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Are Youth and Community Sports Programs “Left Behind” by Investments in the Sports World?
Key Points SquadLocker exists to make life easier for coaches, mentors, and teachers who have the potential to have a massive impact on the children they work with. The access and affordability of youth sports is an issue that can be helped by investments from the world of sports. The youth sports market is an…
Executing a Philanthropic Event During the COVID-19 Pandemic
For this first episode of Experiential Experts, hosts Lorre Crisswell and Holly Zalenski spoke with Aimee McGranahan, Chief Operating Officer at Spookstock Foundation about hosting a philanthropic event during the pandemic. Aimee McGranahan’s mission is to support shadow warriors and their families. The foundation she works for supports these families through various fundraising events they…
The SEC is Targeting Players with NIL Deals
The SEC is not only stealing away the two largest Big 12 schools to their conference, but individual programs are now luring players to transfer to the SEC on the promise of helping them secure fresh NIL deals. Is this game of “agenting” the new reality of college football competition? I spoke with a young…
Chillin’ at Texas Motor Speedway with Portable Cooling Solutions
Fast cars and hot days and nights; that’s how they do it at Texas Motor Speedway. Entertainment is the name of the game, but giving guests and fans a comfortable experience is the goal, no matter the event. Steven French, Senior Director of Business Development for Texas Motor Speedway, spoke to host Tyler Kern…
How Media Companies Can Win Big with New NIL Rules
The newly introduced NIL rules in college athletics are opening up opportunities for stand out athletes to capitalize on their fame and a notorious name in sports wants to take full advantage. ESPN-defector Colin Cowherd continues to add new contributors to his podcast network, The Volume. Cowherd has given Alabama quarterback Bryce Young his own…
How Allegiant Stadium is Using Technology to Boost the Fan Experience
A point of emphasis for many teams has been upgrading their in-stadium experience to keep up with the ever-improving television product. Tod Caflisch is a sports technology expert who recently visited the brand new Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. He joined us to share some insights from what he saw on that visit and much…
The Shifting Sports Paradigm: NIL and Emerging Technology
Before the 2021 NFL Draft, I sat down with former NFL player and current financial advisor, Adewale Ogunleye, on how the soon to be drafted players need to prepare for their windfalls responsibly. Since then, the college football landscape has been rocked with the passage of new NIL rules that allow college athletes to…
College Football Leverages Smart Camera Tech for a Competitive Edge
The college football season is now upon us, but it’s not enough to have the best talent in the country. Increasingly, coaches depend on technology and infinite data and analytics to get every insight and competitive advantage they can find. We touched base with Matt Mueller from Hudl on how smart camera technology is powering…
Educating Athletes On How To Master New NIL Rules
The new NIL rules are shaking up the landscape of college sports and student athletes are going to need all the education they can get on how to properly take full advantage of the new regulations. Accelerate Sports Ventures is making it their goal to teach brand building, marketing, entrepreneurship and business principles to…
Will Recycled Materials Be the New Trend that Dominates Footwear?
Did you know that footwear accounts for 16-32% of the fashion industry’s total environmental pollution? That includes everything from the toxic chemicals used in leather to textile-based shoes using water and the amount of plastic in synthetic-based footwear. Once a pair of shoes reaches its end life, it usually ends up a landfill. With…
Meet the Company Behind the NFL’s Next Gen Stats
The fans remember the highlights but the franchises remember the technology, data, and inventions that powered their season. Host Tyler Kern sits down with the innovators, leaders and founders that are taking sports into the future. It is almost fall. This means action-packed Monday and Th ursday nights and Sundays in the National Football…
How Leigh Steinberg Created the Model for Modern Agents
The fans remember the highlights but the franchises remember the technology, data, and inventions that powered their season. Host Tyler Kern sits down with the innovators, leaders and founders that are taking sports into the future. The agent is a central part of the modern professional sports ecosystem. However, that wasn’t always the case….
How Will Sports Take Advantage of Augmented Reality?
