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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
I was watching Ken Burns’ great two-part documentary on Benjamin Franklin this week when I noticed one of so many thoughts of relevance…Franklin was asked about why at his advanced age does he still care about goings on that should be taken up by younger people, and how he knows if something he is doing …
Last year maybe we have had enough of fake news, because April Fools Day, at least on the sports side, was certainly toned down compared to recent years. This year though some athletes…Tom Brady again…a little LeBron James, The Buffalo Bills with alternate uniforms, and the most viral was now retired womens soccer star Carli Lloyd …
As the Name Image and Likeness game got underway last fall, there was mad speculation about the bonanza March Madness could bring for athletes capturing their “One Shining Moment.” Could we, or when would we, see men’s and women’s basketball players reaping in big bucks in exchange for their images on college basketball’s biggest stage. …
It wasn’t quite like pre-Pandemic years in terms of size and scope, but it was a clear return to the road to normalcy, if you can call it that. It was Radio Row and the ancillary activities in and around the LA Convention Center, and after a year away for us at least, it was …
It’s an interesting question that teams, leagues brands wrestle with for the consumer, but especially for the sports fan. We need to drive more revenue, but how do we make sure the user experience is good and that we are giving fans both buzz and value as we battle for their discretionary income. We continue …
The NFL rode the added 17th week into what plans to be a great offseason with markets and storylines galore. While we all look forward to playoff action, kudos to some of the best business initiatives that shouldn’t be missed from this past fall, all of which again are noteworthy and remind us how the …
As New York State readies to welcome sports gambling this weekend, I thought about all those parking lots just across the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee that will now have less traffic from people wandering across the bridge to place geotargeted bets on their mobile devices now. It will certainly be easier to get …
New Year’s Eve, like millions of others, we were watching The Orange Bowl between Michigan and Georgia (I have mild rooting interests on both sides, as my daughter is a grad student at UGA and have numerous friends and colleagues who favor the Maize and Blue and had just helped out with the Joe Moore …
It started as a simple way for players to tell their story three seasons ago, one which drew the ire of the NFL as a uniform violation, but one which has grown to be much more of a platform as players continue to find more of a social voice and express themselves in a positive …
We are a forgiving lot with short memories and if you come clean we tend to move on. That’s what we will see as the Aaron Rodgers “crisis” takes its next, and last turn in what was a tumultuous 10 days of rants, mistruths, positioning, outcry, opinion and crisis management. On Sunday Rodgers will return …
