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It’s the time of year when youth sports starts to really kick in again. Anyone who has ever played Little League or soccer or Pop Warner football in the United States knows the signs…the local car dealer, the insurance salesman, the pizzeria who spend some of their hard earned dollars for an outfield or a …
It has been another interesting few weeks of attending events learning and listening between all the day to day activity. Through all that there were some great tidbits to share from the bigger successful minds that wandered in and out of meetings, media events and get togethers…Here’s some of the best to ponder on the …
Last week we attended the Sports Marketing track on Marketing to the Latino audience at Portada in New York City. While the diversity in the half day event was impressive, as well as many of the new faces, what came across clearly is both the opportunity and the challenge of marketing to a multicultural Latino …
We should all be about learning as much as we can in the limited free time we have, and along with that comes the value of listening and experiencing some traditional ideas through the prism of new voices. With that in mind, we had a whirlwind week of micro events that touched on sports business …
We are into week one of the NFL season now, and thought it would be a good time to look at the social engagement of some of the most featured faces in and around the league; not the players or even the owners, the coaches. The amount of time they are seen and talked about …
A brief digression from best practices of others for a moment. This past weekend we had a discussion after some media members were complaining about the lack of a clean wireless signal in a large stadium during a pregame press event. It followed complaints I heard from students on college campuses about the inability to …
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 …
For those who don’t know, pro basketball has actually been back on Long Island since the Nets moved to the Barclays Center. Brooklyn does reside on the western end of one of the most populous and engaged bodies of land not part of the mainland US. However last year, a team with its sights a …
The Jersey Shore is always an interesting barometer for what America is thinking, from politics to pop culture. It’s mix of people from as far away as Canada and Europe as well as the surrounding states, but people young and old into a fun melting pot which always makes for great people watching. Ironically, the …
By day Russ Scibetti is a rising star in the analytics world of Sports Business. As President, KORE Planning & Insights and Founding Editor, TheBusinessOfSports.com, the Arizona State and Rutgers grad works with teams and companies of all sizes to better use data to drive their business intelligence strategy. However one passion project Scibetti has …