Source: Huddle Up
As AI commoditizes digital content production, live sports become one of the few remaining authentic experiences worth paying for. Gains in leisure time from AI productivity also push affluent consumers toward in-person events. The author argues this creates structural demand growth for sports rights independent of traditional viewership metrics—more bidders chasing the same inventory because attendance and live spectatorship cannot be synthetically replicated. Sports don't compete with Netflix; they compete with everything else demanding your newly freed time.