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 XFL suspended operations Friday morning and laid off nearly all of its staff, multiple sources told ESPN. While a handful of executives remain employed, the league currently has no plans to return in 2021. The league canceled its season last month after five games as part of a nationwide Read more…
The COVID-19 coronavirus outrbreak has sparked a dramatic first for the movie industry: movies are being made available at home the same time they’re available in theaters. The distinction between a theatrical and a digital release is disappearing as theaters shut down. Click here to read the story at cnbc.com. Discussion Questions: Read more…
The signs said this was WrestleMania. The pay-per-view order ($34.99) said this was WrestleMania. Rob Gronkowski, serving as host, declared that it was WrestleMania. So did Stephanie McMahon, who noted pre-fight the company was there to offer a “distraction” to the country. Click here to read the story at sports.yahoo.com. Discussion Questions: Read more…
Like many Americans around the country, Gwen Berry is weighing her financial options. She is thinking about filing for unemployment, or seeing if she can get a day job, like the one she once held at Dick’s Sporting Goods, to help stem the financial tide left behind by the coronavirus. Read more…
The postponement of the Summer Olympics, coupled with the suspension of play across the NBA and NHL, have disappointed fans all over the world. For brands, however, the impact of COVID-19 may require coming up with a new playbook if they want to continue marketing to sports. For some, that Read more…
With no definitive word on when, or if, the NBA season will resume and the possibility of the playoffs starting in June and the Finals ending in August, the 2020-21 season could be immensely disrupted. So maybe it’s time for the Association to consider a truly radical revamping of its Read more…
While the NBA, NHL and MLB were confronted with the coronavirus pandemic in March, Overwatch executives had been dealing with the outbreak for two months already. As COVID-19 spread in China, where the league has four teams, and South Korea, where another is located, the U.S.-based esports league drastically altered Read more…