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The following was largely authored by Columbia student Maurice Eisenmann This week, Wesley Edens, co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, joined many of his colleagues and bought his way into an eSports team for $2.5 million. Over the past couple of months, the trend of traditional sports teams and their owners investing in eSports has reached …
This week we go to Texas and talk to Michael Lysko about the Sports management program at Southern Methodist University. Mike joined the SMU faculty in 2009 as Director and Professor of Practice of the newly-formed Sport Management program. He serves as Advisory Board Chair and Director for the undergraduate and graduate program, providing leadership …
One of the fun actionable cause marketing programs that always pops up this time of year is “Movember.” Originally launched in Australia, the theme for “Movember” is to get primarily men (although women can help out with a fake one) to grow a mustache or not shave for the 30 days of the month of …
This week for “Teaching Thursdays” we go to the Nation’s Capital at the program at George Washington University. GW has run one of the “must attend” events every spring for professionals and students the Sports Industry Networking and Career Conference, and has launched a certificate program in the growing field of Sports Philanthropy. We caught …
Inspired by our q and a with Paul Swangard last week, we are going to try and make Thursday’s “Teaching Thursdays,” doing a q and a with some of the brightest educators in sports business. This week we got some time with Rick Burton, the David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management in Syracuse …
The following piece is contributed by colleague Melvin Wong… Although Pele is regarded as one of the best soccer players ever lived, yet you often see his iconic face on media outside of a soccer field. While most world-class soccer players who retire prefer to move to a coaching role, Pele instead seems to …
Our industry is made up of passionate, hardworking professionals, and there is perhaps none more passionate than Paul Swangard. Paul is the President of Bowerman Curve Collective Inc., a strategic consulting and media services firm based in Eugene. His clients include Nike, USA Track and Field, the IAAF, NBC, ESPN and Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. …
This week as the NFL kicks off, millions of fans across America will be engaged in ways big and small. Football, and the NFL especially, has become a cultural phenomenon beyond anything the original founding teams could have envisioned. As a global property, especially on Europe, the NFL continues to find its way, and no …
The New York Red Bulls are in the most competitive marketplace in the US, so finding ways to do the little things to cut through the clutter and make an impact is not always easiest. One way they have is in their green initiatives, which may seem counterintuitive to a company based on adrenaline, but …
The following was compiled by Columbia’s Kelly Carroll This post is another in a series from the Columbia University Sports Podcast, a 360-degree view of the sports business from the people leading it. Each podcast is approximately 35–45 minutes in length, and features industry insiders from all aspects of the business—from brand executives to startup …