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Most ugly Americans associate Australian Rules Football with the early days of ESPN, the kind of bizarre, out of the way rugged sport that was a throwback to the old days of the NFL tinged with the head banging of rugby. All ruffian, bizarre rules, broken bones, bloodthirsty screams. However like ESPN, AFL has come …
No matter what happens Sunday with the Lions and the Tigers, sport and its feel good messages have helped slowly recovering Detroit matter more to many again. The crash of the economy was reflected no more than in the downtrodden Detroit, where the auto companies fled for bailout money and the infrastructure of a once …
On Tuesday at Yankee Stadium several hundred professionals, many in community relations from teams from around the world, gathered for the Beyond Sport United “Sports Teams For Social Change” conference. While cynical may say that the event was a chance to have professional sport gather to network and then go back about their business of …
Selling Eye Black as your main source of income is not an easy business. Does it work, should it stick, can’t I just use dirt? Is it to make me look cool? Is it actually just a gimmicky form of real estate where someone can slap a name or I can out my favorite bible …
The cynical will look at the announcement of the new stadium naming rights deal for the Meadowlands with Met Life and wonder when their premiums will go up. Competitors in the insurance field will look at it and wonder what it will cost them in exposure. Sports marketers will look at the name looming over …
We have all seen the stories of the mass defections of stars to Europe, China, Turkey, Mars…wherever the hoops rumors and dollars real and imagined may lead the NBA cognoscenti should the lockout take hold. Visions of Dwight Howard in Italy sampling pasta, Deron Williams chasing opponents around the minarets of Istanbul and Kobe Bryant …
Trying to coordinate all the information in the digital space is akin to playing “Wack A Mole” many times. Assisting reputable bloggers, vetting newsfeeds, sending out promotional information, coordinating effective Facebook posts, finding new promotions, organizing fan groups and making sure all that information is correct, timely and up-to-date with a limited budget is a …
As the mad scramble begins in the NFL, one area that will have a scramble of its own will be media relations. The time-honored off season ritual of pulling together the printed media guide will go into overdrive as teams decide who and what will go in, and what will come out of what is …
All involved with professional sports continue to wear rose colored glasses as hopefully the NFL lockout comes to an end in the coming days, with two a days and exhibition football not that far off. We earlier talked about the collateral damage of lockouts, and who has already been effected, but here are some other …
Labor disputes in any business are never fun. We all want peace so that our cars are sold fairly, our pools stay open, our garbage is picked up and our teams play when they are supposed to. While fans grow frustrated with the current lockouts in the NBA and the NFL, the seasons are still …