{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68b1d0ea993d10acb9c3fe4f/6aa1cedf2762f413f3de1703?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Inside the Billionaire Shadow League Funding American Tennis","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68b1d0ea993d10acb9c3fe4f/1788992924796-5374bfd8-e992-4242-b162-db6ab8a75672.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>If you thought U.S. Open prices were bad, wait until you learn how much titans of Wall Street will pay to play with the pros. The Athletic's Matthew Futterman reports — from the bromance of Frances Tiafoe and hedge-fund king Bill Ackman, to the matchmaker of the Finance Cup and the Koch family court in the Hamptons — on how American tennis became symbiotic with a new class of mega-rich benefactors.</p><p><br></p><p>• Read more from The Athletic: <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7580250/bill-ackman-tennis-finance-hall-fame/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7580250/bill-ackman-tennis-finance-hall-fame/</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>• <a href=\"https://theathletic.onelink.me/eNRy/ptfo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to The Athletic</a></p><p><br></p><p>• Previously on PTFO: <a href=\"https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/OTUzMmJhNzQtODRkZC0xMWYwLWFjNDUtYmI1NTkyY2VlMmQ2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">David Foster Wallace, Michael Joyce and the Psychology of Tennis</a></p>","author_name":"The Athletic"}