Chapter Three: Three Contracts, One Second

He removed three academy-player magnets from the board. “We divide the future without selling control.” At eleven, Harborbridge issued three contracts. One granted a sports analytics company a two-year, nonexclusive license to Milo's public match data for £2 million, explicitly excluding medical information. One pre-sold a deadline-day documentary to the league broadcaster for £1.8 million, provided cameras could enter the signing room. One offered supporters £2 million in promotion bonds. Interest would be paid through a five-year season-ticket price freeze and a nonvoting board observer seat. Together they crossed the six-million threshold. But each party insisted that the other two sign first. A perfect prisoner's dilemma.