EphemerisX · Thesis Lab

The business of sports is a web of connected decisions.

What can we learn by connecting the evidence behind franchise investments, management decisions, contracts, and institutional risk—rather than examining each development in isolation?

We're testing where source-grounded, connected research could help people make better decisions across the sports business. These pages describe research hypotheses, not existing sports-specific product capabilities.

Three hypotheses

Which problem matters most?

Each thesis tests a different buyer and decision context. We're looking for evidence of a recurring, consequential problem—not just interest in the idea.

01 · Capital allocation

Sports investment intelligence

Connect ownership transactions, media rights, stadium agreements, liabilities, and league economics to reconstruct the drivers and risks behind a franchise investment.

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02 · Executive decisions

Sports management intelligence

Trace decisions—trades, contracts, strategic investments—and examine what management knew, what changed, and whether outcomes supported the original rationale.

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03 · Exposure and dependencies

Sports business risk

Connect contracts, financial commitments, legal disputes, league rules, and commercial dependencies to surface risks that can be missed in isolated reports.

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The underlying question

Can connected evidence improve a consequential decision?

The hypothesis isn't that sports needs another statistics dashboard. It's that business decisions in sports depend on evidence scattered across contracts, filings, announcements, policies, and subsequent outcomes.

We're testing which decision context has the clearest unmet need before building a sports-specific product.