Is gender the key to writing sport interviews of athletes and coaches? There are still some professional athlete with an prehistoric mind set that women are not allowed in the holly grail of post game interviews, the locker-room.
As a whole, female reporters have been given a difficult time when entering not just the locker-room, but also the practice field. The more attractive the women the less attention they receive as the sport reporter. Females are asked to meet for exclusive or boldly requesting that the female reporter join them for an evening out on the town. Since when is the job description of any reporter, dating!
Women and the Jets!
In recent years no franchise has been on the defense more than the New York Jets, of course the owner of the team put out a press conference apologizing for the misconduct of their soon to be hall of fame player, Brett Favre. Favre allegedly sent cell-phone pictures of his private parts masturbating, to a female reporter that he met during the Jets 2008 preseason.
If that was not enough, in September 2010 reporter Ines Sainz of the TV Azteca in Mexico was in town to interview quarterback Mark Sanchez. During the interview there were reports of sexual harassment from other players and coaches from the Jets organization.
Males flirting with females are nothing new, in fact most of us would consider it normal, however when professionals are at work there is a certain manner we are expected to conduct ourselves. Take for example the Rampage Jackson interview listed below.
In todays corporate human resource departments have several sentivity courses for managers on sexual harrasment, race and gay conduct. I think it’s time for american sport franchises incorporate these policy for female reporters in the locker-room. After all gender have no barring on the words listed on the page of a newspaper.
http://theothermccain.com/2010/08/08/female-reporter-claims-brett-favre-sent-her-photos-of-himself-masturbating/
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-09-13/sports/27075155_1_jets-fans-rex-ryan-jets-organization
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
NBA new union agreement
2011 National Basketball Association Labor Dispute
At the end of the NBA 2010-2011 season was the labor dispute between the NBA team owners represented by David Stern and the National Basketball Players Union, lead by Billy Hunter and Derrick Fisher. The two side were not in agreement with several issues listed in the collective bargaining agreement and the owners wanted to take this opportunity and revise the union-management agreement that was in place.
Until a new agreement was reached, the NBA owners locked the players out of the corporate location and pervented players from working. A complete stoppage until a new agreement could be reached. At issue was the revenue share of the NBA revenue from TV, cable rights and merchandise. This was a complete interruption of employer's service and employee revenue.
Due to unfavorable negotiations on both sides, the players filed antitrust action against owners and were at the brink of disbanding the union. As both sides continue to negotiate to no avail, there was the potential of the 2011-2012 season being cancelled. Players agents negotiated contracts to play in other countries giving the players the options to return to the NBA once a tentative deal was reached and the new CBA was ratified.
Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
The CBA is a agreement between employers and employees regulating work conditions. In the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement includes, but is not limited to basketball related income shared percentage, length of time or expiration date between the current and new agreement, minimum team salary and free agents and restricted free agency. There are winners and lossers in each of the cases, none the less the NBA as a league is the clear winner. Both sides are allowed to share in the fruits and labor of the long and gruley process of improving the terms of the CBA so that it will benefit all parties.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/14/nba-lockout-players-reject-offer-disband-union-antitrust_n_1092994.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/sam_amick/10/29/nba-labor-proposals/index.html
At the end of the NBA 2010-2011 season was the labor dispute between the NBA team owners represented by David Stern and the National Basketball Players Union, lead by Billy Hunter and Derrick Fisher. The two side were not in agreement with several issues listed in the collective bargaining agreement and the owners wanted to take this opportunity and revise the union-management agreement that was in place.
Until a new agreement was reached, the NBA owners locked the players out of the corporate location and pervented players from working. A complete stoppage until a new agreement could be reached. At issue was the revenue share of the NBA revenue from TV, cable rights and merchandise. This was a complete interruption of employer's service and employee revenue.
Due to unfavorable negotiations on both sides, the players filed antitrust action against owners and were at the brink of disbanding the union. As both sides continue to negotiate to no avail, there was the potential of the 2011-2012 season being cancelled. Players agents negotiated contracts to play in other countries giving the players the options to return to the NBA once a tentative deal was reached and the new CBA was ratified.
Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
The CBA is a agreement between employers and employees regulating work conditions. In the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement includes, but is not limited to basketball related income shared percentage, length of time or expiration date between the current and new agreement, minimum team salary and free agents and restricted free agency. There are winners and lossers in each of the cases, none the less the NBA as a league is the clear winner. Both sides are allowed to share in the fruits and labor of the long and gruley process of improving the terms of the CBA so that it will benefit all parties.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/14/nba-lockout-players-reject-offer-disband-union-antitrust_n_1092994.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/sam_amick/10/29/nba-labor-proposals/index.html
Sunday, March 4, 2012
The NCAA Licensing Lawsuits
The NCAA is being suied by former student athletes, lead by Ed O’Bannon for not requesting permission to use the former student-athletes images and likenesses. According to Ed’s attorneys, the NCAA is profiting about $4 billion a year of sales of DVD, video games, books and poster of past performances. The federal district court is reviewing the case to determine if it qualify for class action against the NCAA. What’s at stake is the profit sharing with former student-athletes whom images have been violated and the NCAA paying them compensation.
NCAA Licensing Agreement
Currently, the NCAA is requiring Universities to include with their scholorships, licensing agreement giving the university and the NCAA the right to use the player’s “name or likeness in merchandise or advertising for fee or royalty”. Are parents selling their kids future royalties?
http://www.amazon.com/1995-NCAA-Division-Basketball-Championship/dp/B000NPP9IU/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1250702774&sr=8-7
Oscar Roberson
http://thesportdigest.com/2011/01/oscar-roberson-and-ncaa-the-big-o-says-no/
NBA Hall of famer and NCAA All-American, Oscar Robertson announced joining the class action suit as a plaintiff. The Big “O” blame the NCAA for intellectual property and anti-trust violations, by using his signature, image and name in cards and video games without compensating him.
Michael Jordan Sues Qiaodan Sports
http://www.ipbrief.net/2012/02/28/michael-jordan-sues-qiaodan-sports-to-reclaim-his-name/
Michael Jordan Sues Republic of China company for trademark infringement of his name and image without permission from him or Nike, Inc., which owns the name and identity. For years Qiaodan Sports have been using Michael Jordan’s trademarks, photo’s, “Jumpman” logo and other commercial products for profits.
Conclusion
A issue that comes to mind is should the NCAA be allowed to own the rights and profit from all former student-athletes images, names, television broadcasts, DVD’s and video games without compensating the athletes.
In my opinion, the NCAA is illegally profiting from former student-athletes, in the same maner that Qiaodan sports are infringing on Michael Jordan’s trademarks. Monies are being earned by the NCAA from older student-athletes performances without paying the former athletes. Past games are licensed by the NCAA and being sold on Amazon and other outlets. No additional scholarships are offered as compensation. Fans are purchasing DVD’s and video’s games with the former players identical likeness, uniform and number, not because it say property of the NCAA. If Ed O’Bannon’s attorneys are correct and the NCAA merchandising profit is $4 billion a year, the NCAA can offer licensing agreements for all former student athletes whose images are used.
NCAA Licensing Agreement
Currently, the NCAA is requiring Universities to include with their scholorships, licensing agreement giving the university and the NCAA the right to use the player’s “name or likeness in merchandise or advertising for fee or royalty”. Are parents selling their kids future royalties?
http://www.amazon.com/1995-NCAA-Division-Basketball-Championship/dp/B000NPP9IU/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1250702774&sr=8-7
Oscar Roberson
http://thesportdigest.com/2011/01/oscar-roberson-and-ncaa-the-big-o-says-no/
NBA Hall of famer and NCAA All-American, Oscar Robertson announced joining the class action suit as a plaintiff. The Big “O” blame the NCAA for intellectual property and anti-trust violations, by using his signature, image and name in cards and video games without compensating him.
Michael Jordan Sues Qiaodan Sports
http://www.ipbrief.net/2012/02/28/michael-jordan-sues-qiaodan-sports-to-reclaim-his-name/
Michael Jordan Sues Republic of China company for trademark infringement of his name and image without permission from him or Nike, Inc., which owns the name and identity. For years Qiaodan Sports have been using Michael Jordan’s trademarks, photo’s, “Jumpman” logo and other commercial products for profits.
Conclusion
A issue that comes to mind is should the NCAA be allowed to own the rights and profit from all former student-athletes images, names, television broadcasts, DVD’s and video games without compensating the athletes.
