The Room Where It Happened
Hosted by Colin Murray and Natalie Pirks and Colin and Nat · High Performance
4.5from 48 ratings
- 93
- Episodes
- 88
- Transcribed
- 48
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 229K
- YouTube views
About The Room Where It Happened
You know the score, but what happens on the pitch is only half the story . Soaring ticket prices. Endless subscription fees. Baffling rule changes. Even the most diehard fans are left wondering: why? Award-winning sports journalists Natalie Pirks & Colin Murray step back from a busy news cycle to deliver the business playbook. Armed with razor-sharp wit and genuine curiosity, they bridge the gap between the sports business and the sport itself, unpacking the power plays shaping global games and decoding what they really mean for people in the stands. From FIFA and F1 to the Premier League and major US sports, High Performance Business delivers top-down clarity straight from the pitch-side, court-side, and paddock. Because when you understand the mechanics behind the machine, you're no longer sitting on the sidelines. No business degree required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- High Performance
- Category
- business · business · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Mar 2025
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
88 of 93 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Much Does ONE Bad VAR Decision Really Cost?!
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
What Is a Premier League Fan Actually Worth?
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Man City’s Charges: Ex Premier League Exec Chairman Responds
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How Much Does ONE Bad VAR Decision Really Cost?!
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's still personnel and bricks and mortar. And referees earn anything from about 80,000 to the very top referee quarter of a million. That means Champions League semifinals and finals and all of that. I don't begrudge them that. Nobody applauds a referee when they do well. And to some extent as well, I feel that VAR hamstrings them. And I've had confidential conversations with Premier League referees who've said, yeah, like we have to implement that rule to get paid, to get the right evaluation, to get the next game. So I'm quite enthused by the fact that the biggest amount of money still goes to the referees. […]
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- Richard Scudamore
- David Bernstein
- Kieran Maguire
- Otmar Szafnauer
- David Ornstein
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- YouTube views
- 229,024
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 48 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100
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- Quality
- 60
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 0
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Who hosts The Room Where It Happened?
Colin Murray and Natalie Pirks and Colin and Nat host the show. Published by High Performance.
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