WEEK 6 SKILLS

1. What is the primary reason Professional Sports Partners won the NCAA’s business and what is one of the key ways the NCAA judges the success of an event in a city?

            Professional Sports partners refers to a team of interested sports fans who are super-focused and dedicated towards maximization of clients investments through pattering into the eagerness, excitement and advantageous energy which is associated with sports.  These partners are unique as they offer organizations such as the NCAA a shot of mutual adrenaline, variety of unique opportunities that govern market share in their class through tapping into sport enthusiast who are loyal to both their group and to the type of partners that support them. The NCAA core reason as to why they choose the PSP was because they had an extensive and comprehensive development plan that made them outstand the other competing companies for the bidding process by the NCAA.
2. What are some of the reasons the Golden State Warriors’ value increased nearly fourfold in just over six years?

            Golden state warriors are basket ball team players who are from Oakland in California and they are American professionals. Some of the major reasons as to why the golden state warriors were able to increase their value is as a result of the increase in sponsorship and television deals inclusive of both the local and international deals. Lacob, the venture capitalist in the golden warriors has also been able to oversee the best ways possible in which the team can increase their value assisted by Guber who is the chief executive officer of the film production organization thus helps out in television dealings.

 The teams have also remained consistent over the years and have been constantly winning hence being regarded as the best team league internationally and that explains their high value.
3. What are the areas of separation we see in the early virtual reality market, and why is the virtual reality space not considered to be competitive yet?

            Virtual reality involves the creation of a practical world where users can interrelate with. Various separations existed in the early reality market such as VR headsets, helmets that aligned video screens over a person’s eyes thus enabling one to see a computerized generated world. This VR is not yet competitive as it is quite expensive such that consumers are unwilling to spend on while some of these equipments are bulky and uncomfortable (Borries et al 2007).
4. According to a panel of virtual reality executives, what are some of the main challenges facing virtual reality?

            V.R experiences are short lived as more sustained stories are sub-divided into episodes. Evolution of the V .R is another challenge as there is the introduction of far better and sophisticated devices. The massive data that is involved in VR is also part of the challenge. In creating a story currently one has to tell it in a spherical dimension which is more complex than the earlier dimension which was rectangular (Borries et al 2007).
5. How many of the WNBA’s original teams still remain? What were some of the league’s original sponsors?

Only four WNBA’s original teams are still in existence even up to date with Marque sponsorship.

6. According to sports lawyer Ian Smith, what are the four most serious corruption problems in e-sports, and who has signed on to join his new e-sports industry association?

            Some of the major corruption problems in e-Sports are the manipulation of a game so as to cheat, interference with the competitor’s internet network, the act of match fixing and doping act. ESL owner and Dreamhack owner which are Swedish digital entertainment grouping are already signed in as they are the founder members of this new company.

7. What is the Play Ball initiative, and how will Little League leverage Major League Baseball’s activities for Play Ball Weekend?

            This is an initiative whose main purpose was to encourage a diverse participation in both formal and informal baseball as well as softball activities. Major league baseball is doing a wonderful thing as they are involving the little leagues by re-engaging the kids in baseball (United States 1996).
8. How many WNBA balls did Spalding sell around the league’s first season, and what was the original WNBA logo?

            The initial logo was the ‘logo woman’ while the Spalding has been the consistant factor all along the WNBA as they have been using this ball officially in their games over the years. They were able to sell over one million sales (Wong 2013).

 

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   What type of investment has Axalta seen from NASCAR and what type of opportunity do they see in their recent Daytona deal?
   Axalta is a coating system whose origin is from NASCAR but recently they have seen an opportunity in the Daytona international speedway where the deal involves the company having a chance to brand the central entrance of the Dayton speedway. NASCAR helps the Axalta to advertise their work of coating.
   
   10. What will be some of the job responsibilities for Sarah Wilhelmi in her new role at Team USA, and why was it so critical this job be created now?

            This is crucial as Sarah would be ensuring that she manages the players’ hours, calculating their overtime as well as managing their sick pay. Also they ensure that they issue tax reforms and making monthly salary on time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Reference

Borries, F. ., Walz, S. P., Böttger, M., Davidson, D., Kelley, H., & Kücklich, J.     (2007).            Space time play: Computer games, architecture and urbanism : the next           level.    Basel: Birkhäuser.

United States. (1996). Professional sports: The challenges facing the future of the industry : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate,          One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session ... January 23, 1996.        Washington: U.S. G.P.O.

Wong, G. M. (2013). The comprehensive guide to careers in sports. Burlington,    MA:     Jones & Bartlett Learning.