Windy Dees, PhD, is an associate professor of sport administration in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Miami. Her research expertise is in corporate sponsorship effectiveness and event marketing strategies, and how sport organizations can use these forms of marketing communication to enhance live events and generate revenue. Dees' research has examined a multitude of variables, including brand awareness, brand and event personality, image transfer, sponsorship effectiveness, purchase behaviors, and a multitude of event marketing and management factors. Her research has been published in Sport Marketing Quarterly, International Journal of Sport Management, International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, Journal of Sponsorship, and Sport Management Education Journal.

Dees serves as the graduate program director for sport administration at the University of Miami. She has served as president of the Sport Marketing Association, executive editor of the Global Sport Business Journal, editorial board member for Sport Marketing Quarterly, and guest reviewer for many other sport management academic journals. Prior to entering academia, she was an account executive for Synergy Sports Marketing in Orlando, Florida, selling and servicing corporate sponsorships in professional golf.

Dees earned her bachelor's degree in psychology and communications from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida; her master's degree in exercise and sport sciences from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida; and her doctorate in sport management from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. She is frequently invited to be a sport business expert in publications such as Forbes, Bleacher Report, Variety, and Dallas Morning News and has been a guest on ESPN Radio.

Patrick Walsh, PhD, is an associate professor of sport management in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University. He previously held faculty positions at Indiana University and the University of Miami. His research focuses on the brand management practices of sport organizations and how they can best harness the power of their brand to further their business objectives. He has examined topics such as the effectiveness of brand extensions in sports, the rebranding of sport organizations, and the use of new media forums-specifically sport video games and social media outlets-as marketing and branding tools. His research has been published in journals such as Sport Marketing Quarterly, Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, and Journal of Consumer Marketing. Walsh has also served on the editorial boards of Sport Marketing Quarterly, International Journal of Sport Management, and Journal of Global Sport Management, and he was an executive board member of the Sport Marketing Association. In 2016, he was named a research fellow of the Sport Marketing Association, which honors individual accomplishments and excellence in sport marketing research.

Prior to entering academia, Walsh worked in marketing with the National Football League's Buffalo Bills and was an associate with Velocity Sports and Entertainment (now MKTG), where he developed and executed strategic marketing plans for a number of today's top sponsors of professional and collegiate sport properties. Walsh earned a bachelor's degree in marketing and entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises from Syracuse University, a master's degree in sport administration from Canisius College, and a doctorate in kinesiology with an emphasis in sport management from the University of Minnesota.

Chad McEvoy, EdD, is vice provost for faculty affairs at Northern Illinois University, having previously served as a faculty member at Illinois State University and Syracuse University. McEvoy previously served as chair of the department of kinesiology and physical education at Northern Illinois University from 2015 to 2019.

McEvoy has coauthored three textbooks in the sport management discipline, and his research has been featured in more than 100 media outlets, such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and USA Today. In June 2008, he served as a panelist before the prestigious Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics in a discussion on the effectiveness of NCAA penalties for rule violations. McEvoy's research has also been published in leading sport management academic journals such as the Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, and Sport Marketing Quarterly.

McEvoy served as president of the Sport Marketing Association and has previously held the roles of founding editor of Case Studies in Sport Management and coeditor of the Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics. McEvoy was the 2015 recipient of the prestigious Sutton Award, awarded by the Sport Marketing Association each year to an educator best exemplifying the organization's mission to expand the body of knowledge in sport marketing through close connection to the sport industry.

Steve McKelvey, JD, joined the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 2002, after spending 15 years in the sport industry in New York City.

His sport marketing, sponsorship, and sales experience includes six years in the corporate sponsorship division of Major League Baseball, where he served a pivotal role in the creation of the league's corporate sponsorship program and was instrumental in the generation of over [...] million in corporate sponsorship revenues. He subsequently spent six years building a profitable in-house sport marketing agency within one of the country's leading sport magazine publishers, developing and implementing sales promotions for clients like Wise Snacks, Beck's Beer, Century 21 Real Estate, U.S. Postal Service, and Suzuki.

Prior to joining the University of Massachusetts faculty, he taught as an adjunct professor of sport law at the Seton Hall School of Law. He has authored articles on sport marketing, licensing, and the law for publications such as American Business Law Journal, Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, Seton Hall Journal of Sport Law, Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, Sports Business Journal, and Brandweek.

McKelvey holds a bachelor's degree in American studies from Amherst College, a master's degree from the University of Massachusetts sport management program, and a juris doctorate from Seton Hall School of Law. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1993.

Bernard J. Mullin, PhD, is chairman and CEO of the Aspire Group, a leading global management and marketing consulting business focusing on the sport and entertainment industry. He previously served as president and chief executive officer of Atlanta Spirit LLC, where he was responsible for overseeing all team and business operations for the NBA's Hawks and NHL's Thrashers and management of the world-class Philips Arena.

Mullin's more than 30 years of experience in the sport management industry has involved executive positions with professional teams and leagues, where he specializes in start-ups and turnarounds, breaking numerous all-time league ticket sales and attendance records. In addition to his position in Atlanta, Mullin served as the NBA's senior vice president of marketing and team business operations, president and general manager of the IHL's Denver Grizzlies, senior vice president of business operations for the Colorado Rockies, and senior vice president of business for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He has also acted as the owner's representative on major design and construction projects, including Coors Field and University of Denver's award-winning athletic facilities.

