Related Party Transactions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	Note 13 — Related Party Transactions On January 1, 2019, the Company and Clinton Group Inc. (“Clinton”) entered into a management service agreement (the “Management Service Agreement”), pursuant to which Clinton agreed to provide certain services to the Company. Prior to being appointed our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, Daniel A. Strauss served as our Chief Executive Officer, and Francis Ruchalski served as our Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Services Agreement we entered into with Clinton on March 31, 2019 (the “Amended Services Agreement”). Clinton also made available other employees of Clinton as necessary to manage certain business functions as deemed necessary in the sole discretion of Clinton to provide other management services. The Amended Services Agreement was terminated effective March 31, 2020. Clinton paid Mr. Strauss and Mr. Ruchalski compensation and benefits under the Amended Services Agreement through December 15, 2019, and they became employees of the Company on December 18, 2019 and December 16, 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2021, the Company paid Clinton $2,400,000 under the Amended Services Agreement and the Management Service Agreement, recorded $0 and $312,500 within “Selling, general and administrative” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. On June 5, 2020, SportBLX entered into a subscription agreement (the “Securities Subscription”) with S-BLX Securities for SportBLX’s proprietary sports-based alternative asset trading platform (the “Platform”), via which the customer, Securities, may issue sports-related securities that are tradeable by investors. Mr. Hall and Mr. De Perio own 65.5% and 28.1% of Securities, respectively. As consideration for the Securities Subscription, SportBLX received a one-time upfront subscription fee of $150,000 and will receive a monthly subscription fee of $100,000 during the first year of the contract. The fee increases to $137,500, monthly, for the remaining year of the initial term. Thereafter, upon renewal, SportBLX may increase the fee by an amount not to exceed five percent of the previous year’s fee. The agreement also provides fees of $75,000 for each new tradable asset listed by the customer on the Platform. The Securities Subscription is effective for a two-year term and automatically renews for consecutive one-year renewal terms unless either party provides notice to the other party of its intention not to renew prior to the end of the initial or renewal term. Either party may terminate the agreement for convenience upon 30 days’ notice to the other party. The Securities Subscription was terminated effective January 1, 2021. On June 30, 2020, SportBLX issued Demand Note-4 to CSO in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000. The Demand Note-4 bears interest at an 8% annual rate and matures upon the earlier to occur of demand by CSO or July 1, 2021. As of September 30, 2021 SportBLX borrowed $150,000 under the Demand Note-4. On June 30, 2020, SportBLX issued Demand Note-5 to Mr. De Perio in the aggregate principal amount of $40,000. The Demand Note-5 bears interest at an 8% annual rate and matures upon the earlier to occur of demand by Mr. De Perio or July 1, 2021. As of September 30, 2021, SportBLX borrowed $40,000 under the Demand Note-5. On October 1, 2019, the Company sold to Orix, for $17,562,700, 20.1% of the outstanding stock of Adara, until then a Company wholly owned subsidiary, together with two promissory notes of Adara to the Company in total principal amount of $13,000,000. In July 2020, an Adara wholly owned subsidiary assumed the obligations under the notes, and the subsidiary was sold to GEH Sport LLC, wholly owned by Mr. Hall, for $1.00, after the subsidiary had distributed to Adara all of the subsidiary’s assets, except for its general partnership interest in The Sports & Entertainment Fund, L.P. and the related commodities pool operator registration and $1,790,000 in cash. On July 20, 2020, pursuant to a Software Assignment Agreement, AEC purchased from GEH Capital, LLC, wholly owned by Mr. Hall, certain of that company’s quantitative trading software, for $1,750,000. In connection with the closing of certain transactions in the third quarter of 2020, the Company paid a $250,000 consulting fee to Mr. Hall and a $200,000 consulting fee to Alexander Fletcher. Alex Spiro, a Company director who introduced Alexander Fletcher to the Company, will receive $120,000 of the consulting fee. On August 1, 2020, the Company entered into a Management Services Agreement to provide certain back office services, including accounting, treasury, payroll and benefits and other administration services to S-BLX Securities. The agreement has a six month initial term and will automatically renew for successive renewal terms of three months unless either party provides notice of nonrenewal. In exchange for the services, S-BLX Securities will pay the Company at a rate of $15,000 each month. As of September 30, 2021, the Company has not provided any significant services or billed S-BLX Securities under the agreement and does not have any related outstanding receivables. On July 31, 2021, Mr. Hall and Mr. De Perio agreed to accept $2,354,736 and $1,060,264, respectively, from the Company in satisfaction of its obligations to them in the amounts of $12,116,718 and $5,455,782, respectively. The obligations were due December 12, 2022 and bore interest at a 5% annual rate. Accordingly, GLAE’s obligations in the amounts of $12,116,718 and $5,455,782 are now paid in full. Also on July 31, 2021, as part of the settlement of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company assigned obligations owed to it from Sport-BLX, totaling $4,176,102.11, to Fintech Debt Corp., of which Mr. Hall and Mr. De Perio are controlling stockholders, for $400,000. The Company is negotiating new terms for the obligation, as well as for Demand Note-4 and Demand Note-5, which matured on July 1, 2021. The net gain on the settlement of the Stock Purchase Agreement and the assignment of obligations to Fintech Debt Corp. are related party gains, and as such, were recorded as equity transactions within the Condensed Consolidated Balances Sheets rather than recognized as income within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, Mr. Hall advanced approximately $82,000 to SportBLX. Repayment terms have not been finalized. As of September 30, 2021, SportBLX has paid $65,000 to Mr. Hall for the temporary use of office space during the Covid-19 pandemic, and recorded $25,000 and $0 within “Selling, general and administrative” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of September 30, 2021, SportBLX paid S-BLX Securities $214,000 for services in connection with the platform development. As of September 30, 2021, SportBLX owns 6 shares of Series B Common Tokens of SportBLX Thoroughbreds Corp. (“SportBLX Thoroughbreds”), which represents 100% of the voting shares of SportBLX Thoroughbreds. At this time, the activity of SportBLX Thoroughbreds is immaterial and is not included in these Consolidated Financial Statements.

Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Note 13 — Related Party Transactions

On January 1, 2019, the Company and Clinton Group Inc. (“Clinton”) entered into a management service agreement (the “Management Service Agreement”), pursuant to which Clinton agreed to provide certain services to the Company.

Prior to being appointed our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, Daniel A. Strauss served as our Chief Executive Officer, and Francis Ruchalski served as our Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Services Agreement we entered into with Clinton on March 31, 2019 (the “Amended Services Agreement”). Clinton also made available other employees of Clinton as necessary to manage certain business functions as deemed necessary in the sole discretion of Clinton to provide other management services. The Amended Services Agreement was terminated effective March 31, 2020.

Clinton paid Mr. Strauss and Mr. Ruchalski compensation and benefits under the Amended Services Agreement through December 15, 2019, and they became employees of the Company on December 18, 2019 and December 16, 2019, respectively.

As of September 30, 2021, the Company paid Clinton $2,400,000 under the Amended Services Agreement and the Management Service Agreement, recorded $0 and $312,500 within “Selling, general and administrative” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

On June 5, 2020, SportBLX entered into a subscription agreement (the “Securities Subscription”) with S-BLX Securities for SportBLX’s proprietary sports-based alternative asset trading platform (the “Platform”), via which the customer, Securities, may issue sports-related securities that are tradeable by investors. Mr. Hall and Mr. De Perio own 65.5% and 28.1% of Securities, respectively. As consideration for the Securities Subscription, SportBLX received a one-time upfront subscription fee of $150,000 and will receive a monthly subscription fee of $100,000 during the first year of the contract. The fee increases to $137,500, monthly, for the remaining year of the initial term. Thereafter, upon renewal, SportBLX may increase the fee by an amount not to exceed five percent of the previous year’s fee. The agreement also provides fees of $75,000 for each new tradable asset listed by the customer on the Platform. The Securities Subscription is effective for a two-year term and automatically renews for consecutive one-year renewal terms unless either party provides notice to the other party of its intention not to renew prior to the end of the initial or renewal term. Either party may terminate the agreement for convenience upon 30 days’ notice to the other party. The Securities Subscription was terminated effective January 1, 2021.

On June 30, 2020, SportBLX issued Demand Note-4 to CSO in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000. The Demand Note-4 bears interest at an 8% annual rate and matures upon the earlier to occur of demand by CSO or July 1, 2021. As of September 30, 2021 SportBLX borrowed $150,000 under the Demand Note-4.

On June 30, 2020, SportBLX issued Demand Note-5 to Mr. De Perio in the aggregate principal amount of $40,000. The Demand Note-5 bears interest at an 8% annual rate and matures upon the earlier to occur of demand by Mr. De Perio or July 1, 2021. As of September 30, 2021, SportBLX borrowed $40,000 under the Demand Note-5.

On October 1, 2019, the Company sold to Orix, for $17,562,700, 20.1% of the outstanding stock of Adara, until then a Company wholly owned subsidiary, together with two promissory notes of Adara to the Company in total principal amount of $13,000,000. In July 2020, an Adara wholly owned subsidiary assumed the obligations under the notes, and the subsidiary was sold to GEH Sport LLC, wholly owned by Mr. Hall, for $1.00, after the subsidiary had distributed to Adara all of the subsidiary’s assets, except for its general partnership interest in The Sports & Entertainment Fund, L.P. and the related commodities pool operator registration and $1,790,000 in cash.

On July 20, 2020, pursuant to a Software Assignment Agreement, AEC purchased from GEH Capital, LLC, wholly owned by Mr. Hall, certain of that company’s quantitative trading software, for $1,750,000.

In connection with the closing of certain transactions in the third quarter of 2020, the Company paid a $250,000 consulting fee to Mr. Hall and a $200,000 consulting fee to Alexander Fletcher. Alex Spiro, a Company director who introduced Alexander Fletcher to the Company, will receive $120,000 of the consulting fee.

On August 1, 2020, the Company entered into a Management Services Agreement to provide certain back office services, including accounting, treasury, payroll and benefits and other administration services to S-BLX Securities. The agreement has a six month initial term and will automatically renew for successive renewal terms of three months unless either party provides notice of nonrenewal. In exchange for the services, S-BLX Securities will pay the Company at a rate of $15,000 each month. As of September 30, 2021, the Company has not provided any significant services or billed S-BLX Securities under the agreement and does not have any related outstanding receivables.

On July 31, 2021, Mr. Hall and Mr. De Perio agreed to accept $2,354,736 and $1,060,264, respectively, from the Company in satisfaction of its obligations to them in the amounts of $12,116,718 and $5,455,782, respectively. The obligations were due December 12, 2022 and bore interest at a 5% annual rate. Accordingly, GLAE’s obligations in the amounts of $12,116,718 and $5,455,782 are now paid in full.

Also on July 31, 2021, as part of the settlement of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company assigned obligations owed to it from Sport-BLX, totaling $4,176,102.11, to Fintech Debt Corp., of which Mr. Hall and Mr. De Perio are controlling stockholders, for $400,000. The Company is negotiating new terms for the obligation, as well as for Demand Note-4 and Demand Note-5, which matured on July 1, 2021.

The net gain on the settlement of the Stock Purchase Agreement and the assignment of obligations to Fintech Debt Corp. are related party gains, and as such, were recorded as equity transactions within the Condensed Consolidated Balances Sheets rather than recognized as income within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

During the three months ended September 30, 2021, Mr. Hall advanced approximately $82,000 to SportBLX. Repayment terms have not been finalized.

As of September 30, 2021, SportBLX has paid $65,000 to Mr. Hall for the temporary use of office space during the Covid-19 pandemic, and recorded $25,000 and $0 within “Selling, general and administrative” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

As of September 30, 2021, SportBLX paid S-BLX Securities $214,000 for services in connection with the platform development.

As of September 30, 2021, SportBLX owns 6 shares of Series B Common Tokens of SportBLX Thoroughbreds Corp. (“SportBLX Thoroughbreds”), which represents 100% of the voting shares of SportBLX Thoroughbreds. At this time, the activity of SportBLX Thoroughbreds is immaterial and is not included in these Consolidated Financial Statements.