Sports Innovation Podcast

Dr. David Pierce sits down with Bryan Kryder, co-founder and CEO of Right Hand, to talk about their experiences with using high-impact practices in sport management at IU Indianapolis. The duo focuses on the practice of using capstone classes to partner with industry organizations in an effort to solve problems to build student resumes as they head into the job market. High Impact Practices at IU...

Dr. Jessica Braunstein-Minkove discusses the special edition of the Sports Innovation Journal on Engaged Learning with Dr. Geoff Sherman in the latest episode of the Sports Innovation Podcast.

The IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute and the Center for Sports Transformation in Indianapolis partnered to create an innovative solution that will build local sports leadership capacity to create health sport communities. Dr. Wade Gilbert from Cal State-Fresno, Mike Mossbrucker from Mooresville High School, and Dr. David Pierce from the IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute talked about their collabo...

Dr. James Johnson and Dr. David Pierce discuss their research in the Sports Innovation Journal article entitled "Are We Punishing Success? An Evaluation of the Indiana Tournament Success Factor and Implications for Interscholastic Policy".

Dr. Tim Koba of High Point University recently sat down and talked about his research in the Sports Innovation Journal on venture capital and private equity in sport businesses.

In the latest episode of the Sports Innovation Podcast, Chris Scroggins, co-founder of EDGE Consulting and instructor within the Shenandoah University Esports program joins us to talk about the gaming industry, what EDGE Consulting provides, the Esports venue at Shenandoah University and how they have built their Esports program.

IUPUI graduate student Aydan Koyles joined the Sports Innovation Podcast to talk about his research with the IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute, what he sees as critical for students to know coming out of college, and what his inspirations include.

In today's episode, Dr. Bradley Baker of Temple University discusses his research team's work on NFTs and how they are impacting the sport industry. Check out the Sports Innovation Journal entry at https://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/sij/article/view/25636.

Co-founders of Upper Hand, CEO Kevin MacCauley and Chief of Product Myles Grote, joined the SII podcast to talk about their company as well as innovation trends in sport before and after the pandemic. Upper Hand makes running studios, facilities, and academies easier by empowering businesses to stand out from the crowd. Check out their website getupperhand.com to learn more.

Techstars Senior Project Manager Andrew Hippert joined the SII podcast to talk about their sports accelerator located here in Indianapolis. Hippert starts by explaining first what an accelerator means for a start-up business and why Techstars decided to base their sports accelerator in Indianapolis. Hippert then gives a walkthrough on what company applicants can expect if they join the accelerator...

SII Director Dr. David Pierce and RefReps founder Kyle Armstrong recently joined the SII podcast to discuss the growing concern of a shortage of sports officials. Dr. Pierce's class managed a project and case study which he outlines in the episode explaining the issue and Armstrong discusses what his new company has done to change the game of sports officiating. RefReps has designed a technology s...

NCAA Vice President of Basketball Dan Gavitt joins the SII podcast to discuss the 2021 March Madness basketball tournament, which will be entirely played in the Indianapolis area. After speaking about the tournament logistics the conversation turns to what innovation is needed to advance the game of basketball and what Gavitt thinks might need studied to do so.

Dr. Armin Marquez joined the SII podcast to talk about the recent publication in the Sports Innovation Journal, "Factors Affecting Leaders’ Adoption of Innovation: The Case of Digital Ticketing in the High School Athletic Space." Download the paper here: https://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/sij/article/view/24342/23443 Abstract. In an environment where technologies continuously evolve, we must see...

Researcher Chad Gobert joins the SII podcast to talk about his new paper in the Sports Innovation Journal titled Augmented Reality in Sport Marketing. The augmented reality (AR) market is expected to grow to $60.55 billion by 2023 and there are currently an estimated 4.2 billion AR-capable devices in the hands of consumers. Experts believe that sport is a high-value market for AR as it is uniquely...

Researcher Heather J. Lawrence, PhD joined the IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute podcast to discuss the recently published SIJ article Applying Activity-Based Costing to Intercollegiate Athletics. Current accounting methods in intercollegiate athletics make it difficult for leaders to assess and understand the true cost of each sport team operations. Institutional and athletics leaders often make...

Sports Innovation Institute Director David Pierce joined the podcast to discuss the new IUPUI research article written in partnership with Grand Park Sports Campus.  COVID-19 has impacted all areas of life, and youth sports is no exception. States and counties are publishing their own unique guidelines for permitting youth sports to return over designated phases, creating a patchwork of guidelines...

Authors Michael Naraine and Liz Wanless joined the podcast to discuss their recently accepted paper in the Sports Innovation Journal. The sport industry has become increasingly more complex with the expanse of digital technology such as fiber optic internet access, 5G wireless communication, and blockchain, just to name a few. These advancements have shifted the amount and variety of data produced...

The success of an athletic program is often defined by wins and losses. According to the sporting success framework (De Bosscher et al., 2006) as well as the athlete development literacy (ADL) model (Livengood et al., 2015), athlete development contributes to athletic achievement. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between athlete development personnel resources and winni...

As sport management pedagogy has evolved, an effort has been made to incorporate popular and innovative social media technologies into classroom instruction. Academic research has suggested how the technology can be utilized to provide real-world skills for students and develop proficiencies in an area where many sport management graduates find employment. Notable among the recommendations about s...

Participation in sport has been lauded for the myriad benefits provided to youth who engage. Similarly, attendance in school has been identified as a salient contributor to academic success. Thus, the purpose of the present study, was to explore the extent to which participation in youth representative hockey in Ontario contributes to avoidable absences from traditional school contexts. Specifical...

Dr. Nick Elam is a Ball State professor focusing on educational leadership. But if you watched the NBA All-Star game this season you may have heard or seen his namesake trending on Twitter. The Elam Ending, a term coined by The Basketball Tournament, an annual $2 million prized basketball tournament on ESPN, is a way to make the ending of a game more competitive as opposed to intentional fouling t...

Next up on the IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute podcast is a conversation with Dr. Cheri Bradish from Canada's Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Bradish is the Director of the Future of Sport Lab, which is the focus of this episode. Dr. Bradish explains the concept of both incubators and accelerator programs and, in doing so, discusses the importance of having a community and network of...

The Sports Innovation Institute welcomed Dr. Dave Schrader to campus in September, where he spoke to a group of students about sports analytics projects. Afterwards, Dr. Dave joined the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on the subject, including his favorite student projects at different colleges and how to strategically start the conversation with athletic directors about adding an analytic...

SII jumped on the phone with Adam White (CEO) and Russ Wilde (COO) of Front Office Sports, an up and coming sports business media outlet. Adam started FOS when he was still in college as a way to reach those professionals in the sports industry by doing informational interviews and asking them about their career path. Front Office Sports is known for their creative products and events, such as the...

Dr. Galen Clavio, Director of the National Sports Journalism Center, and Andrew Rosner, Assistant Athletic Director for Creative Services, from Indiana University sat down with the Sports Innovation Institute podcast for an in-person tour of the Mark Cuban Center for Sports and Technology inside Assembly Hall. Well-known Indiana alum shark tank investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuba...