News and opinions on the business side of sports
29
May
Tweet The NBA has a lot happening right now with their Conference Finals boiling over and with the spotlight of the sports world shining brightly in their direction. So with this week’s “Five for Friday” we will discuss an ownership acquisition involving the Cleveland Cavaliers as well as future plans for the league. We will [...]
28
May
Tweet Over the past couple of days, I’ve seen a New York Times article called “In Sports Business, Too Many Hopefuls for Too Few Positions” passed around via email and Twitter. The article is interesting, as it discusses the increased popularity of students pursuing degrees in sports management at a time when there are fewer jobs [...]
27
May
Tweet So the first official “TheBusinessOfSports.com Networking Event” has come and gone, and I couldn’t be happier with how it went. We had over 100 people show up, and everyone seemed to be in the right spirit. Everyone was talking and connecting with new people, trading stories and business cards. We had people from a [...]
26
May
Tweet I’m sure you’ve all noticed that I always have a poll running on the right side of the page. If you don’t already, please vote! I try to change the poll every 1-2 weeks and the results can be quite interesting. On that note, here are the results from some of the recent polls, [...]
24
May
Tweet I thought that with it being a holiday weekend, I’d share something funny with all of you. Have a great weekend, and my thanks go out to all of the current and former members of the armed forces for doing what they do in keeping us all safe.
22
May
Tweet Its time to kick off summer and with this week’s “Five For Friday” where you will read about a quick marketing move the Los Angeles Clippers tried as well as the details regarding what is necessary to make a professional Lingerie Football League successful. 1. The Greatest Sports-Business Turnaround Ever - In October of 2007, William [...]
20
May
Tweet Vitamin Water has recently come out with a new advertising campaign, based around the argument of “Who is better – Kobe or LeBron?” I’ve seen these ads both on TV and online (ESPN.com had this campaign on their frontpage yesterday). You can view the most recent television commercial below: Now, if you’re going to [...]
19
May
Tweet I recently interviewed Dani Muccio (also know as @dani3boyz on Twitter) regarding all of the NHL Tweetup events (www.nhltweetup.com) that have been taking place throughout this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. How did the idea for organized NHL Tweetups start and how did you get involved? It all started with a single tweet. Even in that [...]
18
May
Tweet Just wanted to share a quick update with everyone regarding the upcoming networking events we have scheduled. The response for the New York City event scheduled for next Tuesday, May 26 has been great. We just had our 100th RSVP, so we expect to have a very nice turnout. You can click here to see all [...]
16
May
Tweet Everyone here has most likely seen this classic sports commercial, featuring a very intense game of HORSE between Michael Jordan and Larry Bird: Why doesn’t the NHL (or one of the NHL’s top sponsors) create a similar commercial featuring Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin? These two are clearly the most marketable players in the [...]
