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How Will Sports Leagues Measure Success in 2020? Salary Capped

Welcome to Salary Capped, presented by MarketScale, where we explore the intersection of business and sports. Each week, host Tyler Kern will chat with the leaders, marketers and innovators powering sports into the future. Kern sat down with Mike Stocz, assistant professor at the University of Northern Alabama, who specializes in sports marketing, analytics and the intersection of traditional and eSports. There…

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Welcome to Salary Capped, presented by MarketScale, where we explore the intersection of business and sports. Each week, host Tyler Kern will chat with the leaders, marketers and innovators powering sports into the future.

Kern sat down with Mike Stocz, assistant professor at the University of Northern Alabama, who specializes in sports marketing, analytics and the intersection of traditional and eSports.

There are a lot of questions about how the sports world will change in 2020, including:

  • How will sports leagues measure success in 2020?
  • What can leagues learn from how eSports have built their popularity?
  • Which leagues will be aggressive with how they pick up fan marketshare from other sports?

Stocz provided historical anecdotes and insights that can help us make a prediction for what we can expect to see in the sports landscape ahead.

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