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Risk Management: It All Starts with a Plan

Risk Management: It All Starts with a Plan

Risk management, an essential issue in the sports business and travel industry, is often a subject not fully understood by many because of its complex...

Cheer and Dance: A Snapshot of the Sport

Cheer and Dance: A Snapshot of the Sport

It has been an eventful year for our sport. It’s impossible to summarize all the developments, but it is certainly possible to hit on a few high point...

Publicizing Your Event: Making Good Choices and Avoiding Some Mistakes

Publicizing Your Event: Making Good Choices and Avoiding Some Mistakes

Putting on a great tournament takes work in many different areas and one of those is effective publicity. All too often, though, it can be taken for g...

Keeping Volunteers Engaged

Keeping Volunteers Engaged

All sports events, no matter how big or small, have one important component in common - they need volunteers. It is often said that volunteers are the...

Negotiating with Hotels: In Search of the Win/Win

Negotiating with Hotels: In Search of the Win/Win

As an event owner and as the person who is present and working from start to finish, you’re used to multitasking. You may even be used to dealing with...

Lacrosse Takes the Offensive

Lacrosse Takes the Offensive

Lacrosse started several centuries ago but it’s making up for lost time. By many measures, it continues to be one of the fastest growing sports in the...

Pinch Hitting Princesses? Disney and Double Plays? MiLB Promotion Brings in New...

Pinch Hitting Princesses? Disney and Double Plays? MiLB Promotion Brings in New Demographic

Disney and double-plays? Minor League Baseball, the Genesis of innovative promotions (remember Legalizing Marinara?) has come up with a new one, this ...

Could Baseball and Softball Be Out of the Olympics After 2020?

Could Baseball and Softball Be Out of the Olympics After 2020?

Baseball and softball return to the Olympics in 2020, but it could be a short stay. In fact, neither might be in Paris in 2024. France can propose spo...

New FIBA Rules to Provide More Opportunities for Women’s Hoops Tourneys

New FIBA Rules to Provide More Opportunities for Women’s Hoops Tourneys

Good news for basketball destinations: In an effort to give more teams an opportunity to qualify for the Olympics and World Cup, the International Bas...

A Promising Start, Then Silence. What Happened to Colorado Youth Sports Complex Project?

A Promising Start, Then Silence. What Happened to Colorado Youth Sports Complex Project?

Why would a 490-acre privately funded sports complex project, hyped as the “Disney World of youth sports,” stall out? More importantly, what happens n...