Menu
Franchises

Trail Blazers Brass Praise Jody Allen For Her Support Of Team

Allen has been hands-on with the team since taking over for her brother after his deathNBAE/GETTY IMAGES

Trail Blazers President & CEO Chris McGowan and President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey reiterated that Chair Jody Allen "remains committed" to the team and praised Allen for her "support of the franchise" after taking over control last year following the death of her brother, Paul Allen, according to Jamie Goldberg of the Portland OREGONIAN. Olshey said, "Jody has been engaged the entire time. We wouldn't be facing a $20 million luxury tax bill if she wasn't. Jody got a taste of it last year. She wants to win." While Olshey said that Paul Allen was "more involved in the day-to-day activities of the team, Olshey and McGowan said that they talk with Jody Allen often about the direction of the franchise." Olshey also said that he "expected Allen to be around more often at games this season." McGowan: "She's super involved. Obviously, very involved on all major decisions. So, for both me and Neil, she weighs in on all of that. On the business side, we do periodic reviews with her ... where we give her an overview on all aspects of our business. We do that three or four times a year. She gives us a lot of feedback on those. She definitely wants us to continue running the organization in a first-class manner" (Portland OREGONIAN, 10/1).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2019/10/01/Franchises/Blazers.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2019/10/01/Franchises/Blazers.aspx

CLOSE