Background As someone who grew up playing football, watching football on Saturdays and Sundays, and is a regular fantasy football participant, I’ve been only experienced football as a player and fan. I’ve never gotten the opportunity to experience what it is like to experience football from the business perspective. However, over this past summer, I… Read more »
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How Media Presence Can Drive Sponsorship Success
by Brianna Stopher, graduate student Introduction In professional sports, success isn’t just measured on the scoreboard—it’s also built in the conversations happening off the court. For Indy Ignite Volleyball, a professional women’s team based in Indianapolis, the story of their growth is being told in local headlines, digital features, and community buzz. Over the past… Read more »
Every Second Matters: How Analytics in Motorsports Can Find Time on Pit Road
by Nathan Ensley, graduate student The green flag waves. The engines roar. And the chase begins. The difference between victory and defeat is measured in thousandths of a second, and teams do everything to close that gap. In the motorsports world, innovation is key. The innovators in this field have long been the engineers. Engineers… Read more »
Capstone Students Pitch Exciting Fan Experiences to Pacers
Throughout Spring 2025, our Tourism, Event, and Sport Management capstone class (TESM-S 432) partnered with Pacers Sports & Entertainment to enhance the fan experience at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Our specific focus was analyzing entry times and pre-game experiences, from two hours before tipoff through the start of Indiana Pacers games in an effort to get fans… Read more »
Paris with the Pacers: Teaching and Learning about Sport and Tourism on the Road
by Geoffre Sherman, lecturer of sport management It’s been right around a month now since I was blessed to have had the experience of traveling to Paris, France with the Indiana Pacers for a week in January. What an amazing week it was!
Sports Innovation Podcast: High-Impact Practices in Higher Education – Capstone
by The SII Team As part of an initiative undertaken by the IU Indianapolis Institute for Engaged Learning, the Sports Innovation Podcast developed a special episode focused on High-Impact Practices in Higher Education. Department of TESM chair Dr. David Pierce and Right Hand co-founder and CEO Bryan Kryder sat down and discussed the high-impact practice… Read more »
Building a Healthy Ecosystem for Volunteer Youth Sports Coaching
by David Pierce, Ph.D. During the spring 2024 semester, our senior capstone course in Sports Innovation at Indiana University Indianapolis partnered with Mudsock Youth Athletics (MYA) in Fishers, IN, and the Center for Sports Transformation (CST) to examine recruitment, retention, and quality of volunteer youth sports coaching and present ideas that would help MYA to… Read more »
Indy Sports Leader Touts IU Indianapolis Sports Management
Mike Karnuta, Senior Vice President of Business Development for the Indiana Sports Corporation, believes in the mission of IU Indianapolis’ Department of Tourism, Events, and Sports Management (TESM). Karnuta works with a variety of faculty and students to stage mock interviews, teach adjunct courses, volunteer as a career panelist, create opportunities for graduate assistants and interns,… Read more »
