Sports Business Take

Tonight we speak with Jonny Lazarus. Jonny is an on air personality and writer in multiple different facets with Dailyfaceoff.com, Bleacher Report and the NHL as well as being a commentator and play by play analyst for Umass hockey and Hockey East games.

Today we have director of Woosox productions John Canavan to talk about his Experience working in sports, the video editing and production world, and we have a fun discussion on sports documentaries.

In this Episode we discuss Nike's deal with German soccer and how they will integrate their product into German culture, following in adidas's footsteps. We also talk about the NCAA trying to ban prop bets on their events and the world of sports betting as well as some best sports marketing practices and more!

Today Paul makes a big announcement, and we discuss the developing saga of sports betting issues surrounding Shohei Ohtani's translator and MLB's official opening of an investigation into Shohei. Zach also mentions a very interesting piece of his senior research paper and we talk about whether the concept could be applied to American Sports.

Daniel Goldberg is a marketing analyst with the 2023 World Series champion Texas Rangers. In this episode we talk to him about marketing strategies (such as the use of demographics), what qualities someone who is looking to work in sports needs, and some of his favorite moments from both the Rangers and other organizations he has been a part of.

Today we talk about the creation of a new tournament in college basketball. This tournament is incentivized by providing NIL money for schools who participate. We also talk about the greatness of Caitlin Clark and how she is already impacting WNBA ticket sales!

Today we talk with IdeaQuest CEO and founder Eric Bechtel about his journey working in the sports industry, strategies in sports marketing and some of his most memorable deals and experiences.

Tonight we explore the National Labor Relation Board's decision to rule Dartmouth Men's Basketball players employees of the university and what that could mean for college sports as well as talk about an interesting new AI technology, developed by the NBA, that could change the sports viewing experience.

Today we have Dan Vance, Director of Public Relations and Social media at the Indiana Mad Ants (G league team of the Indiana Pacers) on the show! Among other things, We talk about the ever-changing realm of social media and strategies to navigate it as well as some of the qualities that are best suited for the sports social media field.

We discuss a newly announced event called the enhanced games. This event is an olympic style contest, with one caveat, the acceptance of athletes who use performance enhancing drugs. We talk about the ethical questions surrounding this venture as well as whether we think it will be successful and the potential public perception of it.

Tonight we talk about the World Surfing League and how their newly inked deal with ESPN could lead to massive growth for them and the surfing world as well as the NWSL's new streaming service.

From Zach somehow producing confetti during the intro all the way through our Sports Quotes of the week we had a lot of fun today. Very interesting conversations about the proposal to create a FBS subdivision in college football separate from the rest of college sports and all the possibilities that could come out of that.

Today Paul starts off with a slight spin off of the intro and an announcement, and then we get into talking about the Indiana Pacers innovative QR code jersey patch as well as the Rose Bowl and college Football, and of course our Sports quotes of the week!

Kyle Martin is the Manager of growth and audience operations at Front Office Sports, a major sports news outlet. Today we have him on the show to talk about his role, Front Office Sports continued success, and his path into the Sports World, enjoy!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to our listeners! We had so much fun in episode 15. Today we get super in depth into why the record breaking $700 million Shohei Ohtani contract will be profitable for the LA dodgers and talk about why working in sports is so special.

Episode 14 (for real this time) features us talking about the NFL's brand new Black Friday game this past week and the NHL restricting their all star weekend to add an all star player draft, and a professional women's hockey game, as well as of course our sports quotes of the week!

Almost an hour pod today! We get into the NWSL's new $240 million media rights deal and how it positively affects women's sports growth. We were cooking with ideas during our segment on the NHL's new digital collectibles platform called Breakaway, and of course our Sports Quote of the week!

Today we talk about the record low World Series viewership and if MLB has an engagement problem, and why the brand new NBA mid season tournament will be a massive win for the league, as well as our sports quotes of the week.

Today we Interview Jackson Stanton, Special Olympics Massachusetts Content Coordinator. We talk about his experience with the organization so far, as well as the skills one needs to learn to work in social media in sports, and much more!

Our really interesting topics today include Mr. Beast becoming the official jersey sponsor of the Charlotte Hornets, the University of Utah football team giving all of their scholarship players trucks as part of an NIL deal, and ESPN creating 'frozen frenzy' for the NHL, and as always our sports quotes of the week!

Today we talk with Baltimore Ravens Vice President of Corporate Sales and Suites Aaron Cline. We dive into his experience in sports including his time at the Ravens: and the landscape of the NFL now and in the future in terms of sales, fan experience and broadcasting.

On today's episode the NFL season has kicked off and we talk about several different NFL stories, including some interesting applications of how they are using technology and the NFLPA requesting all grass fields, and of course our sports quotes of the week, enjoy!

Today to go along with a new intro, we cover the growth of Pickleball and Deion Sanders deciding to put his players social media handles on the back of their jerseys, and of course our sports quotes of the week!

Today we have our first guest on. Madison Spencer is a colleague of Paul's and an account executive and on field host at the Portland Sea Dogs. We talk with her about a number of topic including what it takes to work in sports, the experience of being an on field host and how to create a relationship with clients in Sports Group Sales.

In episode 5 we talk about UEFA not allowing Juventus to play in Europe in 2023-2024, a new bill in congress that impacts Name, Image, Likeness in college sports and mention the women's World Cup as well as our sports quotes of the week (bare with us through the few moments of silence during a technical issue, we come back).