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Patches, who cares about patches? If you are a brand that is looking for a quick splash, sometimes without explanation, then finding your way through a patch is an interesting disruptive way in, although with the NBA, at least on the team side in the US, that is about to be amended more than a …
It’s back to school season, and that means for many a renewed interest in the business of college sports. One that many will be watching, albeit still quizzically, is the rise of esports and gaming on college campuses, not as much as recreation (where it has been for decades) but as an intercollegiate activity of …
A few weeks ago I was listening to NPR as Kai Ryssdal talked to a gentleman named Aaron Foley, who had taken on a new position in the evolving city of Detroit. In days of yore, maybe Foley would have been the Motor City’s head flack, their Communications Exec or even their Public Relations Manager. …
Paying for news, or sports or financial information is not new. Cable TV, newspapers, magazines, it is the model that has always existed in a more traditional sense. However with the birth of online media and content came the notion that of it was free it had to be me. Drop in billboards and banners, …
There is certainly continued angst amongst those making a living in media these days. ESPN and Sports Illustrated layoffs, sites rolling up, newspapers well…that we know. Then there are new offerings like Oath and Stadium and the continued watching of platforms like Facebook and Twitter. We still have Bleacher Report and others humming along and …
For years there has been talk, and many false starts, on the need for spring professional football. The Arena League had its moment in the sun and is still trying to hold in in a different form, the WLAF came and went, the UFL made an announcement about a spring league before going belly up, …
As one goes through the sports calendar it is always interesting to note what the opportunities are that can still be “owned” or created by brands or teams. While the biggest days to still grab are those around the MLB All-Star Game next week, it is noteworthy that no one really has grabbed the opportunity …
Thirty years ago, July 1, 1987, I was in my office at SportsChannel in Woodbury, N.Y. (where I was Assistant Director for Marketing and Public Relations) with a group of people listening to a new venture in sport, all-sports radio. Just after 3:00, the signal at 1050 AM changed from WHN, a country station which …
Many times brands fall into the trap of trying to shout too loud, and in doing so, they stray off course trying to find a consumer base that may or may not be right for them in a hyper competitive marketplace. It is easy to try and be many things to many people; it is …
Brands are always trying to find new areas of engagement in the crowded world of team sports. What’s the investment, what’s the ROI and more importantly how can we grow the investment we have already made by annexing new territory or opportunities. One of the more unique niche engagements around title time is the partnership …