In my opinion, the NCAA is illegally profiting from former student-athletes, in the same maner that Qiaodan sports are infringing on Michael Jordan’s trademarks. Monies are being earned by the NCAA from older student-athletes performances without paying the former athletes. Past games are licensed by the NCAA and being sold on Amazon and other outlets. No additional scholarships are offered as compensation. Fans are purchasing DVD’s and video’s games with the former players identical likeness, uniform and number, not because it say property of the NCAA. If Ed O’Bannon’s attorneys are correct and the NCAA merchandising profit is $4 billion a year, the NCAA can offer licensing agreements for all former student athletes whose images are used.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Increase revenue on that old arena
Fan Attraction
The article, “Sports Still Draw Fans Despite Recession” shows the importants of the fabric of sports in America. In my humble opinion, the reason most fans are drawn to the traditional sport of football, baseball and basketball can be summerized into one word, reminisce. Former players, parents and friends are allowed to bond and reminisce once again of the days of family members dead and alive participating and representing their schools, town or state for that championship season and the great old days of glory.
When we consisder the economy of sports and weather we have reached a recession in sport and how do we turn it around. We only need to return to basic. Support our local sport teams and players. It’s our local hero’s that motivate us to watch and see if the current athlete can duplicate what our childhood idols have engraved into our hearts and mind. Is that player making us stand to our feet with reverence and admiration, do they give their all and leave it on the field or court. Sports in america, is what oprea is in europe. It’s the moment that allows us all to escape our everyday life worries of bills, health care and political belief.
For that time we are fans, cheering as one for the same team and players. We all have our stories of how and when we first saw that player and knew he or she would be the anointed one. How many of us remember Michael Jordan making the winning jumper at the Louisiana Superdome in 1982. Did we know he would become the Hall of Fame superstar he is today. What about the time that Magic Johnson carried the 1996 Olympic flame into the Atlanta Stadium just before Mohammd Ali lit the torch.
What about the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” in Lake Placid, New York. When the USA ice hockey team beat the USSR for the gold medal and Al Michaels saying “Do you believe in Miracles”. Weather a hockey fan or not we were all americans standing up and cheering our college boys of winter ice. As you consisder the arenas over the year that have been witness to one great event or another, it’s that passion for our sports that allow us to continue to renovate or build new arena’s for the next generations to witness the next great sport event of there time.
Increase Profit
Since we understand why it’s important to have sporting arena’s we need to make them more economically viable to the times. My recommendation is to create arena diversity or a muilt-purpose arena that will be used for more than just the purpose of one team. In Los Angeles, the Staples Arena is used for the home games of the Lakers, Clippers, Kings, music concerts, Disney on ice, etc. The Staple Arena has corporate suites, private and public restaurants alone with a store that license local team merchandise.
All arena’s are over size apartment buildings that need tenants to occupy the rental space for monthly revenue and annual profits. If we limit the days unoccupied we can maximize the profits from concessions, license merchandising, arena parking and other goods and services.
Where there are limited major professional sporting teams in the market, offer a co-occupy agreement with college or high school organizations and conferences. For example, the Louisiana Superdome is the home of the annual Suger Bowl, the Bayou Classic and the Louisiana mens and ladies state football and basketball divisional championship games.
Local, regional and national sponsorship is always appealing when you have a full house to advertise and market too. Live sport blog revenue from live games are a way to include national audiances.
TV, Cable and paid for TV can also be obtained when you maximize the arena attendence.
Revenue can only be obtained by filling the arena. A empty arena or unoccupied arena can only bring more expense with maintence and up keep.
http://www.thesportjournal.org/article/economic-values-professional-sport-franchises-united-states
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2009-04-01-marketing-cover_N.htm
The article, “Sports Still Draw Fans Despite Recession” shows the importants of the fabric of sports in America. In my humble opinion, the reason most fans are drawn to the traditional sport of football, baseball and basketball can be summerized into one word, reminisce. Former players, parents and friends are allowed to bond and reminisce once again of the days of family members dead and alive participating and representing their schools, town or state for that championship season and the great old days of glory.
When we consisder the economy of sports and weather we have reached a recession in sport and how do we turn it around. We only need to return to basic. Support our local sport teams and players. It’s our local hero’s that motivate us to watch and see if the current athlete can duplicate what our childhood idols have engraved into our hearts and mind. Is that player making us stand to our feet with reverence and admiration, do they give their all and leave it on the field or court. Sports in america, is what oprea is in europe. It’s the moment that allows us all to escape our everyday life worries of bills, health care and political belief.
For that time we are fans, cheering as one for the same team and players. We all have our stories of how and when we first saw that player and knew he or she would be the anointed one. How many of us remember Michael Jordan making the winning jumper at the Louisiana Superdome in 1982. Did we know he would become the Hall of Fame superstar he is today. What about the time that Magic Johnson carried the 1996 Olympic flame into the Atlanta Stadium just before Mohammd Ali lit the torch.