Before and during his career in professional sports, Mullin spent several years in intercollegiate athletics and higher education. He served as vice chancellor of athletics for the University of Denver and as professor of sport management at the University of Massachusetts. Mullin holds a doctorate in business, an MBA, and a master's degree in marketing from the University of Kansas, where he coached the varsity soccer program. He holds a bachelor's degree in business studies from Coventry University in England, where he played soccer semiprofessionally for the Oxford City Football Club.

Stephen Hardy, PhD, was a professor of kinesiology and affiliate professor of history at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) until his retirement in 2014. In 2003 through 2004, he served as interim vice provost for undergraduate studies. Hardy has also taught at the University of Massachusetts (where he earned his doctorate), the University of Washington, Robert Morris College, and Carnegie Mellon University. Over three decades, he taught courses in sport marketing, athletic administration, and sport history as well as a popular introduction to the sport industry.

Besides Sport Marketing, his publications include How Boston Played (1982, 2003) and numerous articles, book chapters, and reviews in academic presses. He is completing a coauthored history of ice hockey. His reviews and opinions have appeared in popular outlets such as the Boston Globe, New York Times, and Sports Business Journal. From 1995 to 1999, he was coeditor of Sport Marketing Quarterly. In 1997, he was elected a...

Chapter 1. The Special Nature of Sport Marketing
Sport Marketing Then and Now
The Sport Industry
Sport Marketing Defined
Marketing Myopia in Sport
Uniqueness of Sport Marketing
Wrap-Up

Chapter 2. Strategic Marketing Management
Marketing Planning Process
Strategic Step 1: Develop Vision, Mission, and Values
Strategic Step 2: Develop Strategic Goals and Objectives
Strategic Step 3: Develop a Ticket Marketing, Sales, and Service Plan
Strategic Step 4: Integrate the Marketing Plan Into a Broader, Strategic Resource Allocation
Strategic Step 5: Control and Evaluate Implementation of the Plan
Eight-Point Ticket Marketing, Sales, and Service Plan Model
Marketing Models
Wrap-Up

Chapter 3. Understanding the Sport Consumer
Socialization, Involvement, and Commitment
External Factors
Internal Factors
Responses
Wrap-Up

Chapter 4. Market Research and Analytics in the Sport Industry
Sources of Information
Users of Market Research in Sport and Entertainment
Application of Market Research in the Sport Industry
Performing the Right Research
Data Analytics
Wrap-Up

Chapter 5. Market Segmentation and Target Marketing
What Is Market Segmentation?
Four Bases of Segmentation
Target Marketing
Wrap-Up

Chapter 6. The Sport Product
What Is the Sport Product?
The Sport Product: Its Core and Extensions
Key Issues in Sport Product Strategy
Wrap-Up

Chapter 7. Managing Sport Brands
What Is Branding?
Importance of Brand Equity
Benefits of Brand Equity
How Brand Equity Is Developed
Leveraging Brand Equity
Identifying and Measuring Your Brand
Protecting the Brand
Additional Brand Management Considerations
Wrap-Up

Chapter 8. Promotion and Paid Media
Promotion: The Driver to Sales
Paid Media
Advertising Media for Sport
Promotional Concepts and Practices
Promotional Components
Ultimate Goal of Sport Marketing: Get and Keep Consumers in the Frequency Elevator
Putting It All Together: An Integrated Promotional Model
Wrap-Up

Chapter 9. Public Relations
What Is Public Relations?
Public Relations in the Sport Marketing Mix
Sport Public Relations and Content Creation in the Digital and Social Media Age
Public Relations, Advocacy, and the Art of Influencing Public Opinion
Sport, Television, and Entertainment Influence on Sport Public Relations
Wrap-Up

Chapter 10. Sponsorship, Corporate Partnerships, and the Role of Activation
What Is Sponsorship?
Sponsorship in the Marketing Mix
Growth of Sponsorship
What Does Sport Sponsorship Have to Offer?
Corporate Objectives
Athlete Endorsement
Sponsor Activation
Selling Sponsorships
Ethical Issues in Sponsorship
Wrap-Up

Chapter 11. Social Media in Sports
What Is Social Media?
Social Media and the Marketing Mix
Building an Audience
Engaging Fans
Social Media Platforms
Leveraging Players and Talent
Wrap-Up

Chapter 12. Sales and Service
Relationship Between Media, Sponsors, and Fans and the Sales Process
What Is Sales?
Database Sport Marketing and Sales
Typical Sales Approaches Used in Sport
Pricing Basics
Secondary Ticket Market
Customer Lifetime Value, Service, and Retention
Wrap-Up

Chapter 13. Delivering and Distributing Core Products and Extensions
Placing Core Products and Their Extensions
Theory of Sport and Place
Facility
Marketing Channels
Product-Place Matrix
Wrap-Up

Chapter 14. Legal Aspects of Sport Marketing
Intellectual Property
Trademark Infringement
Copyright Law and Sport Marketing
Patents
Sport Marketing Communications Issues
Ambush Marketing
Right of Publicity and Invasion of Privacy
Contractual Issues Involving Consumers
Promotion Law Issues
Emerging Issues
Wrap-Up

Chapter 15. The Evolving Nature of Sport Marketing
Cross-Effects Among the Five Ps
Controlling the Marketing Function
The Shape of Things to Come
Wrap-Up