During the Fall semester of 2021, students in the Sports Management Consulting senior capstone class at IUPUI were tasked with reimagining the tournacation experience at Grand Park in Westfield, IN. Students set out to understand the needs and challenges faced by visitors at youth sports venues. By employing the Design Thinking framework for creative problem… Read more »
Student Experiences
NFC Playoff Preview
Written by Aydan Koyles After the longest regular season in NFL history, we have finally reached the best time of the NFL season: the playoffs. We spend most of the season discussing who deserves to make the postseason and now we finally know exactly which teams are in. There are a few surprises but also… Read more »
AFC Playoff Preview
Written by Aydan Koyles After the longest regular season in NFL history, we have finally reached the best time of the NFL season: the playoffs. We spend most of the season discussing who deserves to make the postseason and now we finally know exactly which teams are in. There are a few surprises but also… Read more »
Reflecting on the Inaugural Season of Name, Image, and Likeness in College Football
NIL in the 2021 season Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) was interesting during the 2021-22 football season. Some players reaped the benefits while others gone stung from the chaos of the environment. While NIL was a highly sought after perk for college athletes, it packs a lot more into an already busy academic and athletic… Read more »
Shouldn’t they be better at football? A look at college football teams that consistently underperform their expectations
Written by Aydan Koyles At every level of football, having the most talented players is often the quickest way to ensure success, and college football is no different. But yet, year after year, some teams diverge from expectations created by the level of talent on their roster. In this two part series, I will discuss… Read more »
How do they keep doing this? A look at college football teams that consistently overperform expectations
Written by Aydan Koyles At every level of football, having the most talented players is often the quickest way to ensure success, and college football is no different. But yet, year after year, some teams diverge from expectations created by the level of talent on their roster. In this two part series, I will discuss… Read more »
Does Professional Football Belong in the Spring?
Following the recent announcement that two Indianapolis based organizations are bringing lawsuits against the Spring Football League, which recently hosted half of its 2021 season games in Lucas Oil Stadium, I thought it would be interesting to explore the risky nature of these NFL alternatives that seem to pop up every few years. The NFL… Read more »
Navigating the Next Chapter of NIL: Reflections on a webinar presented by Hashtag Sports
By Kyle Mechelin On October 14, 2021, Hashtag Sports hosted a webinar titled Navigating the Next Chapter of NIL: What’s Working and What’s Ahead. This webinar featured a panel of experts and professionals in college athletics who are working daily in the name, image, and likeness (NIL) space. Tracey Allsbrook, program coordinator for Hashtag Sports,… Read more »
Techstars Demo Day: Bringing Cutting Edge Sports Tech to Indianapolis
The Techstars Sports Accelerator Powered by Indy is a business incubator that sets out each year to find start up companies from across the globe that are pushing the limits of sports technology. The companies that the Techstars incubator brings into the Indianapolis community are encouraged to and often decide to relocate their headquarters… Read more »
6 Ways to Imagine the Future of Sport Ticket Sales
The consequences wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are pushing sports organizations to think differently, and sales teams are no exception. In addition to COVID-related changes to seating capacities and frictionless fan experience, changes in consumer attitudes, buying preferences, and accessibility of sales technology are creating pressure to reimagine the inside sales model that served the… Read more »