Teams · RUTS program report · WNBA · Chicago, IL
CHIS

Chicago Sky

Full department read: how the Team Visibility Score is built, what the calendar is worth in content units, which audience pools are addressable, and the 90-day sequence to move the number.

TVS
58.3
24h
+1.7%
WNBA rank
#7 / 15
Posture
Scale
Tier 2 · Anchor · scored on tracked market inputs · TVS = SPS×0.1 + MVS×0.4 + CSRS×0.1 + DSPS×0.4
Layer 1 · decomposition

Where the score comes from

Each input normalized against the league leader, then weighted. The contribution column is what actually moves TVS.

InputRawWeightNormalizedContribution
MVS · Media visibility
Broadcast + national media impressions across the season window.
28.7M40%
55.6 index
22.2
DSPS · Digital / social
Owned + earned social reach across team, athlete and fan channels.
33.4M40%
54.4 index
21.8
CSRS · City / state / diaspora
Addressable population in-market plus diaspora communities that convert.
2.7M10%
32.5 index
3.3
SPS · Stadium presence
Gate capacity — the physical activation surface per home date.
10K10%
53.7 index
5.4
Layer 2 · content inventory

What the calendar is actually worth

  • 82 scheduled eventsEach one is a pre / live / post content unit — three placements minimum.
  • 656 clip slotsEight harvestable clips per event at conservative capture.
  • 425,867 season attendance41 home dates × 10,387 seats — the physical activation surface.
  • 110 athlete channelsDistribution nodes the program does not currently monetize.
Layer 3 · audience pools

Who is addressable

In-market metro
Chicago, IL core catchment
2.7M
Season gate
41 home dates × 10,387 seats
426K
Social reach
Owned + athlete + fan channels
33.4M
Media impressions
Broadcast, syndication, national press
28.7M
Engagement volume
24h interaction throughput
430K
Layer 4 · modeled return
Year-one sponsorable inventory band
$170K – $557K
Blended effective CPM
$7802.9
Tier
Tier 2 · Anchor

Band assumes the 656 clip slots and 82 event windows are packaged and sold as one season product, with the Chicago market and athlete channels routed through a shared ledger. Low end is inventory-only; high end includes diaspora and commerce activation.

Layer 4b · commercial base

Businesses in this market

Who can actually write the check — firm counts, output and category budget in the club market.

Chicago, IL · commercial market
88 / 100
Market output
$897B
annual GDP in the footprint
Employer firms
269K
businesses that can buy inventory
Small businesses
1.0M
incl. non-employer firms
Addressable pool
$69.1M
local sponsor $ per year
Club marketChicago, IL · IL metro$897B · 269K firms
Where the budget sits
Banking & insurance$16.4M
Auto & dealer groups$7.3M
Healthcare systems$6.7M
QSR & beverage$6.1M
Retail & commerce$6.1M
Tech & software$5.5M
Interest lanes · breadth 1.25×
Fitness & wellness · $18.8M

1 declared interest lane unlock 27% of the local sponsor pool — a 1.25× breadth multiplier on reach.

  • · Chicago, IL is the commercial anchor — $897B of output and 269,107 employer firms inside the footprint.
  • · Banking & insurance holds the largest slice of local budget here (24% of the pool, ~$16,402K a year) — lead the sell there.
  • · 1,049,517 small businesses sit in these markets. Small-business packages are the fastest revenue to close because they need no national approval.
  • · This business base is why Chicago Sky carries earnings potential beyond raw follower count.
Chicago Sky · earning potential, market cap & fan economy
9.1× · vis 58.3
Annual earning potential
$12.4M
$6.9M – $22.2M
Market cap
$112.4M
$44.0M – $272.9M
Sponsorship band
$8.9M
$4.9M – $16.4M / yr
Fan economy
$5.8M
60,897 fans · $95/yr
Fan economy split
Gate & live attendance$2.4M
Merchandise & licensed product$2.0M
Digital, content & subscriptions$1.4M
  • · Visibility 58.3 converts to a 10.3% capture rate against a $69.1M local sponsor pool.
  • · 60,897 monetizable fans at $95/yr drive $5.79M of fan-economy revenue.
  • · Capitalized at a 9.1x revenue multiple. Modeled estimate, not a reported valuation.
  • · Every figure above is Chicago Sky's market economy priced through visibility — move the visibility score and the whole stack moves with it.
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Layer 5 · execution

90-day activation plan

Phase-gated. Each block ends in a re-score, not a report.

Days 0–30 · Baseline
  • · Lock the CHIS score sheet: verify Media visibility as the lead asset (55.6 index).
  • · Audit every owned handle and map the 110 athlete channels into one distribution graph.
  • · Price the 656 clip slots against comparable WNBA inventory before any sell motion.
Days 31–60 · Build
  • · Close the City / state / diaspora gap — it is the lowest normalized input at 32.5.
  • · Stand up 3 recurring franchises around the 41 home dates (pre / live / post).
  • · Build a Chicago/IL civic lane — local commerce converts before national does.
Days 61–90 · Monetize
  • · Package 82 events into a season sponsor tier at the modeled band.
  • · Route athlete-channel inventory into the shared rev-share ledger.
  • · Re-score at day 90; target +4.2 TVS on the next pull.
Layer 5b · storyline & value

Team analysis

Live headlines, combined roster reach, sourced franchise value and viewership — storyline written only from the pulled articles.

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Layer 5c · surprises

Concealed value on this roster

Who is worth more than the attention they get — plus the full report as a PDF.

Players at or above this roster's median RUTS whose followers and 90-day press lag behind. Gap = RUTS minus attention. Only measured follower or press counts qualify — unknown never counts as low reach. Modeled, not reported.

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Layer 6 · roster

Roster on file

Read live from the athlete database — every name opens that athlete's own RUTS page.

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Layer 6 · live feed

Roster & schedule

Pulled from the official league feed, every athlete scored on the RUTS spine.

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Comparables

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