SPORTS SOLIDARITY
WITH HARRY MARINO
ABOUT THE SHOW
Sports is a trillion-dollar industry.
But sports aren’t just games — they’re workplaces.
Sports Solidarity with Harry Marino goes behind the scenes of one of the most visible industries in the world to explore the growing power of labor in professional sports.
Harry is an attorney and former professional baseball player who led the unionization of Minor League Baseball and has since led landmark collective bargaining negotiations across the sports industry.
His new podcast examines how athletes, organizers, and unions are reshaping the future of sports through collective action.
From the locker room to the bargaining table, this is where the real story of sports gets told.
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EPISODES
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Episode 4 | June 23, 2026
It's hard to envision a time before soccer was a big business in the United States. But until a few decades ago, U.S. national team players weren't even paid.
That’s where Mark Levinstein came in. Mark is a legendary sports lawyer who has represented USMNT players as head of the U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association since its formation in the mid-1990s.
In this episode of Sports Solidarity, Mark joined Harry for a rare public conversation to share the inside story of this union, from its fledgling days in the ‘90s to the bright lights of the World Cup today. He also gave a behind-the-scenes peek at how the USMNT players helped the women’s team secure equal pay and offered some thoughts on a range of other issues, including the possibility of collective bargaining at the college level and his charity Athletes for Hope.
It’s a fascinating story about how a grassroots effort that began in the mid-1990s continues to deliver for players on the global stage today. Catch the full episode now.
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Sports is a trillion-dollar industry.
But sports aren’t just games – they’re workplaces.
Sports Solidarity with Harry Marino goes behind the scenes of one of the most visible and powerful industries in the world.
The show is hosted by Harry, an attorney and former professional baseball player who led the unionization of Minor League Baseball and has since led landmark collective bargaining negotiations across the sports industry.
Each episode takes you inside locker rooms, union halls, and boardrooms to hear real stories from the people who have lived them. From athletes to organizers to industry insiders, Sports Solidarity examines how labor, power, and money collide in professional sports.
If you care about sports, labor, or the future of work, listen in to hear the conversations happening behind the scenes.
The first episode drops on Tuesday, May 5th. Follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode.
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Episode 1 | May 5, 2026
The debut episode of Sports Solidarity with Harry Marino features Joe Hudson, Jose Brizuela, and Brandon Withers, professional baseball players who helped drive the campaign to organize thousands of minor leaguers.
Together, they take listeners inside the historic unionization of Minor League Baseball and share the untold story of how the movement formed inside clubhouses across the country.
They reflect on life in the minors before the union, including low pay, difficult living conditions, and daily uncertainty, and how players overcame fear to build a 5,500-player movement.
The conversation covers the key turning points that transformed organizing into a national effort, and what it took to win a first collective bargaining agreement that reshaped conditions for thousands of future players.
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Episode 2 | May 5, 2026
Host Harry Marino is joined by Brandon Copeland, co-founder and CEO of Athletes.org, and Casey Floyd, co-founder of DYK Media, to break down Washington’s ongoing push to reshape college sports.
While the NCAA-backed SCORE Act was pulled from the House agenda this week, the fight over the future of college sports is only intensifying. Critics warn proposals backed by institutional power brokers would protect institutions while rolling back athlete rights and protections. The conversation breaks down what’s really at stake for the Players who power the system.
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Episode 3 | June 9, 2026
In this episode, Harry sits down with UFL player-leaders Kenneth Farrow II, Jack Kramer, and Kedrick Whitehead Jr. to discuss how players came together to build the United Football Players Association and negotiate a historic collective bargaining agreement.
Before organizing, players faced inadequate health coverage and little say in the conditions affecting their careers. Instead of accepting the status quo, they built a union.
What started as isolated conversations in the locker room grew into a league-wide effort — and the first CBA in UFL history. How did they do it?
In this episode, the organizers share a behind-the-scenes look at the campaign and the wins that followed.
Listen on:
Youtube | Apple Podcast | Spotify
What’s Ahead
The hidden side of the sports industry
How teams, leagues, and players navigate the business realities behind the games fans love.
Stay tuned for upcoming episodes featuring:
Big money, big stakes
What a trillion-dollar industry means for athletes, owners, and the communities that support them.
Leadership under pressure
How athletes are stepping into new roles — as negotiators, advocates, and decision-makers.
The changing culture of sports
From locker rooms to front offices, how expectations around fairness, transparency, and opportunity are evolving.