What about the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” in Lake Placid, New York. When the USA ice hockey team beat the USSR for the gold medal and Al Michaels saying “Do you believe in Miracles”. Weather a hockey fan or not we were all americans standing up and cheering our college boys of winter ice. As you consisder the arenas over the year that have been witness to one great event or another, it’s that passion for our sports that allow us to continue to renovate or build new arena’s for the next generations to witness the next great sport event of there time.
Increase Profit
Since we understand why it’s important to have sporting arena’s we need to make them more economically viable to the times. My recommendation is to create arena diversity or a muilt-purpose arena that will be used for more than just the purpose of one team. In Los Angeles, the Staples Arena is used for the home games of the Lakers, Clippers, Kings, music concerts, Disney on ice, etc. The Staple Arena has corporate suites, private and public restaurants alone with a store that license local team merchandise.
All arena’s are over size apartment buildings that need tenants to occupy the rental space for monthly revenue and annual profits. If we limit the days unoccupied we can maximize the profits from concessions, license merchandising, arena parking and other goods and services.
Where there are limited major professional sporting teams in the market, offer a co-occupy agreement with college or high school organizations and conferences. For example, the Louisiana Superdome is the home of the annual Suger Bowl, the Bayou Classic and the Louisiana mens and ladies state football and basketball divisional championship games.
Local, regional and national sponsorship is always appealing when you have a full house to advertise and market too. Live sport blog revenue from live games are a way to include national audiances.
TV, Cable and paid for TV can also be obtained when you maximize the arena attendence.
Revenue can only be obtained by filling the arena. A empty arena or unoccupied arena can only bring more expense with maintence and up keep.
http://www.thesportjournal.org/article/economic-values-professional-sport-franchises-united-states
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2009-04-01-marketing-cover_N.htm
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Fantasy Football, the new business in sports
In the decade of cyber space and internet host websites, there can leave no doubt that the passion for fanasty football is the biggest new sports business in america. With over 1 billion dollars in revenue, over 27 million participants in the US and Canada, from celebrities, former professional athletes and the regular joe or joyce that have the obsession for fanasty football are actively participating in the league today.
The humble beginning’s of fantasy football league was formed by Oakland Raiders limited partner, Wilfred Winkenbach, Raiders team managers and sports journalists in 1962. Over the years various leagues and team drafts have taken it’s own shape and form. By the late 1980’s the fantasy football league’s grew to more than 100 thousand participants meeting in local bars and resturants in america.
The platform of today’s fantasy football league was launched into orbit in 1997 when internet sites like SportsLine offered a 24/7 talk show of fantasy football. It allowed passionate participants to voice there opinion’s of drafts, trades and game plans from week to week. Now, with the purchase of SportsLine by CBS and the launch of competitors fantasy football website, their’s estimated more than 36 million people currently participating.
Fantasy football has become so popular that Las Vegas casinos have gotten into the action by hosting fantasy football annual drafts, offering the in-game betting and advertising a prize pool of $2 million, with the winner walking away with $300,000. Like the actual NFL games, Las Vegas have pre-game and halftime entertainment. Last year the Palms enlisted the performance of Snoop Dog Dog for “2700 VIP fantasy football owners attending special events surrounding their draft party weekend”.
The growth is so overwhelming that, Yahoo have set up a dedicated web platform that offers various game format, play calling and real time broadcasting with statistical analysis of the football coverage of players. Yahoo is the largest single-source provider and collects revenue form entry fees, advertising and technolgy upgrades.
Fantasy football is apporching 50 years old and only 10 years of cyber platform. The industry boost of annual revenue between, $1-2 billion dollars and growing. The league have incorporated rules set up by the “Fantasy Sports Trade Association”. An equilient of the NBA, NFL, NHL and Major league baseball commissors. It has the star power, the passion and a world wide audience, all equal to a formula for growing success.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fantasy-footballs-1-billion-a-221105
http://news.yahoo.com/fantasy-football-big-revenue-generator-las-vegas-225000945.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/201804513
The humble beginning’s of fantasy football league was formed by Oakland Raiders limited partner, Wilfred Winkenbach, Raiders team managers and sports journalists in 1962. Over the years various leagues and team drafts have taken it’s own shape and form. By the late 1980’s the fantasy football league’s grew to more than 100 thousand participants meeting in local bars and resturants in america.
