The Business of the Big Game
Go beyond the scoreboard to understand the financial machinery that dictates every trade, draft pick, and stadium build in professional sports.
Like Duolingo, but for The Business of the Big Game. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Roster as a Portfolio and The Revenue Engine. It assumes you already know the basics.
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Key ideas in The Business of the Big Game
- Dead money is the cap hit from guaranteed bonuses already paid to a released player.
- Backloading lowers the immediate cap hit by deferring costs to future seasons.
- Accelerated signing bonus proration hits the current year's cap immediately upon release.
- The 'win-now' window is funded by consuming future cap space that will eventually run out.
- Identifying the impact of dead money on roster construction
- Understanding the trade-off of backloading contracts
- The rookie scale fixes wages below market value
- Surplus value funds veteran depth
- Restructuring converts salary into guaranteed bonus
- Cap relief by spreading bonus hits
- Recognizing the value of the rookie scale as an arbitrage tool
- Guaranteed money acts as insurance
- Rookie scale as arbitrage
- High guarantees shift leverage
- Contract restructure vs pay cut
- Determining leverage based on contract guarantees
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives The Business of the Big Game the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
How does a team use 'backloading' to fit an expensive superstar into a tight budget this year?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
How to learn The Business of the Big Game, step by step
Go in order. 12 short levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes in all, five minutes a day.
- 1
The Roster as a Portfolio
- The Salary Cap Playbook
- Trading Talent and Draft Capital
- 2
The Revenue Engine
- Media Rights and Global Reach
- Stadiums as Real Estate Plays
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Questions about The Business of the Big Game
How do I learn The Business of the Big Game?
Go in order: start with The Roster as a Portfolio, then The Revenue Engine. On Tomo that's 12 short levels, about 24 minutes in all, played five minutes a day. Start free and play the first level in under a minute.
Is there a Duolingo-style app for The Business of the Big Game?
Yes. Tomo works like Duolingo: short daily lessons, streaks and quick quizzes. The Business of the Big Game is one of its free courses, and you can type any other topic to get a course of your own.
Is The Business of the Big Game free?
Yes. The Business of the Big Game is playable on Tomo's free plan, which doesn't expire. No credit card, no waitlist. Download the app and start your first lesson.
How long does it take to learn The Business of the Big Game?
12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes of play in total. It's built for five minutes a day, so you finish it a little at a time instead of all at once.
Do I need any background to start The Business of the Big Game?
No. It's pitched at an intermediate level, so it starts where you are and builds up. If you can tap a phone, you can start.
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
The Business of the Big Game is taught in the Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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