It appears that for one of the first times, at least in a publicly available setting, LeBron James’ businesses had a little bit of a conflict of interest, which played out earlier this week involving his sports media company UNINTERRUPTED and the relatively new baseball division of Klutch Sports.
It was announced on Friday that UNINTERRUPTED would be producing a new documentary for Quibi that focuses on the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal that rocked the sports world earlier this winter. Among the featured guests in the show will be a former Astros rival and New York Yankees ace pitcher C.C. Sabathia.
Then on Tuesday, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported that Houston Astros star Alex Bregman, one of the biggest baseball clients announced by Klutch in the winter, has fired agent Brodie Scofield, who runs the baseball division of Klutch Sports. The report said the documentary wasn’t the only reason, but that it was certainly “the last straw,” in the relationship between Bregman and Scofield.
Growth often comes at a cost and while UNINTERRUPTED continues to be a growing brand in the media landscape, that growth came at the cost of Klutch losing one of its biggest baseball clients. However, although Bregman is a great player, we already know how LeBron feels about the Astros. He probably doesn’t consider it much of a loss.
