News and opinions on the business side of sports
28
Dec
Tweet With less than a week left in 2010, it’s time to look back on the top sports business stories of the year. You can share your opinion on this year’s top story in our new poll. Meanwhile, here’s my take on the biggest stories of 2010: Honorable Mentions (in no particular order): Collective bargaining [...]
21
Dec
Tweet Through this website, I’ll often receive resumes from individuals looking to break into the sports industry (I’m actually thinking about adding a resume bank section to the website – I’ll revisit that idea in 2011). Anyway, one particular resume that I received over the weekend had such a glaring flaw in it that I [...]
20
Dec
Tweet I am excited to announce that we have THREE sports networking events scheduled for January, and they are in the some of the biggest markets in the country! The Business of Sports – New York Networking Event UPDATED! Tuesday, January 18 at Slattery’s Midtown Pub Open networking from 6:30 to 9:30PM Free to attend, [...]
17
Dec
Tweet Today’s post is courtesy of guest blogger Eric Habermas who attended Nike’s Football Media Summit earlier this week. If there is one thing nobody can argue about when it comes to Nike it’s that the sports apparel giant knows how to create a buzz. And Tuesday’s Nike Football Media Summit in Dallas was no [...]
16
Dec
Tweet Update: As of 1:30PM (about 3-4 hours after this post went up), the MLB YouTube page has been fixed so that the error does not appear. I do not know if the mistake came from MLBAM or YouTube. In general I hope that MLB continues to use this channel and increases the amount of [...]
15
Dec
Tweet I love getting fun holiday messages from the teams I support, but I have to say that this video message from the Arizona Diamondbacks might be the best one I’ve gotten. The video is up on the team website, was sent via email to all subscribers, and posted on the MLB YouTube account. You [...]
9
Dec
Tweet Two weeks ago, I received an email from the Buffalo Bills about a new rewards program they were launching called “My Bills Rewards” Seems like a good concept, and other teams have run different types of affinity rewards programs. So what is the value of a program like this? Provide additional value to your [...]
8
Dec
Tweet A couple of weeks back, I noticed that American Express was running a hashtag-based promotion via Twitter. New York sports fans that were tweeting with the hashtag #AmexSports had the chance to win some pretty nice prizes. I looked into this, and via the @AmericanExpress Twitter account, I was able to connect with Shari [...]
7
Dec
Tweet Today’s post is courtesy of guest blogger Ryan Knapp. Disappointment was the name of the game last Thursday when Sepp Blatter opened the envelope to announce Qatar was the host of the 2022 World Cup. The United States was unsuccessful in securing the second World Cup in our country’s history. The question now is: [...]
3
Dec
Tweet 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 [...]
