Fantasy Sports

Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz – 12.1.24

by Lewis Howes|January 24th, 2012

The Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Online Marketing Coordinator – Steve Richards

Sports Business

IMG Worldwide Squashes Rumors of Being Up For Sale

“I immediately contacted Jim Gallagher, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at IMG Worldwide. Gallagher quickly put the rumor to bed. ”There aren’t ANY conversations going on with Lagardère, or any other company or individual for that matter, regarding a purchase of IMG,” said Gallagher.”

Nationals’ Negotiations With MASN Will Have Huge Impact on Franchise

“Television contracts and the money generated from media rights fees have become a crucial factor in how baseball teams are run. Along with ticket sales, they are a team’s primary form of income, and in recent years the fees across sports have skyrocketed. The Lerners have never had a say on their arrangement with MASN. Until now.”

Sports Networking

Sports Business Career Conference During The NFL Combine

“Participants will gain insight into careers in sports through presentations by successful sports executives, including GM’s, front office executives, Scouts, Sports Agents, player personnel, and well known media currently working in football. This event includes networking, information on breaking into the sports industry and advice on advancing your sports business career. College credit available for attending. ”

5 Tips to Turn Your Personal Profile Into A Professional Place

“Recently, Facebook introduced a few new features that will help someone who wants to use their personal profile for personal branding purposes. If you want to use the world’s most popular social network to promote what you do professionally, here are a few tips to get you started. ”

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Are Fantasy Sports A Distraction in the Office?

by Sam Chan|January 3rd, 2011

Our friend and valued SEA member Ryan Parr recently did some research on a big issue in fantasy sports. As CEO of Fantazzle Fantasy Sports, he regularly hears about how Fantasy Football ‘is a waste of time’ or ‘promotes decreased productivity’. Obviously, as a company passionate about the world of fantasy sports, Fantazzle decided to set out and see if there was any truth behind the claim that fantasy sports is a workplace distraction with a white paper. In there, they several aspects of the workplace including:

Defining Workplace Productivity
Distractions vs Breaks
Learning While At Rest

It is a fascinating read on one of the fastest growing areas in the sports industry. It was originally posted on their blog, but for your convenience, we’ve uploaded it to Scribd below the fold. [click to continue…]

About Sam Chan

Sam is the community manager of Sports Networker and the Sports Executive Association. He is passionate in all things sports, mobile, and social media. His dream is for the Vancouver Canucks to win a Stanley Cup in his lifetime, although so far, its looking kind of bleak. In the past, he worked with BlackBerry and helped relaunch their Business-to-Business network. With his experience there, he can probably help you change your ringtone, maybe. When he finds time (never), he also writes infrequently at his personal blog. If you would like to talk sports, write a guest post for us, or argue about why iPhone > BlackBerry, you can find him on Twitter, Facebook or email.

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How Fantasy Sports Unites Fans All Over the World

by Lewis Howes|September 15th, 2010

This is a guest post by Chris Conway

While sitting in a New York bar watching the New Orleans Saints successfully open the football season last week, it struck me that there is one thing that unites sports fans all over the world. Whether it is the NFL here in the US, rugby league in Australia or the English Premier League (EPL) soccer, today’s sports fans want to be engaged and actively interact with their favorite sports. They satisfy that desire by playing fantasy sports or by getting involved in forecasting weekly results. In Australia we call that tipping. Technology, fast-speed internet access and our increasing use of social media is making this engagement even easier and more fun for the fan. [click to continue…]

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Kelly Perdew on Fantasy Sports

by Lewis Howes|October 27th, 2009

kelly perdew Fantasy sports is a huge business right now, wouldn’t you agree? Although I am not a fantasy sports player, I know how important it is, and how it has changed not only the way fans interact with their favorite team, but how they now interact with all of the teams in various leagues.

Kelly Perdew is the CEO of Rotohog.com and is part of the fantasy sports revolution that is taking over the way fans view sports. Don’t take it from me, watch what Kelly has to say about where fantasy sports is headed in the future, and how RotoHog is leading the way.