This week: private equity firms are buying into every major sport and the timeline mismatch is going to matter. Plus the ongoing fallout from MLB's 2021 minor league contraction, a look at how the CFP expansion was really structured around media rights, and two other stories worth your Sunday morning.

The man who sacrificed his career so baseball players could have free agency. Two pickleball leagues fighting over the same players. And the uncomfortable math on what NFL rookies actually earn versus what they generate for franchises.