E48: It’s an Unofficial Shitshow 1

There’s no point in pretending we can get away with business as usual, so we’ve put our regular podcasts to one side to focus on the only issue anyone cares about: what’s happening to the sports business during the coronavirus pandemic? In this first episode of a special series, we talk to people from across the business to get a quick sense of what they’re feeling, their worries and the decisions they are going to have to consider in the coming days and weeks. Featuring conversations with Henry Chappell of Pitch Marketing, Murray Barnett, formerly of F1, World Rugby and ESPN, Ashley Blake, General Counsel of The Sports Consultancy and TSC Legal, and Simon Dent, founder and CEO of Dark Horses.If you want to join the conversation as we track the impact of the current crisis on the sports biz, get in touch with us via unofficialpartner.comStay safe.Unofficial 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.