On many topics, but mostly marketing and sports business

Video Production for TV AND Online

2007-09-26T19:49:00.000-05:00

In a posted respone to Alan Schulman's article Broadband Tips For The Traditionally Lazy, I believe there are two critical, though mutually exclusive, things that have to happen for traditional and interactive video production to merge:First, you need creatives (or marketers/strategists/account managers) in traditional agencies to have interactive experience to not only "get" the space, but to

The value of playing for your country

2007-08-30T20:48:00.000-05:00

It's a shame in sport when you hear players choose not to go play for their country when asked, or clubs/franchises not allowing for it. Aside from the decision not to play being a personal choice, the media typically sites that it's due to contract issues. I think agents, players, and their clubs/franchises need to build in options to make this decision easier. Playing for your country is an

Lack of Competitiveness in Sports Leagues

2007-06-22T12:31:00.000-05:00

This is from a discussion with my friends on the problems a sports league faces when they lack competitiveness (that is, non-salary cap leagues where a few teams have, and put in, significant more financial muscle to win), and what they can do about it:The lack of competitiveness in sports arises when one or a few teams can out-finance their competition. The size, type of the league, or even the

Why fear the Internet?

2007-06-04T17:35:00.000-05:00

Last week I came accross the following description of the Internet:"[The Internet] has extremely low entry barriers for individuals. It is the most interactive medium in history and the one with the greatest potential for connecting individuals to one another and to a universe of knowledge. It's a platform for pursuing the truth, and the decentralized creation and distribution of ideas, in the

Introduction - supplement

2007-06-01T16:43:00.000-05:00

And you know how I was worried about blogging taking up too much time? My first post took me about 3 hours when you add in going back to edit and taking some breaks to get other things done... Hopefully this will get easier and I'll worry less about how "formal" its, though I am a bit detail oriented... We'll see i guess.

Introduction

2007-06-01T15:47:00.002-05:00

Welcome to my thoughts, ideas, conversations, and interesting snippets from readings. I'm starting this blog because of two main reasons. The first reason is because I like to read periodicals and business/industry information and I seem to find a lot of cool and interesting things out there that I want to keep and share with others. Similarly, from time to time I seem to have some insightful