Category: Sports Business

Nashville Sports Radio Market to Get 3rd FM Station as WNSR Adds Signal at 95.9

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 23rd 2019 | 4 min read |

Nashville’s sports radio market may become even more competitive this year as WNSR announced this morning that they are adding a new FM radio si...

Bridgestone Arena Renovation Just the Latest Step in the Building's Evolution

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 23rd 2019 | 3 min read |

Right around the time the puck drops on next season, Bridgestone Arena should have a whole new look on the south side of the building, as the Metro Sp...

NHLPA Threatens Lawsuit Over Tennessee Privilege Tax, aka "Jock Tax"

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 23rd 2019 | 4 min read |

Jamie McGee of the Nashville Business Journal reports the NHLPA has put the Tennessee legislature on notice that unless the state’s “jock ...

What Exactly is a Conditioning Assignment, Anyway?

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 23rd 2019 | 3 min read |

The Nashville Predators have gotten their mileage out of CBA section 13.8 this season, as they have now sent three players to the Milwaukee Admirals f...

Infographic: Canada's 5 Best Paid Hockey Stars Includes Nashville's Shea Weber

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 22nd 2019 | 2 min read |

The following infographic highlights Canada’s 5 Best Paid NHL stars, and thanks to that mind-boggling offer sheet tabled by the Philadelphia Fly...

Changing How We Think about Ownership Before the Next CBA: It Isn't about Profit

By George Scoville | Feb 22nd 2019 | 7 min read |

Let me preface this by saying that none of this means the NHLPA is beyond reproach for what happened over the last few months. They made Donald Fehr t...

Monday's Dump & Chase: Downtown Nashville Feels the Lockout Pinch

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 21st 2019 | 2 min read |

Nashville Predators News Canceled NHL games take financial toll on Nashville’s downtown businesses | The Greenville NewsThe impact downtown is o...

Fan Freedom Project and the Tennessee Sports and Entertainment Industry Coalition Do Battle in State Senate

By George Scoville | Feb 21st 2019 | 6 min read |

The key provision of the Fairness in Ticketing Act in this dispute is the one that would legally define tickets to Predators games, concerts, and othe...

Revenue Sharing, Playoffs, and the Nashville Predators

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 21st 2019 | 4 min read |

Players Want More Money in the Pot, and So Should Nashville The easiest point to grab onto is that the NHLPA wants to see an increase in the overall l...

NHL Cancels 2013 Winter Classic

By Dirk Hoag | Feb 21st 2019 | 4 min read |

My youngest son just finished reading The Hobbit, and a scene from that book reminds me of what we’re currently seeing today between the NHLR...