Opinion

Brands might be better off doing their own thing than being one of many fish in a mega sporting event

Unpacks Newsletter - 05/21/2024

Some years ago, when I was managing a highly recognized national baseball sports marketing program for eight or nine years (it was a long time ago), which received mega earned media converge with client identification and message points, the client told me, “Arthur, you’re doing a great job, but the...

Athletes and venture capitalists have a lot in common. No wonder so many people are both.

Unpacks Newsletter - 05/20/2024

Have you ever rung a Ring, took a Lyft, invested through Robinhood , studied on MasterClass , or Googled? Behind all these products and the companies that developed them were investors who managed to find and fund these revolutionary ideas early on. They are known...

Madkour: Skills and happiness: More wisdom for graduates

Journal - 05/20/2024

Continuing with advice to graduating college seniors, I asked friends of mine: “What path would you suggest for a young person looking to get into sports business?” Here are their thoughts, while sharing their first job in sports. “ Sales continues to be...

Sports 2024: Channeling Musick for musings

Journal - 05/20/2024

It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these columns. For those of you seeing it for the first time, I consider this my homage to the late Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports writer Phil Musick, whose columns always made me laugh, think and wonder what I was missing out...

Prevention over recovery: It’s time to get serious about security

Unpacks Newsletter - 05/16/2024

A recent Gallup poll cites Americans’ personal safety concerns are at a three-decade high, resulting in 66% of adults reporting skipping regular activities and 28% avoiding large-scale events specifically. Regardless of our individual political views about how and why we’ve come to fear crowds, we share a desire to gather...

The PGA Tour-PIF framework agreement: Where does it stand?

Unpacks Newsletter - 05/15/2024

Every golf fan looks forward to the second weekend in April -- for most of the country, the weather is turning, golf courses are open and the men’s professional game plays host to the first major championship of the year, the Masters. This Masters was the first since PGA Tour...

To celebrate the women’s sports moment, look to the movement

Unpacks Newsletter - 05/14/2024

Caitlin Clark’s $28 million deal with Nike is setting history -- again. While the many recently broken records across women's sport are worth celebrating, there's a chance the industry is so caught up in the moment that we're at risk of forgetting how we got here. This is important...

The NHL in Utah is a Gary Bettman financial master class

Unpacks Newsletter - 05/13/2024

Utah’s new NHL franchise celebrated its arrival at Salt Lake City’s Delta Center, but it’s the league and Commissioner Gary Bettman that should be happiest. In function, the Coyotes relocated from Arizona to Utah. But in substance, the deal was more complicated. Smith Entertainment Group (SEG), owned by...

Cartoon: Roast on hiatus

Journal - 05/13/2024

Fan forward: Let’s peek around the corner at game-day innovation

Journal - 05/13/2024

One of us recently attended a game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis and started thinking about contemporary North American arenas and how they will change in the next decade. What exactly should pro teams, stadium operators and concessions vendors construct at North American cribs between now...

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If you want to buy into East Coast bias, you have every reason to buy into ESPN's East Coast bias watching that game. How about some impartiality here? I was embarrassed for ESPN.
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Brands might be better off doing their own thing than being one of many fish in a mega sporting event

Athletes and venture capitalists have a lot in common. No wonder so many people are both.

Madkour: Skills and happiness: More wisdom for graduates

Sports 2024: Channeling Musick for musings

Prevention over recovery: It’s time to get serious about security

The PGA Tour-PIF framework agreement: Where does it stand?

To celebrate the women’s sports moment, look to the movement

The NHL in Utah is a Gary Bettman financial master class

Cartoon: Roast on hiatus

Fan forward: Let’s peek around the corner at game-day innovation

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NASCAR’s Brian Herbst, NFL Schedule Release, Caitlin Clark Effect

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