Monologue from a Cracks Podcast episode discussing why sport in Mexico has not yet become a fully developed business: argues for strong professional leagues with committed owners, improved infrastructure supported by federal/state/municipal governments, and closer commercial/proximity ties with the U.S. Uses the NFL as an example of a valuable league and mentions growing cross-border opportunities (MLS, MLB, NFL expansion).
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In the Kings League. Kings League Americas. Boxing in the evening in Spain, now Supernova in Mexico. These new formats are pure spectacle. What are you seeing in that? Is it something that interests you or are you interested in pure sport more than the spectacle? What does sports lack in Mexico to do good business? Strong leagues, how are they made? With strong teams, but with strong owners, not strong capital that are committed to developing the sport. You need support to have quality infrastructure where you play, right? And for that I do believe that federal, state and municipal support is needed so that we have first class facilities. I mean, it really caught my attention. I told several people in charge of Conade Rio de Janeiro, forget the beach. Wherever you go, you see people exercising. Man, you stand on the sand and you have stainless steel gyms that make you want to get up and exercise. You see people like at Harvard doing rowing. You see volleyball, you see soccer, Brazil. I mean, I think we have a lot of talent here, but it takes effort, government and society to make sure everyone works together. I do think it could be a great opportunity. And when I say strong leagues, I mean you look at the leagues. Look at the NFL where there's no promotion or relegation, right? But look at the league and see the value of the league. And who do you have in the NFL? You have Jerry Jones, you have Kraft, you have the honorable family from Kansas City, and so on. But the NFL as a league is the example to follow. Let's see, look at the NFL's evaluation and compare it to any others. It's separate from the NBA, from the Major League Baseball, from the NHL hockey team, not from the mls. Don't even count it because it's very low. But strong leagues are needed. What are we doing in baseball? The. The truth is, Horacio, the commissioner has done a great job trying to have better owners, better infrastructure and to be able to generate that proximity. Because the truth is the future is going to be proximity to the United States, which is what's going to happen for Monterey. It makes perfect sense. But even for here, well, now the NFL is going to Brazil, not Mexico. Imagine, imagine the number of Mexican soccer teams in the United States is huge. I saw the report and I saw all the logic behind this initiative of the fund that wanted to invest in the Mexican league, all the interests that are there. But the numbers are impressive. When and how is it going to happen? I don't know. Because these are those waves that you either ride or you never forgive yourself. You'll never forgive yourself. That without losing sovereignty, without losing independence. But that's what's going to happen. They're probably going to come up with something with MLS and with soccer here, we'll probably do something with baseball here and there, say, El Paso.
