Photos: FC Barcelona players celebrating the ‘treble’ achievement (source: official Twitter accounts of FC Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu, Andrés Iniesta and Neymar Jr.) Both FC Barcelona and Juventus fought to claim the perfect season in Saturday’s UEFA Champions League Final as both teams played to win the ‘treble’. Italian and Spanish teams dominate the […]
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FIFA’s current crisis is a ‘shitstorm’ for corporate sponsors
By Kenneth Cortsen on May 29, 2015 in Best Of, Sport & CSR, Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
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 […]
Governance in football when it comes to player valuations, transfer market activities and contract negotiations
By Kenneth Cortsen on April 29, 2015 in Best Of, Sport & CSR, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
Given the rapid commercialization and globalization in the football economy in the wake of the Bosman ruling, professional football clubs have had an intensified focus on investments across national borders to influence the national and international competitiveness. This development has produced some problem areas that football’s international governing bodies FIFA and UEFA (and the national […]
DBU, Spillerforeningen og konflikten om en ny landsholdsaftale – et blik på nogle af de centrale nuancer set fra mit perspektiv
Billeder: Konflikten mellem DBU, Spillerforeningen og landsholdsspillerne udspilles også på Twitter (kilde: DBUs og Spillerforeningens Twitter-konti) DBU OG SPILLERFORENINGEN HAR IGENNEM LÆNGERE TID PRØVET AT NÅ TIL ENIGHED OM EN NY LANDSHOLDSAFTALE, MEN INDTIL VIDERE UDEN HELD. DENNE SITUATION KAN IKKE VÆRE GUNSTIG FOR NOGLE AF PARTERNE, MEN SÅDANNE TILSPIDSEDE SITUATIONER ER INDIMELLEM EN DEL […]
A pathway to creating a WINNING business model in the business of sports
By Kenneth Cortsen on January 25, 2015 in Sport & CSR, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
In an analysis of the successful winning formulas in the business of sports, the football (soccer) team FC Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga draws much attention these days, which is evidenced in the following citation that states: “Although elite sport is one but three DFB* goals, along with popular sport and social responsibility, it […]