The platform of today’s fantasy football league was launched into orbit in 1997 when internet sites like SportsLine offered a 24/7 talk show of fantasy football. It allowed passionate participants to voice there opinion’s of drafts, trades and game plans from week to week. Now, with the purchase of SportsLine by CBS and the launch of competitors fantasy football website, their’s estimated more than 36 million people currently participating.
Fantasy football has become so popular that Las Vegas casinos have gotten into the action by hosting fantasy football annual drafts, offering the in-game betting and advertising a prize pool of $2 million, with the winner walking away with $300,000. Like the actual NFL games, Las Vegas have pre-game and halftime entertainment. Last year the Palms enlisted the performance of Snoop Dog Dog for “2700 VIP fantasy football owners attending special events surrounding their draft party weekend”.
The growth is so overwhelming that, Yahoo have set up a dedicated web platform that offers various game format, play calling and real time broadcasting with statistical analysis of the football coverage of players. Yahoo is the largest single-source provider and collects revenue form entry fees, advertising and technolgy upgrades.
Fantasy football is apporching 50 years old and only 10 years of cyber platform. The industry boost of annual revenue between, $1-2 billion dollars and growing. The league have incorporated rules set up by the “Fantasy Sports Trade Association”. An equilient of the NBA, NFL, NHL and Major league baseball commissors. It has the star power, the passion and a world wide audience, all equal to a formula for growing success.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fantasy-footballs-1-billion-a-221105
http://news.yahoo.com/fantasy-football-big-revenue-generator-las-vegas-225000945.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/201804513
Sunday, January 22, 2012
DeForest Mapp: Building on Mutual Benefit
As a trained musician, actor, director and producer, Mr. Deforest Mapp has managed to enhance his professional entertainment career by reinventing himself and creating solid common relationship that offers a mutual benefit for all parties involved.
As I embraced his words, I could not help but to think, Deforest is completely confidence of his ability of creating value in art. Deforest has learned a long time ago that studios treat art solely as a commodity for marketing and promotion. His value as an actor is determined on the previous ticket sales of his last film. However, he as a person loves to be in front of the camera and could not relate to the ideal of someone else deciding his future in acting. Consumed with auditions and perfecting his craft, someone adviced him to seek directing and producing. Shortly after receiving this advice he enrolled in film director and producer boot camp. His dilemma, is which to chose, so he embraced mutual benefit.
Deforest ideal was to brand himself as a triple threat entertainer that works in front and behind the scenes. Triple threat may sound peculiar but very necessary to continue this path called art. In 2003, Warner Brothers Studios contracted Deforest for various projects as a producer. Arraying himself with the skills that would grab the attention of investors, Deforest casted, directed and produced short films, reality television and feature films that made investors pleased with there mutual arrangement.
He continued to share his wisdom of black Hollywood and the best way to keep oneself relevant and attractive to investors that are prepared to offer agreements that make both sides happy. He smiled at the ideal of both sides making money and generating a mutual benefit. After all it’s about making money first and art second. The exception to the rule is becoming your own executive producer or investor. The moral of the story, keep you relevant by being skillfully versatile in the world of entertainment.
As I embraced his words, I could not help but to think, Deforest is completely confidence of his ability of creating value in art. Deforest has learned a long time ago that studios treat art solely as a commodity for marketing and promotion. His value as an actor is determined on the previous ticket sales of his last film. However, he as a person loves to be in front of the camera and could not relate to the ideal of someone else deciding his future in acting. Consumed with auditions and perfecting his craft, someone adviced him to seek directing and producing. Shortly after receiving this advice he enrolled in film director and producer boot camp. His dilemma, is which to chose, so he embraced mutual benefit.
Deforest ideal was to brand himself as a triple threat entertainer that works in front and behind the scenes. Triple threat may sound peculiar but very necessary to continue this path called art. In 2003, Warner Brothers Studios contracted Deforest for various projects as a producer. Arraying himself with the skills that would grab the attention of investors, Deforest casted, directed and produced short films, reality television and feature films that made investors pleased with there mutual arrangement.
He continued to share his wisdom of black Hollywood and the best way to keep oneself relevant and attractive to investors that are prepared to offer agreements that make both sides happy. He smiled at the ideal of both sides making money and generating a mutual benefit. After all it’s about making money first and art second. The exception to the rule is becoming your own executive producer or investor. The moral of the story, keep you relevant by being skillfully versatile in the world of entertainment.
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