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As we head toward 2024 the issues and opportunities with regard to engagement in social continues to ebb and flow. While Twitter continues to be a quandry for many, TikTok and its continued frenzy pushes more engagement amongst a growing using audience than ever before, all based around a complicated algorithm of shares and engagement. …
I always learn something when I talk to my friend Greg Moore. The former Commissioner of the SIAC, a baller from New Jersey, an attorney, an entrepreneur, a big thinker, Greg is always looking at the blue ocean and how the pieces fit together. Over a year ago he pointed to a spot that the …
Just a few weeks ago the National Sports Collectors Convention, a massive treasure trove of memorabilia new, unique and traditional, returned to Chicago. It is what you would expect, aisle upon aisle of collectables big and small, with literally millions exchanging hands…or just a few dollars. What was missing? Women’s sports items. There is so much …
There is so much focus on NIL and what the return will or will not be outside of some social posts and quick cash of various levels that you sometimes forget about the long term sustainable career programs some brands have built out around college athletes of every shape and size. I was reminded of …
As the Name Image and Likeness game moved along this winter, 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. Alas …
It amazes me still how college athletics, for all the big, disruptive, smart minds on campuses, still reverts back to tactics that were in play 25 years ago. While we know mow much college sports can be a big business, in so many ways it is run still like a mom and pop shop, or …
Safe to say it is almost back to normal, the craziness of Super Bowl Radio Row and the ancillary activities in and around the Phoenix Convention Center. The most interesting thing this year was the continued shift to new platforms and areas that we would not have seen before COVID, and the continued diversity of …
We take a look at some of our recent content on the podcast Tom Richardson and I do at Columbia each week, and Noah Zaret is good enough to highlight for us. Two recent listens concern the college space, with two super smart entrepreneurs talking everything from netal health to NIL and building a business. …
On the last Friday of July for a few hours we went fishing in Atlantic City. Not out in the water, but at the Atlantic City Convention Center. We went to check out the National Sports Collectors Convention, a massive treasure trove of memorabilia new, unique and pretty much what you would expect. So what …
Three items to note from the week… Wheaties Tries A Reboot Wheaties is turning 100, and it’s celebrating by bringing back the most iconic athlete in its history. Michael Jordan will grace the box once again, appearing for the 19th time on the packaging. Continuing its long history of positioning itself as a healthy breakfast …
