2020 marks an extraordinary sports year. First, 2020 has been remarkable because of the major shift that the COVID-19 pandemic provoked in the business of sports. Another a yet more positive influencer on the 2020 sports year is how the role of activist athletes saw increased commercialization potential boosted by the aftermath of Colin Kaepernicks […]
The business of sports has really changed since the 1960s. Globalization, technology, data, new ownership models such as the growth of portfolio models and investments across various sports and international borders, and the application of sport as a geopolitical and soft power instrument are only a few of many important milestones, which emphasize the major […]
In a business or sport business landscape where consumers and fans are constantly bombarded with messages, rights holders and sports-related brands MUST strive to stand out. Early studies in sport sponsorship emphasized how the intensive progression of sport sponsorship is a result of the huge amount of clutter that originated in traditional media (Meenaghan, 1991; […]
From a sports business, there are interesting insights about the heart of football/soccer history and development. Alan Rothenberg, a renowned expert in sports law, sports leadership and sports business, participated in a dialogue earlier this year (2020), in which he gives the audience first-hand knowledge from how he participated in boosting football’s (soccer in the […]
Den argentinske boldkunstner Diego Armando Maradona Franco er desværre revet fra os i en alder af kun 60 år. Gennem sin aktive karriere har få, hvis nogle overhovedet, henrykket fodboldfans på globalt plan på den måde, som Maradona gjorde med sin sublime tekniske fodboldbegavelse og strategiske intuition for spillet. Maradona manøvrerede sig ofte, alene eller […]