Sports Business Journal's 50 Most Influential People In Sports Business

Why do I get a stomach ache looking at so many of these guys? And do you suppose SBJ intentionally chose really bad pictures of so many of them?

You have to click through a few levels to get all 50, but here's a head start: no surprise, the top 5 includes 3 media people.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2011/12/12/Most-Influential/1.aspx

 

All I wanted in my previous career was to make their 40 Under 40 list.

 

What a diverse group of people

 

How seriously can we take a list which puts as the most powerful guy someone who wasn't on the list last year?

 

Actually, that's the most credible part of the list, recognizing that NBC/Comcast merger could ultimately marginalize (or at least neutralize) the power of ESPN. Good for the entire media industry.

 

Would rather read Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects list. Much, much more useful.

 

Jeanie Buss looked good. That's enough for me.

I'm surprised to see Adam Silver ahead of Mark Emmert.

 

Just wait, next year he'll be ahead of David Stern.