Brandau: The next ‘franchise players’

I encounter the superficial similarities between the franchising industry and sports nearly every day simply by checking my Google Alerts that help me report for 1851 Magazine. The top page of search results for the term “franchise” leads to stories about a sports team or its “franchise player” as o.....

By MARK BRANDAU

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