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Ring ceremonies used to take two forms for championship teams. A quiet, low key team only event where players celebrated amongst themselves and those insiders who were part of their title run. Then there was usually the more public ceremony which most teams do, many times on the first home game of the next season. …
It is no secret that as costs escalate and fans clamor for more access and brands for more ROI, that team sports needs to continue to be more creative in finding dollars to meet budget and in giving fans more reasons to engage. So with that in mind it should come as not a huge …
For years the value of secondary media rights has been in question. Could the money be spent with traditional advertising and marketing…is it more of a vanity play…is there significant damage when a name changes to the team…does the next brand to take a title waste too much time in undoing the old name in …
The 24 hour period on Wednesday and Thursday of this week saw something that most people would have never predicted six, eight…well weeks ago. That March Madness and Linsanity could take a back seat in the beginning of spring to…Tim Tebow and the New York Jets. In less than 12 hours the NFL again rose …
It is as busy a week as any on the sports calendar in North America. March Madness, spring training, NHL, MLS starting, NASCAR, NBA and then all local activities rolled into one. Even with all going on, two key player personnel activities, the first day of NFL Free Agency and the NBA Trading deadline, still …
There are few weekends busier than this one in sports for big events (especially if you happen to be in Florida). From the roar of Daytona to the snap of spring training (throwing in several hundred college games across the state as well) to NBA All-Star weekend and the NFL Combine, and virtually no sports …
In the fall, the movie “Real Steel” gave us a little peak into the use of tablet technology in sport. The trainers, one played by Hugh Jackman, used tablets to control their boxing robots instead of putting humans in the ring. It was significant in the face that the tablets used were not Ipads, they …
It has been yet another interesting week in the crucible of sport. While the New York Giants were celebrating their Super Bowl victory in the Canyon of Heroes, the hobbled New York Knicks had caught fire against some lesser opponents and an unlikely new star. Out of both have come some interesting marketing opportunities for …
So here we are at Super Bowl Weekend, hopefully they will play the game at some point soon. We wanted to take a little respite and point out some innovative events worth a pop away from the Giants and Packers… The Fire Score With Quaker Oats: Now the venerable Quaker Oats brand, a Division of …
Many times the more elite or more traditional brands in sports rarely venture away from the way things are done. You will never see the Yankees wearing black game jerseys, Alabama football in bright orange, Manchester United donning stripes, the New York Rangers wearing pink, the Dallas Cowboys in day glo. It just doesn’t happen, …