Category Archives: Sports

2022 NBA Draft Tiers

Tier 1: Elite PotentialChet HolmgrenJaden IveyJabari SmithPaolo Branchero Tier 2: All-Star PotentialAJ GriffinShaedon SharpeDyson DanielsBenedict MathurinJohnny DavisJalen DurenNikola Jovic Tier 3: StarterKeegan MurrayMark WilliamsOchai AgbajiJeremy SochanJaden HardyMalaki BranhamJaylin WilliamsCaleb Houston Tier 4: Rotation PlayerTari EasonTyTy WashingtonJalen WilliamsWalker KesslerBrady ManekEJ LiddellChristian BraunWendell MooreDavid ROddy Tier 5: High UpsideBlake WesleyOusmane DiengMarJon BeauchampMax ChristieKennedy ChandlerKendall BrownTrevor Keels TierContinue reading “2022 NBA Draft Tiers”

2022 NBA Draft Big Board – Top 100

Paolo Branchero, 6-10, F/C, Duke Chet Holmgren, 7-0, F/C, Gonzaga Jabari Smith, 6-10, F/C, Auburn Jaden Ivey, 6-4, G, Purdue Keegan Murray, 6-8, F, Iowa Johnny Davis, 6-5, SG, Wisconsin Dyson Daniels, 6-7, G, Australia Shaedon Sharpe, 6-5, SG, Kentucky Bennedict Mathurin, 6-6, G/F, Arizona Jalen Duren, 6-11, F/C, Memphis AJ Griffin, 6-6, F, DukeContinue reading “2022 NBA Draft Big Board – Top 100”

Examining Public and Private Funding of Sports Facilities and Events

In this article, I will imagine being the owner of the National Football League’s (NFL) Oakland Raiders. In this simulation, I will be appealing to Oakland city officials to justify public subsidization of a new facility. As part of my argument, I will address how a new football stadium benefits the community, both structurally andContinue reading “Examining Public and Private Funding of Sports Facilities and Events”

NCAA Athletic Department Economic Impact Analysis

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7108762 An economic impact analysis is a methodology that examines the effect of an event on the economy in a specific area (Pleeter, 1980). This event that is being analyzed can be anything from a new tax, a new building, or a new business moving into a community. In sports management studies, economic impactContinue reading “NCAA Athletic Department Economic Impact Analysis”

Financial Trends in the Sports Industry

Analyzing Financial Trends in the Sports Industry Sport participation has grown at an impressive and steady rate since the 1980s (Hums & MacLean, 2018). Likewise, big time professional and collegiate athletics continue to sign record-setting broadcast deals and generate more revenue each season. In this paper, I have analyzed economic trends and financial challenges isContinue reading “Financial Trends in the Sports Industry”

Methods of Sport Sponsorship

On Friday, November 26, I traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, to watch the Duke University Blue Devils play against the Gonzaga University Bulldogs. In a matchup of two of the top-ranked teams in the nation, in front of over 20,000 fans in attendance and millions more watching at home and online, Duke won by aContinue reading “Methods of Sport Sponsorship”

What Might’ve Been: Budgetary Alternatives for the Seattle SuperSonics

John Finkel’s 2020 novel “Hoops Heist” details the Seattle Supersonics’ dramatic relocation to Oklahoma City. Being from the Pacific Northwest, I have always been particularly interested in how and why the Sonics left a supportive fanbase, especially as they were on the brink of stardom with young pieces like Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, and SergeContinue reading “What Might’ve Been: Budgetary Alternatives for the Seattle SuperSonics”

Counseling An Increasingly Diverse Body of Student-Athletes

Student-athlete counselors are essential to the intercollegiate athletic experience for student-athletes, as academic athletic values have been found to be mutually reinforcing (Simon, 2008). Because of the mutually beneficial relationship that athletics and academics boast for many student-athletes, competent and effective counseling for student-athletes is essential to ensure the success of student-athletes, who have demandingContinue reading “Counseling An Increasingly Diverse Body of Student-Athletes”