B.B. Abbott: Nurturing Tomorrow's Baseball Stars - [Making Markets, EP.35]

My guest this week is B.B. Abbott. Over the past 25 years, BB has represented some of the generation’s biggest baseball stars, including Chipper Jones, Brian McCann, and past guest Corey Kluber. This was a short but action-packed episode, where we talked about the increasing intensity of childhood athletics, the economics of the player-agent model, and the impact of Name, Image, and Likeness, or NIL on College Baseball. We end up with a fascinating riff on how analytics has enriched scouting. Please enjoy this episode with B.B. Abbott.  For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page HERE. ----- Making Markets is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Making Markets, visit joincolossus.com/episodes. Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here. Follow us on Twitter: @makingmkts | @ericgoldenx Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Show Notes (00:00:00) Welcome to Making Markets (00:01:04) Meet BB Abbott: Baseball's Top Agent (00:01:48) The Evolution of Youth Sports (00:02:24) Scouting and Specialization in Baseball (00:06:14) The Role of Advisors and Agents (00:08:29) Understanding NIL: Name, Image, and Likeness (00:11:31) The Legal Landscape of NIL (00:17:58) The Transfer Portal and Its Implications (00:20:34) NIL's Impact on Professional Draft Decisions (00:22:03) Evaluating and Valuing Players (00:26:39) The Economics of Being a Sports Agent (00:31:46) The Role of Data and Analytics in Scouting (00:35:44) Competing in the Sports Agency Industry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices