Guest Post: The Sports Business Exchange

Today’s post is courtesy of guest blogger Joshua Duboff, Founder of The Sports Business Exchange:

Greetings from Joshua Duboff and The Sports Business Exchange. I’d like to first thank Russell for giving me the opportunity to post on his fantastic site. 

I, like many other twenty-somethings in the sports industry, was seeking to share my thoughts and theories on the business of sport to an audience that would appreciate and be interested in what I had to say. Unfortunately, there was no medium at the time where I could submit an article, have it published, and have it read by sports business professionals across the country.  My first attempt at getting an article published was back in college when I was writing my thesis on collegiate athletic administration. I got several high remarks from my professors and decided to seek a publication to submit my article. I ran into a brick wall; no one wanted an article from a college student. My second attempt at submitting an article came back in December and I ran into the same roadblock that I had experienced in college. Sure, I wasn’t in college anymore, but I was not an upper executive of my company either. Without the fancy title and the 20+ years of experience, no one wanted to publish my article. To be honest, there weren’t many publications I could even find that was appropriate for my article either. I knew then that there must be other young sports business professionals who are experiencing the same frustrations as me. Thus, The Sports Business Exchange was created.

The Sports Business Exchange (TSBX) is a collection of articles written by young sports business professionals. TSBX is a forum for intellectual articles on issues and concerns in the world of sports business. These articles are written strictly by young professionals in the sports business industry who often otherwise lack a platform for writing articles on current events. All articles go through a review process and only the best articles are accepted for publication. Additionally, there is a list of requirements that authors must meet in order to qualify to submit an article (mainly, minimum and maximum years of experience). Issues of TSBX are released online quarterly and articles range in a wide variety of sports business-related topics.

If you are a young sports business professional interested in writing an article, feel free to submit an article through our Article Submission Form or contact me via Twitter or LinkedIn.

Here are a few useful links to learn more about The Sports Business Exchange and to connect with me: 

• The Sports Business Exchange website
• Requirements for Submissions
• TSBX Article Submission Form
• TSBX on LinkedIn
• Follow Josh on Twitter