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Are Homeschooled Students and Teams the New Market for Event Owners?

Are Homeschooled Students and Teams the New Market for Event Owners?

Some obvious takeaways from recent developments in Texas: The first is that contacting your state lawmakers works. But the second is something event o...

Livestreaming Youth Sports Could Become Big Business

Livestreaming Youth Sports Could Become Big Business

As TV coverage of youth sports dips (with the exception of international championships like the Little League World Series), event owners are turning ...

City Considers Banning Unvaccinated Kids from Youth Sports

City Considers Banning Unvaccinated Kids from Youth Sports

Well, this idea is spreading like, oh, the measles. But maybe this time, that’s a good thing. At least one New Jersey city is considering prohibiting ...

Sports Turf Expert: Don’t Burn Your Fields to Dry Them

Sports Turf Expert: Don’t Burn Your Fields to Dry Them

It certainly made headlines: the high school coach who tried to dry his wet field by dousing parts of it with gasoline and dropping a match. Other sch...

New NCAA Plan Has Huge Ramifications for Sports Business

New NCAA Plan Has Huge Ramifications for Sports Business

While it doesn’t spell it out, the NCAA’s strategic plan to improve its women’s basketball program in all three divisions isn’t something the organiza...

Lack of Transparency at the Parks Level Lands Clearwater in Hot Water

Lack of Transparency at the Parks Level Lands Clearwater in Hot Water

Clearwater is in hot water. Following the revelation that the special events division of its parks and recreation department hadn’t tracked income and...

On the Eve of the Anniversary of the Negro League, Time to Plan Tie-Ins

On the Eve of the Anniversary of the Negro League, Time to Plan Tie-Ins

As MLB regular season gets underway, it does so knowing that next spring, 2020, brings with it a special anniversary: that of the inception of Negro L...

A New Health Concern for Event Owners: ‘The CrossFit Disease’

A New Health Concern for Event Owners: ‘The CrossFit Disease’

Event owners – who already know the importance of following concussion protocols and who are already on edge about unvaccinated athletes – now have an...

Game of Drones: Stadium Regulations are Coming

Game of Drones: Stadium Regulations are Coming

Drones continue to create a buzz (and not always a good one) in cities with high-profile sports teams. Now, Homeland Security is involved, along with ...

As Stadiums Go Cashless, Fans Need to Make Adjustments

As Stadiums Go Cashless, Fans Need to Make Adjustments

First, airlines stopped accepting cash for inflight drinks in an attempt to expedite service. Now, stadiums are considering doing the same. Is it an i...