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USL Club Sacramento Republic FC Signs Potential MLS Jersey Deal

USL club Sacramento Republic has signed a binding five-year deal with UC Davis Health for a potential MLS jersey sponsorship. The deal is believed to be the first time that any MLS expansion bidder has secured this kind of agreement prior to being granted a franchise by the league. UC Davis Health has been the club’s jersey sponsor since it launched in '14.

Financial terms were not disclosed, but sources said that it would rank in the upper-third across the league in terms of jersey sponsorship revenue, further showcasing the level of corporate support in Sacramento. It is estimated that MLS jersey deals are valued between $2-4M annually, and are usually the largest sponsorship deals secured by the clubs. The MLS BOG will vote on its next two expansion markets in December.

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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