SC Season 1

What the CEOs of Fanduel and Draftkings Predict About the Future of Sports Betting

The fans remember the highlights but the franchises remember the technology, data, and inventions that powered their season. Host Tyler Kern sits down with the innovators, leaders and founders that are taking sports into the future. Welcome to Salary Capped. I’m your host, Tyler Kern. Pleasure to have you along today. One of the biggest…

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Making Sports More Active in the Digital Age

The fans remember the highlights but the franchises remember the technology, data, and inventions that powered their season. Host Tyler Kern sits down with the innovators, leaders and founders that are taking sports into the future.   The world of sports is seeing a major transformation in the role of technology in competition. Will technology…

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Bringing Technology and Live Interaction to MMA

The fans remember the highlights but the franchises remember the technology, data, and inventions that powered their season. Host Tyler Kern sits down with the innovators, leaders and founders that are taking sports into the future.   Mixed martial arts, or MMA, has risen to compete with the established mainstream sports in a fraction of…

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Being Thankful for Sports in an Unusual Year

The fans remember the highlights but the franchises remember the technology, data, and inventions that powered their season. Host Tyler Kern sits down with the innovators, leaders and founders that are taking sports into the future Welcome to a very special Thanksgiving episode of Salary Capped – as always, I’m your host Tyler Kern and…

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Podcast Network
Machine Learning is Driving Next Generation of Sports Betting

Welcome to Salary Capped, presented by MarketScale, where we explore the intersection of business and sports. Each week, host Tyler Kern will chat with the leaders, marketers and innovators who are powering sports into the future. Over the last 30 years, Chris Bevilacqua has established himself as a leader in the sports and media…

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The Technology Stadiums Need Moving Forward

Welcome to Salary Capped, presented by MarketScale, where we explore the intersection of business and sports. Each week, host Tyler Kern will chat with the leaders, marketers and innovators who are powering sports into the future. An increased level of communication is one of the key factors sports franchises are utilizing to get fans back…

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Original Series
How AI Driven Ticket Pricing is Increasing Attendance and Revenue

On this episode of Salary Capped, host Tyler Kern was joined by Robert Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of Event Dynamic, for a discussion on how the start-up is working with teams to eliminate the manual process of ticket pricing with AI and better forecast what fans would be willing to spend on an event. Sports…

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Johnnie Akin
From Deloitte to Startup CEO: Johnnie Akin on Risk, Faith, and Reinvention
November 5, 2025

Success today looks different—defined less by stability and more by the freedom to adapt and evolve. Professionals across industries are reimagining their careers, moving away from predictable ladders toward paths that reflect purpose and balance. What once meant climbing steadily toward partnership or promotion now often means taking bold pivots or pursuing second acts…

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From Caregiver to Changemaker: How Purpose and Community Create Lasting Impact
November 5, 2025

Resilience isn’t just about enduring challenges — it’s about leading with compassion, patience, and faith, even when the path feels uncertain. It’s a quality embodied by every caregiver, whose daily acts of care and commitment reflect the essence of true leadership — helping others grow stronger through empathy, service, and understanding. In this episode…

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leaders
Great Leaders Share Knowledge, Build Trust, and Empower Future Talent
November 3, 2025

The conversation around skilled trades is shifting fast. After decades of “college for all” messaging, trade school enrollment is climbing steadily, signaling a renewed respect for hands-on, high-skill careers that literally keep the world running. In commercial HVAC and mechanical service, this change is not just academic — it’s shaping the next generation of leaders…

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NBA
Slow Stories in a Fast League: Why the NBA Still Deserves Real, In-Depth Journalism
November 3, 2025

In a sports world increasingly defined by short-form clips, social algorithms, and viral takes, long-form storytelling remains a vital counterweight — the place where depth, nuance, and narrative still matter. The NBA, perhaps more than any other league, sits at the center of this tension: every quote can become a meme, every story a highlight…

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How SoFi Stadium’s Design Evolved to Meet Community Needs
October 5, 2020

Salary Capped host, Tyler Kern, was joined by Kush Parekh, Associate Principal, at Studio-MLA, for a discussion on sports stadium design trends and their impacts on communities. Sports stadiums in the past were typically designed with the stadium surrounded by massive parking lots to facilitate the flow of spectators to and from the event….

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How Data is Changing the Future of College Football Recruiting
September 28, 2020

Welcome to Salary Capped, presented by MarketScale, where we explore the intersection of business and sports. Each week, host Tyler Kern will chat with the leaders, marketers and innovators who are powering sports into the future. Recruiting in college sports has become a big business, particularly since the turn of the millennium, but it is poised to possibly see its…

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Creating the “Siri” of Fantasy Football
September 21, 2020

Welcome to Salary Capped, presented by MarketScale, where we explore the intersection of business and sports. Each week, host Tyler Kern will chat with the leaders, marketers and innovators that are powering sports into the future. It has been an unusual year for the NFL but something that is 100% guaranteed is the fact that sports fans will…

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Coordinating the Return of College Football
August 31, 2020

Welcome to Salary Capped, presented by MarketScale, where we explore the intersection of business and sports. Each week, host Tyler Kern will chat with the leaders, marketers and innovators that are powering sports into the future. Later this week, the college football season officially kicks off, although it will look a little different this year with constant monitoring…

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Reducing the Footprint of Sports
August 24, 2020

Earlier this summer we spoke to the founder of Recipric, Kristen Fulmer, on what will the new sustainability in sports look like as sports implemented a plan to resume play this summer and fall. As you can imagine, policies and advancements have moved at a breakneck pace since then and we wanted to catch up…

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Redesigning Entertainment Venues for the Future
August 10, 2020

Welcome to Salary Capped, presented by MarketScale, where we explore the intersection of business and sports. Each week Tyler Kern will chat with the leaders, marketers and inventors that are powering sports into the future. Powered by RedCircle Not Designed For This When an architect sits down to design the next great stadium, they are thinking of how to…

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How Will Sports Leagues Measure Success in 2020? Salary Capped
August 3, 2020

Welcome to Salary Capped, presented by MarketScale, where we explore the intersection of business and sports. Each week, host Tyler Kern will chat with the leaders, marketers and innovators powering sports into the future. Kern sat down with Mike Stocz, assistant professor at the University of Northern Alabama, who specializes in sports marketing, analytics and the intersection of traditional and eSports. There…

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Creating the “Siri” of Fantasy Football: Salary Capped
July 27, 2020

Welcome to Salary Capped, presented by MarketScale, where we explore the intersection of business and sports. Each week, host Tyler Kern will chat with the leaders, marketers and innovators that are powering sports into the future. As of late July, it is up in the air whether or not the NFL football season will begin in September. But…

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What Can the Major Broadcasters Learn from eSports?
July 20, 2020

Sports in America are finally resuming and Major League Baseball hopes to hit a grand slam with its return this week. But the games will have a different feeling than normal. But is this secretly a positive? It has long been said that the greatest innovation happens during moments of crisis, so will sports be…

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