Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (7/10/15)

Shalom ladies and gentlemen! I hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July weekend and had chance to watch the U.S. Women’s National Team bring home their third World Cup title. For those living under a rock, Carli Lloyd had an incredible 1st half hat trick with the third goal coming from midfield. In the social media world, the DeAndre Jordan saga brought about one of the best sports days in Twitter history. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many high profile athletes join in a humorous blend of subtweets, emojis, and pictures although I’m sure Mark Cuban wasn’t quite as amused. Darren covered both the women’s World Cup and the DeAndre Jordan/Mark Cuban situation this week on FORBES: (1) FIFA Women’s World Cup: The Growth Of U.S. Soccer And Sponsorship; (2) Why The Milwaukee Bucks Are Selling A Move To Las Vegas Or Seattle; (3) Will Mark Cuban Sue The Clippers If DeAndre Jordan Changes His Mind?; (4) Redskins Temporary Loss Of Trademark Registrations Is No Big Deal. And, as always, the weekly wrap-up:

Basketball

• If you are a student trying to make it in sports business, you should absolutely be following my friends over at Front Office Sports [The Evolution of Analytics and One Man’s Career, the Journey of Richie Smith]
• I hope more players attend this real estate investing symposium [After the game: NBA stars shoot for wins in real estate]

Football

• The NFL is committed to going global [NFL, Tottenham Hotspur ink 10-year stadium partnership]
• Bottom line; playing with fireworks isn’t the best idea [NFL contracts say no to ‘significant risk,’ but not specifically fireworks]

Hockey

• Athletes need people to help them with their finances but finding someone they can trust seems to be very difficult these days [Adviser and former race car driver convicted of defrauding NHL players of $20M]