It’s time for the SportsBiz Free Agent of the Week. Instead of featuring a top job posting, I like to feature a qualified industry professional who is looking for their next opportunity. If you are interested in being a future SportsBiz Free Agent of the Week, you can apply here. Now it’s time to introduce [...]

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It was reported earlier this week that Barry Bonds wants to come back as a hitting coach for a MLB team.  Bonds is probably still the most controversial figure when it comes to performance enhancing drugs in the modern baseball era (you can also make an arguments for Roger Clemens).  I’m sure he’s somewhat inspired [...]

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By now, I’m sure most of you have seen the latest LeBron James commercial from Nike, but just in case you haven’t, take a look now: Most of the comments I have seen about this video on Twitter have been pretty positive, and I tend to agree. After “The Decision,” there was an obvious PR [...]

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Major League Baseball’s 2010 Fall Classic starts on Wednesday night, when the San Francisco Giants host the Texas Rangers. You can catch all of the games on Fox…unless, of course, you are a Cablevision subscriber. In that case, you’ll have to find a friend or local bar with an alternative TV package (DirecTV, Verizon FiOS, [...]

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It’s time for the SportsBiz Free Agent of the Week. Instead of featuring a top job posting, I like to feature a qualified industry professional who is looking for their next opportunity. If you are interested in being a future SportsBiz Free Agent of the Week, you can apply here. Now it’s time to introduce [...]

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Today’s post is courtesy of guest blogger Brian Gainor. Brian is the Founder of Partnership Activation Inc., a venture that provides sports business professionals with sponsorship and marketing best practices, unique activation tactics, and innovative ways to drive revenue for their business. He also works for GMR Marketing. As the sponsorship marketplace continues to mature [...]

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Today’s guest post is from Christopher Lamberth. Chris is the Director of Sports Business Development for Kansas City, Missouri-based 360 Architecture, a national leader in sports & athletic facility design. Recent projects include the new home of MLS’ San Jose Earthquakes, New Meadowlands Stadium (at right), Auburn Arena, BB&T Ballpark, and Basra Sports City. It’s fall [...]

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Jon Kander, Valuation Analyst at IEG, and I decided to have a little back and forth discussion of the idea of integrating guarantees and team performance into sponsorships and sports business in general. Jon’s comments are in black and mine are in blue. Hope you enjoy our conversation! Jon: I really enjoyed your latest blog post on [...]

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Guarantees are a common part of sports lore. Being a NY/NJ guy, my mind immediately thinks of Joe Namath guaranteeing victory in Super Bowl III and making it happen, or Mark Messier guaranteeing a win before game six of the Eastern Conference Finals in 2004 and then scoring a hat trick to clinch the game.  [...]

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Let’s start the week off with another video blog post.  I sat down for a few minutes to talk about mobile devices (Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Android, etc) and their role in sports, highlighting some current examples and important issues in how teams can and do leverage these devices. Enjoy!

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