# The Most Powerful Person in Sports is...?

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**Created:** [February 19, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-powerful-person-in-sports-is/650796 "2013-02-19T14:44:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-powerful-person-in-sports-is/650796/21 "2013-02-20T19:31:34Z")

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The nfl could put an app on everyone’s tv, phone, computer and tablet. They could charge a seasonal fee and bypass the networks. All the major advertisers would be on board. Right now, tv networks have no leverage.  
Hell, the nfl could fund google to put fiber into everyone’s homes to make sure they have a connection.

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**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-powerful-person-in-sports-is/650796/22 "2013-02-22T04:17:48Z")

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> [@Gray\_Ghost](#):
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> I like the answers of Iger, Knight, and Roberts, much better than the one I had in mind. Before I heard them though, the name I was thinking of was Bernie Ecclestone, but F1 is hardly all of sports.

Yes, Bernie was the person that first came to my mind. Major-Domo of a multi-billion-dollar enterprise.

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