The international football association FIFA is amidst another huge media crisis after Swiss police arrested some of FIFA’s top executives on Wednesday and charging them with money-laundering and other criminal acts linked to this ongoing corruption investigation. There is no doubt that this has smeared FIFA’s overall corporate brand and its acclaimed World Cup brand […]
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Another Sunday of Super Bowl commercialism
By Kenneth Cortsen on February 2, 2015 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
Photo: Reflecting the commercial influence on the Super Bowl (source: NFL). The Super Bowl is a gigantic marketing event. The FIFA World Cup (soccer) and the Olympic Games are the most popular sports events on a global scale measured on attention and media exposure (however, these two events are not one-day events) but the Super […]
VM i fodbold – kan det betale sig at investere i sådanne mega-events?
Problemstillinger i forhold til afholdelse af VM i fodbold, d.v.s. kan det betale sig? Der vurderes også på incitamenterne for at afholde VM….Check nedenstående radioindslag efter 1:23:10 Værtsnationen skal gøre op med sig selv, hvad de skal have ud af at afholde en mega-event som VM i fodbold, hvilket skal sammenholdes med den økonomiske investering […]
Why are mega-events in sport so interesting for brands?
By Kenneth Cortsen on May 29, 2013 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
My latest post about the UEFA Champions League final reflects how and why brands are looking to ‘score commercially‘ by taking advantage of the ‘emotional equity’ associated with mega-events in sport. These events fuse considerable amounts of fnas and hence create a sense of unity among these fans and the brands tied to the specific […]