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1. Sports Marketing: A Strategic PerspectiveThird EditionMatthew D. Shank CHAPTER 1
EMERGENCE OF SPORTS MARKETING
2. Understanding the Sports Industry What is sport?
Sport - Source of diversion or physical activity engaged in for pleasure
Sports as Entertainment - Reebok president Robert Meers, “We’ve recognized for several years that sport is part of entertainment. The market now is really sports, fashion and music. We can’t expect to ignore reality and survive.”
3. Growth of the Sports Industry 11th largest of all U.S. industry groups
Nation’s output for sports goods and services estimated at $213-350 billion annually
How do we measure growth in the sports industry?
Growth measured in…..
Attendance Figures
Media Coverage
Employment Figures (4.5 million jobs)
Global Markets
Sports Goods
Sports Information
4. Growth of the Sports Industry The sports industry generates estimates of 213 to 350 billion dollars per year in revenues. As ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen points out, “The games are better, and well the athletes are just amazing and it all happens 24 hours a day. America’s sports fans are insatiable.”
Attendance is increasing:
The NFL experienced a record number of fans in the 2003 season (regular-season total paid attendance of 16,913,584 and the average of 66,328 per game were both all-time records)
The NBA 2003-2004 season also produced a record increase
MLB down 0.4%
NHL continues to decline slighty in attendance (16,591 to 16,533) and popularity
NASCAR continues to increase
Sports Sponsorship Spending Exceeds $9 Billion Mark
New Leagues (AF2, NWFL, NLL, WHA)
5. Growth of Sports Industry Sporting Good Industry
Sports Equipment (17.5 billion)
Exercise equipment
Golf
Guns and Hunting
Recreational Vehicle and Water Scooters (17.9)
Sports Apparel (22.3)
Footwear (9.3)
Collectibles and Memorabilia
1.2 billion at height in 1991 and now stable at 500 million
Sports Information
3.2 circulation of SI
34% use Internet for sports Info
ESPN.com reaches 15 million unique users
6. Growth of Sports Industry Media Coverage is Increasing
200 million people watched NBC coverage of the Summer Olympic Games and 3.7 billion people watched worldwide
ESPN, the original sports-only network launched in 1979, reaches some 76 million homes with its 4900 hours of sports programming and, remarkably, ESPN2 reaches 65 million viewers.
$2.3 billion to secure the broadcast and cable rights for the Olympic Games in 2004, 2006, and 2008 and additional $2.2 billion for 2010 and 2012
Overall for the week, NBC averaged 26.7 million viewers in primetime, more than three times the 7.2 million for second-place CBS. ABC was third with 4.5 million, followed by Fox with 4.4 million.
$2.64 billion paid by NBC and Turner Sports to televise NBA contests, $18 billion paid by the networks for the NFL, $2.5 billion for post season MLB
New sports networks, such as the College Sports Television, Tennis Channel, Blackbelt TV, and the Women’s Sports Network
Internet, satellite stations, and pay-per-view cable television are growing in popularity
7. Opportunities in the Sports Industry: Academics Over 200 Academic Programs in Sports Administration
NKU – 120 Majors and growing
8. Opportunities in the Sports Industry: Careers Upwards of 4.5 million sports-related jobs in sports administration
13 career areas in sport. These include: event suppliers, event management and marketing, sports media, sports sponsorship, athlete services, sports commissions, sports lawyers, manufacturers and distribution, facilities and facility suppliers, teams, leagues, college athletics, and finance
Marketing & Public Relations
Professional Sports
Intercollegiate Sports
Youth Sports
Olympic Sports Organizations
Regional and National Sport Commissions
Amateur Sports
Corporate Sports Marketing
Sports Marketing Firms
Licensing Firms
9. What is Sports Marketing? Sports Marketing - The specific application of marketing principles and processes to sports products and to the marketing of non-sports products through association with sport.
10. Simplified Model of the Consumer-Supplier Relationship in the Sports Industry
11. Classification of Sports Spectators
12. Classification of Sports Participants Unorganized Sports Participants
Organized Sports Participants Amateur
Youth Recreational Instructional
Youth Recreational Elite
Schools
Intercollegiate
Professional
Minor/Secondary
Major
13. The Sports Product Sports Product - A good, service, or any combination of the two that is designed to provide benefits to a sports spectator, participant, or sponsor.
14. Types of Sports Products Sporting Events
Athletes
Arenas/Stadia
Sporting Goods
$60.2 billion industry comprised of four segments (equipment, transportation, apparel, and footwear)
Collectibles and Memorabilia
Sports Training
Fitness and Health Services
Sports Camps and Instruction
Sports Information
Newspapers, Internet, Magazines, Radio, etc.
15. The Sports Product Map
16. The Sports Marketing Exchange Process