Sports: 17 Aug – 23 Aug
Pressure climbed 3 points across the week, 62 to 65. It peaked at 69 on 19 Aug.
65
pressure at the week’s end, 0–100
+3
move across the week
6
editions published
134
sources read behind them
The arc · 6 days with a board
The band each day fell in.
No written analysis for this week
Everything on this page is measured from the week’s own boards and editions. The written read is added when the engine runs its report pass; a week without one still has its record.
What we said to watch
The beat ended the week Under strain.
The beat ended the week Under strain.
The beat ended the week Under strain.
The beat ended the week Under strain.
The beat ended the week Under strain.
The beat ended the week Under strain.
The honest half. These are the markers the boards named at the time — kept on the record whether or not they turned out to matter.
The board on Monday, and the board at the end
Opened
17 Aug- Betting meets the law 82
- Money buying clubs 88
- Rich-club pull 71
- Broadcast money 36
- Fifa's authority 64
- Gambling on the shirt 28
Ended
22 Aug- How fans get games 84
- Record club prices 82
- Wage bills outrunning income 70
- The bottom absorbs it 66
- Pressure on sports betting 61
- Fear that fans are drifting 28
Both boards exactly as they were written at the time — not a diff. The engine names the forces fresh every morning, so "The cheap-yen gap" on Monday and "Money leaving the dollar" on Friday may well be the same pressure under different words. Comparing the labels would measure the labels; comparing the two boards yourself is the honest version.
The week’s editions · 6
Cable reached 88% of Pacers country in 2010 and 30% now. Sport's old package is being sold off in slices.
Every NFL club cuts 37 players on 30 August, on evidence from games nobody wins
Seattle just paid a record for a cornerback with two interceptions in three seasons
Sport learned how to keep old bodies going. It never learned when to stop paying for them.
Sport set another ownership record this week. In twelve days it starts cutting players.
A judge, a city council and a bank all moved against sport's newest betting markets in one week
The same week, another beat