In light of yesterday’s trade/non-trade of Chris Paul from the Hornets to the Lakers, I feel the need to re-publish my take on the inherent conflicts of interest that arise from having a franchise owned and operated by a league. I’ve heard and read several different arguments over the merits of this trade and why [...]

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Last Friday I had the chance to attend the 2011 Ivy Sports Symposium, which every year offers an impressive array of speakers, informative panel discussions and wonderful networking opportunities. If you haven’t already, search for the Twitter hashtag #ISS2011 to see some of the updates that were shared during the event. During the breaks between sessions, I tried to [...]

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Last Friday I had the chance to attend the 2011 Ivy Sports Symposium, which every year offers an impressive array of speakers, informative panel discussions and wonderful networking opportunities. If you haven’t already, search for the Twitter hashtag #ISS2011 to see some of the updates that were shared during the event. During the breaks between sessions, I tried to [...]

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Last Friday I had the chance to attend the 2011 Ivy Sports Symposium, which every year offers an impressive array of speakers, informative panel discussions and wonderful networking opportunities. If you haven’t already, search for the Twitter hashtag #ISS2011 to see some of the updates that were shared during the event. During the breaks between [...]

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Thanks to Brett Pharis for sending me this colorful timeline of the NBA Lockout through the end of October. I’m sure everyone is paying attention to how things go this week with the league’s Wednesday deadline on their current offer. Will the players agree? Will they decertify? We’ll all find out soon enough! Via: Designed [...]

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The latest issue of The Sports Business Exchange from Joshua Duboff was released today and features several great articles, including: Perspective From 35,000 Feet Above: Why Steve Jobs was Important to Young Entrepreneurs by Joshua Duboff KAEO Startups: Crowd Seats - Daily deals website for tickets to sporting events KAEO Startups: Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund - Non-profit to [...]

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For those of you in the Northeast, I wanted to make sure you know about a great event coming up in a couple of weeks down in Philadelphia! The 6th Annual Ivy Sports Symposium @ Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Friday, November 18, 2011 from 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM (ET) Today is the final [...]

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My friends over at Qcue,who specialize in dynamic ticket pricing in professional sports, sent me over some interesting information on what they were able to do with their Major League Baseball clients in 2011. I think this is valuable to share, particularly for any organizations that are thinking about the pros and cons of implementing [...]

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Over the past week, there have been several news stories discussing the Big East Conference’s attempt to add additional football programs in order to maintain their automatic qualifying status with the Bowl Championship Series. While the conference’s current structure had been dictated primarily by geography (the “East” coast), their current efforts are focused more on [...]

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Earlier this year,  David Holland, Senior VP, Sports and Entertainment Solutions Group at Cisco, wrote a guest post called “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby” that discussed how emerging technology continues to improve the fan experience. So when I received information about a partnership between Cisco and Verizon at AEG’s Staples Center, I thought it was [...]

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