Miles Chamley-Watson / World Fencing Leaguediscussed

Eddie's out-of-the-box niche-sports play: Miles Chamley-Watson, three-time Olympian, the first American man in a century to win an individual world championship and the first Black world champion in fencing — also a genuine fashion/culture fixture (Met Gala, Vogue parties, Fashion Week, a Richard Mille endorsement). He has been publicly arguing to change the sport's aesthetics and TV-friendliness (uniforms, visible scoring), and now he's founded the World Fencing League: its first event this year sold out with thousands attending, more events are scheduled including China, and NBC and DAZN are reportedly on board for TV licensing. Eddie's frame: F1 DNA — people come to drink, socialize and be fancy while an elite sport runs in the background, similar to where padel is trending — and there's no incumbent pro league to displace outside the Olympics. He compared it to Paul Rabil coming into lacrosse as 'the LeBron of the sport' who both played and drove the business, and sees WFL as a candidate piece of a future niche-sports roll-up as PE money pours in. He's raising to move aggressively; Eddie says he has legitimate operators around him. Sam: 'I don't hate this... this could be cool.' Caroline flagged she thinks she saw family-office backing, so verify whether the league already has outside capital.