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There are few sports that have been as tumultuous in terms of alignment and governance in recent years that Division I intercollegiate sport. One of the calmer seas, despite being connected so closely to so many major northeast metropolitan areas, is the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Now in its 35th year, the MAAC has seen …
Sunday as the biggest and best brands battle it out for consumers eyes and wallets during the Super Bowl, one smart, aggressive brand will have its brightest star (except for the one married to the Leader of The Free World) front and center at Levi’s Stadium. Cam Newton is a marketing darling in 2016, and …
The “Only in America” phenomenon that is National Signing Day for high school football student-athletes continues to expand both its creativity and largess every year, with The University of Michigan’s all out star studded assault to land a five star class led by Rashan Gary of Paramus Catholic High School in New Jersey and partnering …
Colleges are constantly on the hunt for new ways both to engage a student body and a business community through athletics, and with a growing globally diverse population at least two schools are looking east to try and match the excitement of college athletics, maybe some brand connections, and their evolving student bodies together….by using …
For as long as there has been college sports, the group that does all the communications, in many cases still mislabeled as Sports Information Directors, have been undervalued at a majority of intercollegiate institutions big and small. However as the role of storytelling has changed in a more digital and tech friendly era where Universities …
Eight years ago this month, Sports Illustrated ran a back of the book story by Scott Price, who had the chance to play then-candidate Barack Obama in a game of basketball. The story showed casual sports fans, who many times are also politics averse, a side of the candidate that they did not know about. …
It isn’t the easiest thing in the world to rally college students around something they can’t drink or eat, but how about finding a cause to mix in. That was key as the renegade brand Marc Ecko found a way to take campus ambassadors, a product launch, a viral cause call to action, and some …
To support school, licensee and retail partners during the holiday gift-buying season, Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) is launching Holiday Cheer, a national collegiate retail marketing program in approximately 3,500 retail locations. The program, which began earlier this month, also has a major digital component through a partnership with Fanatics.com. Holiday Cheer creates excitement in collegiate …
During the World Series it was a little surprising to walk into a CitiField bathroom and see people charging their phones in the lone outlet by a urinal. The same scenario for the wireless charger-less generation goes on countless times in stadia and arenas, as people more dependent on mobile devise look for some extra …
With baseball, golf and tennis now in the rear view mirror for 2015, hockey and hoops just starting and MLS entering its deeper drive into the playoffs; football, and college sports (with college basketball starting this coming week) really take center stage, and this past week Nissan made what is perhaps the most expansive push …