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Last year we did a post about how West Virginia University not only has some of the longest treks of any school in the country because of its far off affiliations with the largely Midwest and Southwest schools of the Big 12, but it also goes to global lengths at least once a year to …
This weekend the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins will play the latest NFL London game while just a few miles away Rugby World Cup will fill one stadium and Barclays Premier League soccer will fill another, making it one of the most diverse sports weekends in the UK in some time. While some may …
Usually when brands align themselves with the biggest and boldest in sport there is a pretty straightforward attempt at ROI. You tie yourself to a team, an athlete or a league, you spend money against the marketing build out, and you sell more widgets or you up your client base or you use the spend …
There were so many announcements last week around the evolving world of eSports crossing into the mainstream; Milwaukee Bucks owner Mark Lasry making an investment in a property, FanDuel buying into another, and the most curious, Turner and IMG/WME announcing plans to create their own “league.” However the one that perhaps made the most sense …
The following also ran in The Daily Payoff This past week the two phenomena chasing the sports and entertainment industry, eSports and Daily Pay fantasy, came crashing into each other as both DraftKings and Fan Duel announced deals or initiatives to put themselves into the space, and Turner and IMG/William Morris Endeavor announced their own …
Walk into any Dunkin Donuts in the New York area, or travel on any highway or listen to any radio station and you see some of them: Eli Manning, Victor Cruz, Odell Beckham Jr., the individual faces of the New York Giants. Fans love em, businesses see a great uptick in business, kids wear their …
College Football has kicked off not just on the field but in the social space; some great early best practices courtesy of our friends at IMG College… We Will Rise: Auburn Auburn took to social media to rally their community and declare, “We Will Rise” in wake of Saturday’s defeat. Response from fans was overwhelmingly …
We love the stories of the underdog, the Vince Papale’s, who beat the odds to become at least for a short time, part of the largest sports stages in the world, are what millions of fans aspire to. Just to walk on that field or that court or that ice one time…what would it be …
Two weeks ago while at the US Open we got the news that Bloomberg had let go of many of its US-based sports business reporters. The continual change of the marketplace combined with a refocusing of the company on the media side meant that the content being created did not match the vision of senior …
Even with some ups and downs in casual fan interest, NASCAR remains a monster of an activation platform. While IndyCar has never found its spot in the landscape, the high impact, high profile personalities who drive almost every week from February through November remain the brightest sports business lights in racing, and are still the …