On Spatial Perspectives, host Dan Cui will have a one-on-one dialog with innovators and thought leaders in the growing Spatial Reality, or Spatial Computing, market. Cui will invite guests who can discuss the real world use cases of the technology and how it could benefit mankind while exploring any drawbacks and how they might be mitigated. Live sporting…
A Look at the Future of Monetizing Fan Engagement
The fans remember the highlights but the franchises remember the technology, data, and inventions that powered their season. Host Tyler Kern sits down with the innovators, leaders and founders that are taking sports into the future. On this episode of Salary Capped, Host Tyler Kern talked with Juliana Villalba, CEO of Rebus, a fan…
What’s Driving Renewed Growth Among Toymaking Giants?
Last year was a rough one for the toy industry, and juggernauts like Mattel and Hasbro were no exception. However, with Q2 revenue released, both of those toymaking giants outperformed forecasts and showed resilience and growth as they attempt to rebound from that rocky 2020. So, what’s driving this growth? Will it last? How…
Zoom To Pay $85 Million in Privacy ‘Zoom-Bombing’ Lawsuit
A high-profile class action lawsuit against Zoom was settled on July 31, claiming that Zoom was in violation of user’s privacy rights by allowing hackers to interrupt all kinds of meetings during the pandemic. As the use of Zoom exploded during lockdown measures instituted all over the world, instances of hackers breaking into Zoom…
DraftKings to Buy Golden Nugget Online Gaming for $1.56 Billion
(Bloomberg) — DraftKings Inc. agreed to buy Golden Nugget Online Gaming Inc. in a deal valued at about $1.56 billion, expanding the fantasy-sports giant’s presence in the hot market for online betting. DraftKings expects use the combined resources to boost sales and market share, yielding $300 million in overlapping costs and creating new cross-selling opportunities,…
Are Digital Tickets Here to Stay as Live Events Return?
The fans remember the highlights but the franchises remember the technology, data, and inventions that powered their season. Host Tyler Kern sits down with the innovators, leaders and founders that are taking sports into the future. We’re over a year into the transition from physical to digital tickets in sports entertainment venues – but…
The Monumental Challenge of Rebranding a Sports Team
The fans remember the highlights but the franchises remember the technology, data, and inventions that powered their season. Host Tyler Kern sits down with the innovators, leaders and founders that are taking sports into the future. In July of 2020, the Washington football team ditched their previous name under intense social and economic pressures….
Why Coaches are Trading Sensors for Video & AI
The fans remember the highlights but the franchises remember the technology, data, and inventions that powered their season. Host Tyler Kern sits down with the innovators, leaders and founders that are taking sports into the future. With athletes just wrapping up the Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, and team places firmly cemented to compete…
Ohtani’s Baseball Skills Help His Sponsors Outperform the Market
(Bloomberg) — Shohei Ohtani is a baseball phenomenon. Before his move to the Major Leagues, the Los Angeles Angels star was known as the “dual wielder” in his native Japan for his rare ability to hit home runs about as well as he pitches. Now, as the U.S. takes note of his prodigious ability, some…
NASCAR’s Landon Cassill Becomes First Driver To Be Paid In Crypto
“It doesn’t surprise me that Landon’s the first one, because I think he thinks about partnership marketing and how to be relevant to the brand.” The NASCAR and cryptocurrency worlds are converging around a crypto-asset trading platform, adding a professional racer to the shortlist of professional athletes paid in crypto, and the first NASCAR driver…
More than a Hobby: How Metal Detectors Aid in the Search for Missing Service Members
On this episode of Discover the Truth, a podcast by Garrett Metal Detectors, host Tyler Kern talked with Danny Keay, Conflict Archaeologist and retired US Army, about conflict archaeology and metal detecting in Germany. Conflict archaeology is a new subfield in the world of anthropology. According to Keay, it used to be known as battlefield…
Why Investors Are Spending Big on Sports Trading Cards
As a new generation gets into sports memorabilia, auctioneer Ken Goldin — market maker, evangelist, therapist — is cashing in on priceless pieces of cardboard. Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw discusses with Caroline Hyde, Romaine Bostick & Joe Weisenthal. “You buy them now because you think he’s going to be a Hall of Famer. So you…
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