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Lorenzo Fertitta and Dana White among the top '50 Most Influential People In Sports Business' for 2011
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has two of its highest-ranking executives rated among the top "50 Most Influential People In Sports Business" for 2011, according to the Sports Business Journal. Coming in at number 41, Chairman Lorenzo Fertitta and President Dana White make the list for their...
Sports Business Journal On Pac-12 TV Rights: Market 'As Hot As I've Ever Seen'
John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal joined Ty Hildenbrandt and Dan Rubenstein this week on one of my favorite podcasts, The Solid Verbal. The topic du jour, of course, was the Pac-12 media rights negotiations. When you hear numbers like $300 million being tossed around by Pac-12 commissioner...
No One in MMA Makes 50 Most Influential in Sports Business List
I won't say it's routine, but I often hear more than I'm comfortable with the idea that what Dana White and the Fertittas accomplished with the UFC sports property "will be taught in business schools" for some time. Honestly, it's very difficult to think of a more hardcore delusion than this. One...
Sports Business Journal: MMA Fans Skew Young, Wealthy
Sports Business Daily reports on an extensive survey done by Scarborough Sports Marketing (subscription required and recommended): Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is attracting young, wealthy, high-tech consumers, according to Scarborough Sports Marketing's first-ever look at the sport. MMA fans are...
Report: Wells Fargo Will Remove Name from PGA Tour Event
Sal Johnson at Golf Observer communicated with me that he is hearing that Wells Fargo has requested to have the Wachovia name taken off of the presently-titled Wachovia Championship in May. The Sports Business Daily broke the story just 15 minutes ago, around 11:30. Now we have the details from...
Quick Hits for Tuesday Morning
The rumor mill is churning and the Hurricanes are involved. The Toronto Sun is reporting that Carolina is trying to dump salary and that the team is supposedly making Frank Kaberle, Patrick Eaves, and Joe Corvo available. The Fourth Period is reporting the same story, but they are quoting the...
UFC Cementing Place as Industry Leader
A recent article in the Sports Business Journal emphasizes how the UFC continues to build on its success while many would-be competitors are struggling to survive. Notable excerpt: Zuffa LLC, the UFC’s parent company, says it is turning a profit on $300 million in annual revenue....
PGA Tour Sponsor Issues Grow
In Tim Finchem's interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, he hinted that the PGA Tour will not be immune from the financial crisis and global economic downturn. Duh. Now, we get some more specifics courtesy of Sports Biz Journal's Jon Show. And the sponsors discussed are big...
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