Did You Do the Readings?
What tracking company was leveraged for the NHL Big City Greens Classic and did Katie used to run Global Baseball Strategy for from 2023-2024?
Hawk-Eye
Bill Belichick
List three things you can negotiate for in a job offer.
Base Salary, Start Date, Moving Expenses, Title, Vacation days, Signing Bonus, Phone Allowance, End of Year Bonus, 6 Month Merit Increase
True/False. Summer Horowitz, ESPN's Manager of Corporate Strategy shared that ESPN is not invested in broadcasting women's sports.
False!
What is dynamic ticket pricing?
Adjusting the price of a ticket based on the date, opponent, or start time.
Increased engagement and viewership, taxable revenue, sponsorship revenue from official betting partners.
7 time Olympic gold medalist in women's gymnastics
Simone Biles
What is BATNA?
Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement
In Module 2 Jason Bernard of MLB shared with us that WAR is an advanced metric used in baseball front offices. What does it stand for?
Wins above replacement
Define a KPI and list what one or two might be for the business side of a front office.
Key Performance Indicator. Ticket sales, concession sales, merchandise purchases, labor.
What luxury company was the biggest sponsor of the Paris Olympics?
LVMH/Louis Vuitton
Captains both MLS team Inter Miami and the Argentina national team
Lionel Messi
If Sidra is willing to accept 15 paid vacation days and United is willing to offer her 20, what is their ZOPA?
Between 15-20 days of paid vacation
Jason Hashimoto, our guest speaker in Module 4, held what role with the White Sox studying the movement patterns of hitters and pitchers?
Biomechanist
In recent years, many stadiums have introduced ______ payment where you can walk into a store in the United Center, pick up a bottle of water walk out without needing to make the transaction with a cashier.
Contactless
Curt Flood
2021, 2022, 2023 AL MVP and 2024 NL MVP
Shohei Ohtani
What is the anchoring effect?
Noah Evangelides, the Chargers Football Analyst, shared that this metric (EPA) helps him advice head coach Jim Harbaugh on what plays to call.
Expected points added
Why did Netflix sign a $5 billion deal with the WWE for the next decade?
To draw in a new audience and litmus test its live sports infrastructure for future partnerships.
A balance sheet includes the following equation:
Assets = X + Owners’ equity
What is X?
Liabilities
Former GM of the Red Sox and Cubs. Won World Series with Boston in 2004, 2007 and Chicago in 2016.
Theo Epstein
When is something a concession?
When the other side knows that you are giving something up.
Peter Amalbert has worked with many technologies in Player Development with the Red Sox and Mets. Can you list two of them?
Hawk-Eye, Rapsodo, Blast, Edgertronic, Trackman, K-Vest, Force plates
What is the difference between local and national sports broadcasting rights among the leagues?
The NFL only sells national TV broadcast and video streaming rights for its regular and postseason games. The NBA, NHL, and MLB sell national TV and video streaming rights fees but the leagues also allow each team to sell local broadcasting rights for their market.