Sports are serious business.
On Under the Number, Brent Peus goes deep with the innovators driving the business of sport—from elite athletes and investors to visionary founders and executives.
Get inside the deals, trends, and disruptions reshaping the sports economy. Whether you’re an investor, founder, executive, or just trying to break in, Under the Number offers cutting-edge insights and expert conversations you won’t want to miss.
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The Connection:
An Under the Number milestone: This one came inbound!
I saw the Momentous Sports launch announcement on September 22nd and on October 1st, I received an email from their PR team asking if someone from Momentous leadership could come on the pod.
Quotes of the Episode
On NFL fandom in Europe:
“The last two years, tickets to a game in Germany sold out in two minutes, four to 500,000 people in the Ticketmaster waiting room trying to get their hands on a ticket.”
On playing football overseas after his career as quarterback at UCF:
“I came over here back in 2009 after college to play semi professional football . . . super fun. And that got me familiar with Europe generally. I went on to play in Moscow, which was a crazy experience and we could take up an entire episode of a podcast just focused on my Moscow experience and having to flee the country and its craziness.”
On the plan for Momentous Fund I:
“I’ve thought through the lens of a quarterback and I said, you know, I don’t want to get on the field and throw a bunch of picks until I thoroughly know the game plan. And the game plan that we know right now is how to invest in teams, how to develop stadiums and the real estate around it. And we’re not going to get outside of that game plan.”
Bet You Didn’t Know:
John Elway, one of Momentous Sports’ most well-known backers (along with Tim Tebow, Blake Bortles, and Chick-fil-a CEO Andrew Cathy), is the reason Kyle wore number seven throughout his football career.
“It’s been quite surreal to now be partnered with John.”
Kyle Israel is a Managing Partner at Momentous Sports, a next-generation sports ownership and investment platform reimagining how teams and stadiums drive enterprise value and community impact. A former quarterback for the University of Central Florida (UCF), Kyle brings hands-on expertise from his athletic career—where he was a starter and team leader for the Knights—and from his past entrepreneurial, investment, and operational roles.
Kyle draws on both Florida roots and international experience, combining an operator’s perspective with a commitment to shaping the future of sports as an asset class.
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