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Sports Industry

Sport is more than competitive physical activity for athletes and more than entertainment for viewers. It’s also big business for manufacturers of sportswear and athletic products, marketing agencies, sponsors, coaches and venues. The summaries in this channels shed light on the different aspects of today’s sports-related industries.

Summaries

8 Article

Winning Is Everything

Inside Nike’s Olympic comeback plan
Mark Wilson
Fast Company, 2024
9 Book

Playmakers

How the NFL Really Works (And Doesn't)
Mike Florio
Public Affairs, 2022
8 Book
Rob Prazmark
Rob Prazmark, 2023
9 Article

Money Really Talks in the NCAA

High-level college sports have long been operated like a business, generating billions in revenue each year. And finally, top athletes are able to share in a piece of the pie. But just how exactly does the NCAA's new status quo operate?
Brian Boyle
Daily Upside, 2023
8 Book

Management Wisdom from the New York Yankees' Dynasty

What Every Manager Can Learn from a Legendary Team
Lance A. Berger and Dorothy R. Berger
Lance Berger, Dorothy Berger, 2005
8 Article

He’s Baseball’s Only Mud Supplier. It’s a Job He May Soon Lose.

Jim Bintliff collects the Delaware River mud that is smeared on Major League baseballs to make them less slippery. But that tradition is in jeopardy.
Dan Barry
The New York Times, 2022
10 Video
Wendover Productions
Wendover Productions, 2020
9 Report

Who Profits from Amateurism?

Rent-Sharing in Modern College Sports
Nicole F. Ozminkowski et al.
NBER, 2020
8 Book

Players

The Story of Sports and Money, and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution
Matthew Futterman
Simon & Schuster, 2016
7 Book

Money and Soccer

A Soccernomics Guide
Stefan Szymanski
Nation Books, 2015
8 Article
Stefan Hall
World Economic Forum, 2018
8 Article
Stefan Hall
World Economic Forum, 2018