Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.

Rating Overview

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. is Lower Risk.

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. is Lower Risk. The company does not yield to political activism in shaping corporate governance, preventing initiatives that potentially alienate consumers, divide employees, and harm shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. Overall, the company does not embrace corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues. This approach protects free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Lower Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	Lower Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	Medium Risk
Funding	Lower Risk
Political Actions	No Data

Corporate Governance and Public Policy ⓘ

Rating Criteria Detail

Criteria Risk Level Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria:

Has canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1).

Criteria:

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1). The company’s charitable giving focus areas are “food donations, providing free educational resources to local schools and supporting non-profits and fundraising efforts across the region” (2).

Criteria:

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. requires its employees to take unconscious bias training (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its leadership composition. From its 2025 Proxy Statement: “Board composition to include… diversity of opinion” (2). The company operates a supplier diversity program. “MSG’s Business and Supplier Diversity Program seeks to strengthen relationships with diverse suppliers of goods and services and provide opportunities to do business with MSG” (3). The company protects its employees against viewpoint discrimination, stating that “personnel decisions are made on the basis of merit and contribution to
the Company’s success” (4).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. supports DEI within its business practices, employing a DEI Officer (1). The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its 2024 Corporate Social Responsibility Report: “Our commitment to diversity and inclusion helps ensure all employees feel valued and respected at MSG” (2). Otherwise, the company has not supported ideological causes or policies (3).

Criteria:

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

Criteria:

Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).