Opinion
Ticking time bomb goes off: Seeing the impact of sports betting on college athletes and integrity
In January, federal authorities indicted 26 individuals in a college basketball point-shaving conspiracy involving more than 39 athletes across 17 different teams. At least two defendants were also implicated in a separate NBA gambling case, suggesting that professional and collegiate betting miscon...
Path to team equity should be the next step for NBA players
The NBA journeyman who plays for several teams over the course of his career has existed for decades, long before Dennis Schröder completed the rainbow of jersey colors. In recent years though, we’ve seen the multiteam career path, that was historically reserved for role players, become the norm for...
Youth sports: Tracking the right score will keep kids in the game longer
Norway’s approach to youth sports dominated the conversation during the Winter Olympics. And why not? When a country roughly the size of South Carolina leads the world in medals, for the second Winter Olympics in a row, it’s fair to assume the Norwegians might be doing a few things right.
Opinion | Why a single-seller approach is wise for college football
College football is the second highest-rated TV programming in the U.S., behind only the NFL. A dozen schools’ games consistently produce NFL-like numbers at 4 million to 10 million-plus viewers. College football generates $3.9 billion in media rights, and … it is underperforming.
Cartoon: Playoffs? The draft is on!
NFL fan shoos away NHL and NBA playoffs to watch the draft.
Forum: Don Garber looks back, and ahead, at MLS
When MLS Commissioner Don Garber was tasked to run the league in 1999, it had 12 teams. Today, it sits at 30, and Garber has overseen every major advancement and change of the sport in North America. But Garber has more yesterdays than tomorrows as commissioner and the league will soon enter a new e...
Why I’ve changed my mind about brands taking a political position
Perhaps no time in the history of mankind have sports and politics been so entwined.
Should College Sports Commission LLC be reorganized into a member-based nonprofit?
College athletics has entered the semi-professional era. Revenue sharing, NIL markets, and private capital have reshaped the landscape. The House settlement accelerated that transition and required a centralized enforcement agency capable of administering new obligations across conferences and campu...
Mixed-use evolution: How entertainment districts will define real estate development by 2040
When people hear the term “mixed-use real estate,” they might think of an apartment building with retail shops on the ground floor, or an office park featuring a hotel and a few restaurants. Lately, a new type of mixed-use development is gaining momentum across the U.S.: the entertainment or “lifest...
A sponsorship tsunami is headed for North America
For many of us in this crazy business, particularly those in sports marketing, when we’re asked what makes our field unique or special, we probably offer a variety of soft answers, vague anecdotes intended to satisfy the inquisitive.
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Quote of the Day
If Pittsburgh can handle 250,000 people for the St. Patrick’s Day parade, I have no doubt it can handle that number of people per day over three days.-- Pittsburgh Business Times Market President & Publisher Evan Rosenberg, on the city's preparation for this weekend's NFL Draft.
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