SBP Snack: Week of 4/28 - 5/4

Five Interesting, Funny, and Touching Things that Happened in Sports This Week

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Alex Abrams
May 01, 2025

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Good Thursday Morning. Cannot believe we are already in May. I’m on the road this week, so bringing you an abbreviated, “snack size” version of SBP this week.

#1: NFL Draft Round Up!

#2: This is just one of the coolest stories in sports. The fairy tale for Wrexham continues

#3: Putting aside the issues NIL has brought to the college game, this framing correctly shows the net positives — more guys making generational money and therefore choosing to stay longer in college instead of hoping for the best in the NBA Draft, which makes the on-court product better in the long run

#4: Speaking of the college game, this move by Kentucky to spin off its athletic department into an LLC is 👀 

🗯️ My thought bubble: We know this was coming, but we are officially entering the professionalization of sports era. Kentucky’s decision to have its athletic department drop its tax-exempt status and become for-profit means it will be able to be much more aggressive with both its revenue growth and spending — two things that will be required to compete in the new world.

Other schools have likely thought about this before or are in discussions, but expect this trend to pick up some steam for the schools in the major conferences that have the scale and war chest to make this bold move.

#5: NHL Playoffs Excitement and Wackiness

P.S. The Kings’ Harmonica ladies are back!

Until next time, sports fans!

-Alex