Welcome back to The Varsity, my twice-weekly private email on the front-office deals and the executive suite rumors percolating throughout the sports business. While I’m coming to you today from my hometown of Washington, D.C., I am petitioning the Puck suzerains to move our Mid-Atlantic HQ to Camden Yards… at least for a week.

Thanks for all the nice notes about the latest episode of The Varsity podcast with Gary Bettman, the dean of pro sports commissioners, which posted on Sunday. Bettman went deep on the NHL’s media strategy, from the Rogers deal and the new Amazon package to the league’s broader R.S.N. journey. (A little more on our chat below…) Business Insider’s Peter Kafka, one of the deans of the media reporting cottage industry, is my guest on Wednesday.

Quickly, I want to alert you to a new feature in The Varsity: The Brady Meter. Every Monday through the Super Bowl, which airs on Fox this year, I’ll be reviewing the performance of America’s most famous quarterback-turned-broadcaster, the $375 million man. Herewith…