I was fortunate to get an opportunity to sit in a class today called 'Professional Franchise Operations' at NYU. It was taught by Professor Grantham, and was a lot of fun.
It's been a while since I sat in a class without theorems and proofs, but the professor was excellent in explaining concepts, providing with examples, and engaging students in discussion so I was able to learn a lot; was able to view sports from a totally different perspective.
They talked mainly about two things, how the NFL and the owners of the teams are going to deal with Peterson and Rice cases and why the NFL concussion settlement is 'pure evil,' although they didn't get to much of the latter. They talked about how the NFL and its commissioner handled disputes in the past, including a strike in the '80s, and how politics were deeply involved. I now understand more clearly why the franchise owners care about these issues and what they think when running these business. It reminded me of that teams didn't want to take Barry Bonds after his PED usage was revealed (I naively thought that it was because the owners hated Bonds but there were a lot more to it) and it made more sense why the players' union did not want to defend Alex Rodriguez, because they had to give up other things if they want to speak for A-Rod.
I may be interested in attending school. Tonight's class was definitely a big plus.
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