News and opinions on the business side of sports
31
Mar
Tweet In honor of today being opening day for MLB (and with the Yankees/Tigers game on in the background), I wanted to share one of my favorite local sports sponsor commercials. Watch this Avis ad that runs in the New York market on the YES network: Avis is a national brand that has sponsorships with [...]
29
Mar
Tweet It’s time for the 2nd annual The Business of Sports Awards! Every spring, we take a look back to reward the best content and contributors from the sports business community over the past year. Unlike other sports business awards that recognize the people working within specific organizations, the goal for these awards is to [...]
28
Mar
Tweet Today’s post is courtesy of guest blogger Mike Mahoney. Chicago was once again host to IEG’s Annual Sponsorship Conference but this time at a new venue, the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. For many years the venerable Hilton Chicago was the host hotel for this gathering of sponsorship sellers, agencies and brands. This will [...]
25
Mar
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 [...]
24
Mar
Tweet In today’s Sports Business Daily, there was an interesting article about a 2K Sports ad for their tennis video game Top Spin 4 featuring Serena Williams that was supposedly rejected for being too sexy. The ad has ended up on YouTube anyway, so before we discuss further, you can see it for yourself: The [...]
23
Mar
Tweet During the Global Sports Forum, I had the chance to sit down with former NBA player John Amaechi to get his thoughts on several current topics, including: The NBA’s efforts to expand their footprint in Europe and how the league compares to existing European professional leagues The way athletes use Twitter, both good and [...]
21
Mar
Tweet There were two different sessions at the conference that specifically focused on the subject of social media. The first featured Jonah Lomu, former professional rugby player from the New Zealand All Blacks, and Christian Hernandez, Head of International Business Development for Facebook. I don’t have any amazing insights to share from this panel, because [...]
18
Mar
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 [...]
17
Mar
Tweet Today is the official third birthday for The Business of Sports!!! I started this website while finishing up my last trimester of my MBA at Arizona State. At the time, I thought this could be a fun way to start communicating with the sports business community and get my name out there. I was [...]
15
Mar
Tweet In one of the last sessions from last week’s Global Sports Forum, Sandro Rosell, the President of FC Barcelona, talked about what it means for his team to be “més que un club” (more than a club). From the few days I spent in Barcelona, there is no arguing how important Barca is to [...]
