, I just sort of how we got to me, but tell us about that project, because that was a really interesting project that Zach had working on down there. Yeah, you know, it's funny. Most people in the country don't know who our congressional representatives are. You know, and I don't mean that in any kind of way, just we might know who the person that represents us is. And we know who the dozen or more that kind of get headlines on TV are, but we don't know all 435 members. And so when I worked at the camp, anytime anyone that smelled like a politician would come around and they'd be like, hey Joe, you got to be here today because we don't know who we're supposed to like this guy. Do we not like this guy? Like how's this work? 'cause they're not very political people over there. But that's really the beauty in it. And so it was really neat that the day you came and visited camp, I got to be there and meet your firsthand and really develop a friendship from that point on. But the purpose of what we were doing there camp southern ground is I mean, we could talk for a whole podcast on it, but really to bring it down. Zach Brown, the country, superstar at this point. Got his start in music from one of the first things he did in music was he was at a camp a summer camp and somebody handed him a guitar and he said, you know, maybe I can learn how to play this. In about ten years after that, he was a young teenager, and he would go back to campus a counselor. And he realized, or they kind of sawing him, he had a kind of a special touch or a personality that he was able to work with the kids with special needs. And he realized music was an easy way or an easier way to connect with those kids because standard communication of talking and body language did not work with all of them. And so he understood kind of this healing power. He calls it remedy and he has a song about it of music, but he also understood the greater infrastructure of having a camp in immersive camp, a camp for kids with special needs could go to school or go to camp with kids that didn't have special needs. So we built camp selling ground, raises the money. It's a $100 million project. He wants it to last for a hundred years. And does all this. And he brings me on board the work there. I actually worked for his business first and then the camp. And he said, hey, man, kids can only go to school four months a year. I need to use this in a meaningful way. The other 6 months that we can use it, and I know that doesn't add up to 12, but you gotta take a month or two off every now and then. And he says, you know, how can I help veterans? Because that's the other thing in my life. It's been a big influence to