Ethan Ferraro, CJ Clyde, Chris Nodeland( In) The Intersection of the NFL and International Football Games The NFL’ s expansion into international markets presents opportunities and challenges for teams, players, and fans. This presentation examines key issues such as travel fatigue, player safety, and the impact of time zone differences on performance and viewership. It explores logistical hurdles, including venue suitability, competitive disadvantages, and financials. Additionally, fan engagement strategies and tensions with foreign governments will be discussed. Through these topics, we will evaluate whether the NFL’ s international opportunities are sustainable and if a permanent overseas team is a realistic future. The session will provide insights into the league’ s global growth and long-term viability.
Domenic Gerasimowicz, Patrick Talley, Drew Haines( In) Financial Challenges in Independent Baseball Among independent baseball organizations, there is a financial struggle to support themselves at the level of other professional leagues and teams. This has led to a trend of players being unable to support themselves even with taking part-time jobs alongside professionally playing the game they love. This begs the question of how teams can find new ways to grow revenue streams and provide financial support to better the lives of players and keep teams and leagues afloat. Although there are historical trends that new independent teams fail financially, there are teams finding ways to succeed.
Camryn Kinney, Kayla Lelionis, Jon Cimino( In) The financial impact of hosting the Olympics and the solution While hosting the Olympics, cities are often left with debt due to construction costs with expenses ranging from $ 3 billion to $ 50 billion. These facilities and venues may not be fully utilized after the completion of the Olympics, leading to financial losses. Looking at the future Olympics in Los Angeles CA, finding ways to repurposing existing venues, forming public-private partnerships, maximizing long-term use of infrastructure, and increasing revenue through sponsorships and tourism taxes, we would like to provide solutions. Seeking federal funding as an option to help with financing this large, scaled event.
Jake Okon, Travon Mack, Devin Benson( In) The Growing Financial Impact of Injuries on Teams and Leagues The financial impact on teams and leagues for a player’ s injury is continuing to get worse and worse. This could be because of lost revenue because a star isn’ t playing, the rise of player’ s salaries, or maybe medical costs increasing. Injuries have a major impact on the franchise, it can reduce fan engagement, lead to worse team performance, and decrease value all together. Teams now have to invest in rehab for players and even injury prevention programs to keep players healthy. Now, teams and leagues are using data to improve players’ health and keep them performing well.
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