Brian Rolapp, Chief Media Officer of NFL, joins PGA Tour as a commissioner

Brian Rolapp, one of the most powerful managers in the media industryLeave a crucial role in the National Football League, where he helped in navigating rights agreements and a major extension of streaming, to lead the PGA tour as the next commissioner, according to a person who is familiar with the case.

A PGA Tour spokesperson could not respond to immediate comments. The NFL refused to make managers available for comment.

Rolapp has exerted a lot of influence on where the games of the NFL can be seen, experimenting with new locations such as Netflix and YouTube, even while retaining traditional ties with CBS, Fox, NBC and Disney’s ESPN.

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