Competitive Edge is a weekly sports and entertainment marketing news service that highlights unique and relevant news throughout the school year. The questions provided for student discussion will help to create a bridge between industry strategies/trends and the topics you are covering in class.
The wrestler-turned-actor-turned-entrepreneur is entering the energy drink business with ZOA, a health drink made with natural caffeine and superfoods. The venture partners Dwayne Johnson — aka “The Rock” — with his ex-wife and fellow fitness entrepreneur, Dany Garcia, Garcia’s husband Dave Rienzi and beverage industry veteran John Shulman. Click here Read more…
If the Brooklyn Nets knew for sure they’d land James Harden, perhaps the club might’ve held off on a deal with Motorola and driven a harder bargain. The jersey patch deal would be worth more with three prominent players over two. That’s the brand power of a National Basketball Association Read more…
The first puck drops on the National Hockey League’s 2021 season this week, and with it will come a trickle of fans for the first time in almost a year. Three arenas will have limited patrons in attendance, a lifeline for teams that rely on ticket sales far more than Read more…
In the 1930s and 1940s, the film studio MGM pumped out 50 new movies a year, most of which featured the world’s biggest stars at the time: Judy Garland, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and countless others. MGM co-founder and lead executive, Louis B. Mayer, famously boasted that the studio had Read more…
Despite the fact that arguably the two biggest brands in college football squared off against each other in the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship Game, a much smaller audience than usual paid attention. Click here to read the story at si.com. Discussion Questions: What are broadcast rights? Why do Read more…
If there’s one thing we know about sports in 2021, it’s that there will be sports in 2021. (Well, more sports than we’ve already had in the past week. Go, Bills!) 2020 made sure of that. If the NFL and college football — in which 22 competitors breathe heavily into Read more…
The NFL is making additional advertising time available to its broadcast partners for the playoffs. The increased ad sales are good news during a challenging season for the league and broadcasters. Ratings were down 7% during the regular season as the league dealt with challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic Read more…
Shanghai has broken ground on a major e-sports events hub as the city pushes to become the leader in competitive gaming. E-sports refers to competitive video gaming which is growing quickly globally. Over the past few years, e-sports tournaments have managed to pack out large stadiums with fans flocking to Read more…
When the NFL playoffs kick off this Saturday, the New England Patriots will be watching the action on television. The squad reached the Super Bowl nine times since 2000, the rookie year for quarterback Tom Brady, and took home the trophy in six of those visits. But Brady is leading Read more…
The NBA is sorely in need of a cash infusion. Billions of dollars in revenue have been lost, and with no clear point at which fans will safely be able to return to arenas, even more profits are expected to go down the drain. A possible solution that has been Read more…