World Congress of Sports: On stage and on the record
10.18.2021
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman looked on as Fox Business anchor Liz Claman showed off a T-shirt for the league’s 32nd team. marc bryan-brown
[PullQuote author=" NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman" title="— on the league’s new seven-year tie-up with Disney/ESPN " full="true"] “With my tongue in my cheek, I’ve said a number of times that if ESPN is half as good at promoting us as they were at freezing us out when they didn’t have our rights, this is going to be great.”[/PullQuote]
NASCAR President Steve Phelps spoke with former NFL player Brandon Marshall, who has joined forces with NASCAR on his “I Am Athlete” content series. marc bryan-brown
[PullQuote author=" NASCAR President Steve Phelps " title="— on taking races from existing tracks to new markets and venues " full="true"] “If it doesn’t make sense to go to one of our tracks twice, and we only go once, or we go once now and it doesn’t make sense to go at all, we’re going to do that because we have to grow the sport.”[/PullQuote]
From left, SBJ’s Austin Karp, Brandon Rhodes, Nicholas Horbaczewski and Tony Khan headlined the Changing Dynamics of Sports Viewership and Consumption panel. marc bryan-brown Kerry Ellen Schwartz and Amy Azzi joined Danielle Byrd of Marketcast for the panel “Partner Insight: The New Sponsorship Game.” marc bryan-brown American Express’ Shiz Suzuki talked with the WNBA’s Cathy Engelbert about how the hoodie has become a crossover hit. marc bryan-brown
[PullQuote author=" Cathy Engelbert " title=" WNBA Commissioner " full="true"] “We’re just a microcosm of broader society around the undervaluation of women in the workforce. We just happen to be a professional sports league.”[/PullQuote]
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan marc bryan-brown
[PullQuote author=" Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan, also CEO of American auto parts company Flex-N-Gate " title="— on supply chain problems related to COVID-19 " full="true"] “I think it’s going to be awhile before we get out of it … I would think probably ’23 when supply-demand kind of balances out, and there’s more capacity being created.”[/PullQuote]
