Opinion

Janine Mostyn, founder and director at Huckleberry Sport, discusses what businesses need to consider post-Covid-19, to get the right balance and skill sets in their teams when they are able to return to work

There was a distinctively Australian headline in the Sydney Morning Herald’s sports business coverage recently: “Peter V’Landys is becoming as pleasant as a nasal swab for AFL”. The

In a deeply insightful essay in The Atlantic, veteran rock star and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl discusses the uncertain future of live music in the face of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and his hunger…

SportBusiness Group editorial director on sport’s efforts to establish a new normal and the role of the new SportBusiness finance and Law Portal
Finance & Law

Carla Varriale-Barker, shareholder in the New York office of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. and the chair of the firm’s Sports, Recreation and Entertainment practice group, discusses the meaning of increasingly prominent force majeure clauses in the sports industry
Football
Finance & Law

Shen Jiang, senior associate at Jingtian & Gongcheng, and Luca Ferrari, partner and global head of sports at Withers, consider the legal issues around the player wage reductions now agreed by all Chinese Super league clubs
Football
Finance & Law

Nick White, partner at Charles Russell Speechlys, discusses the implications and impacts of the Covid-19 hiatus on ticketing.
Finance & Law

Chris Russo, chief executive of Fifth Generation Sports LLC, looks at the US market for sports-related M&A deals and their future prospects amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Luke Organ, Right Formula’s managing director of commercial, explains how Covid-19 has focused minds on digital engagements to achieve business objectives. 
Cricket

Following the delay of the launch of The Hundred until 2021, global sports marketing consultant and EMEA chief executive for the Leverage agency, Omar Khan suggests external investment may benefit the competition comercially.

As many major events are postponed due to Covid-19, BCW’s Lars Haue-Pedersen provides hints for organisers of these events on how to adapt their communication strategy.

Francis Coady, general manager of Havas Sports & Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand, reports on the need for meaningful partnerships to help navigate these abnormal times.

James Fenn, content and publishing strategist in the sports and partnership marketing team at Hill and Knowlton Strategies, explains how the NFL made its virtual NFL draft an immediate success.

Paul Garbett, associate director at CSM Sport & Entertainment, explains why Barcelona’s plans to rename the Camp Nou is a PR masterstroke that will help protect themselves and potential partners from future reputational risk.

As the football industry contemplates a restart, CSM’s partnership development director and head of football, Chris Beadle, considers what lies ahead for the game’s key stakeholders in a post-lockdown landscape.
Australian Rules Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Adam Hodge, Octagon’s head of planning & strategy for APAC, asks how rights-holders can ‘make good’ the loss of value felt by their sponsors

Mark Cornish, board advisor to Sponsor.Online, believes that football properties need to take advantage of their reach and move to a digital sponsorship marketplace.

Tim Smith, founder and lead consultant at impact and legacy consultancy EventID, lays out six themes and tactics he recommends in order to re-emerge strongly after the global shutdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic