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Podcast: Leaders Worth Knowing Podcast
Episode: Paying athletes; the future of BBC Sport; why PFL and DAZN have joined the MMA party
Description: Leaders' Editorial Director James Emmett and Content Director David Cushnan pick out and poke around the stories of the sports industry week, joined by DAZN VP, Right Strategy, Tom Waterhouse.They discuss World Athletics’ announcement it will pay athletes who win Olympic gold this year - and the wider debate over whether and how athletes should be paid that’s opened up - and the BBC and its sports strategy, as Alex Kay-Jelski prepares to step into Barbara Slater’s shoes as Director of Sport.Plus, DAZN’s rights acquisit...