The 1989 movie Back to the Future Part II predicted the creation of both Zoom and SlamBall. During a video call taking place in the year 2015, the biography of the character Needles appears on the screen and indicates that one of the sports he plays is called “slamball.”
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Discussion Questions:
- What is SlamBall?
- What is an “alternative sports” market?
- What is a niche sport? How might that represent the concept of alternative sports?
- Why is the market “hot” right now?
- What is competition for entertainment dollars?
- How might this story represent an example of that concept?
- What challenges to sports like SlamBall face from a growth perspective?
- What can marketers do to help increase the popularity of SlamBall?
- What is a SWOT analysis?
- Conduct a SWOT analysis for SlamBall.