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Recruiting Sports Agents Sports Business

Great Expectations

Re-watching our favourite show Entourage the other day made me realize what I think is one of the most important aspects of being a sports agent. Super Agent Ari Gold summed it up perfectly. Manage your clients expectations Pretty self explanatory but so critical. Basically, don’t go promising the world to your client if you […]

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Sports Business

Porn, Instant Messages, And Sports…What More Could You Want?

While I was in Washington D.C., I was looking over the 6th annual New York Times Magazine Year In Ideas, and noticed 2 articles that relate to the sports industry. The articles are Sporno and N.C.A.A. Psyop. I definitely suggest checking both of those posts out, and if you have time, peruse over the other […]

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Colleges Sports Business

Wharton Sports Business Initiative

The Wharton Sports Business Initiative (WSBI) is unlike the other degree granting programs that I have highlighted in the past.  WSBI calls itself a research and executive education focused “think tank.” Involved in the program are educational programs, strategic corporate partnerships, consulting assignments, forums, and research.  Above all, WSBI wants to become a premier Research […]

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Colleges Sports Business

Marshall School of Business Sports Business Institute

The U.S. News & World Report and BusinessWeek have long heralded the University of Southern California’s business school as one of the top 30 in the nation: the Marshall School of Business.  In October of 2005, the school announced that it would create the Sports Business Institute as the nation’s first all-encompassing sports business center. […]

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Sports Business

Warsaw Sports Marketing Center

In the past, I have spent most of my attention discussing Sports Law programs and not focusing much on the marketing/business side of the profession. I get a lot of e-mails from readers asking whether the right graduate school route is to get a J.D. or go for an M.B.A. There really is no correct […]