E139: Money Talks #6 How to value an NBA team

This is episode six of Money Talks, our regular series that looks at sport through the eyes of the finance and private equity sectors.Our guests today are Rob Tilliss and Michael Broughton, and the conversation is about how to value a professional sports team or franchise.Rob Tilliss is CEO of Inner Circle Sports and the former MD of JP Morgan’s sport advisory group. Inner Circle is a global investment bank focused the sports, media and entertainment industry.Michael Broughton is partner at Acceleration Capital, formerly director of business technology, innovation and investment strategy at FIFA.We talk about the various methods used to value an NBA franchise, what the new limited partnership rules mean for investors and owners, and how this compares to buying teams in the Premier League, with a look at the recent Burnley acquisition by ALK Partners.There’s more of this type of thing on the Unofficial Partner weekly newsletter, that’s delivered to your inbox every Thursday afternoon. If you don’t get it, sign up via unofficialpartner.comUnofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and TikTok at @UnofficialPartnerWe publish two podcasts each week, on Tuesday and Friday. These are deep conversations with smart people from inside and outside sport. Our entire back catalogue of 500 sports business conversations are available free of charge here. Each pod is available by searching for ‘Unofficial Partner’ on Apple, Spotify and every podcast app. If you’re interested in collaborating with Unofficial Partner to create one-off podcasts or series and live events, you can reach us via the website.