CableTV.com just released an infographic to show how, in their opinion (and backed by some pretty good statistics) that LeBron James is the most underpaid athlete. Now, to truly say he is the MOST underpaid, we would need to see similar analysis for athletes in other sports, but the numbers here do paint a pretty good picture.
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By Dario Ravasio
Since the new coach, Stuart Lancaster, was appointed roughly one year ago, the English national team has experienced a big transformation. After years of disappointments and defeats, with the new coach it seems like the team that won the World Cup back in 2004 has finally rediscovered its form. They recently beat World Champions New Zealand by a record score and that is a perfect demonstration of the change going on.
An interview released the last February show the coaching principles and philosophy that has allowed English rugby to re-discover its winning ways. Here are the contents applicable to Market Research:
The English coach is apparently highly sensitised to the need for constant improvement, always looking left and right for inspiration, ways to get better. Nothing new here. What is more interesting is the focus on getting the timing right: “making changes before things start to decline, rather than when it is too late” .
The moment to invest in MR to understand the dynamics of a business is when growth rates are still going strong, not when they are beginning to slowing down.
One of the main principles of the coaching regime previous to Stuart Lancaster’s appointment was the utilisation of big name players who had built a reputation over the years. Experience was valued highly, a dip in form of a seasoned international didn’t seem to matter, even if was a dip that would be better described as a decline, continuing for months, even years.
The new coach seems to select on current form and if this means younger players appear more frequently, so be it.
A great similarity to research practices is that a company has definitely to innovate to improve the performances. But more importantly, you should avoid “Old MR” methods against the “New”.
Stuart Lancaster’s coaching involves taking time out to learn from high performance coaches from other sporting fields. We should all emulate this – it is essentially good business practice.
In the Market Research is the same. We’re beginning to wake up to collaboration across boundaries, learning from related fields.
Finally, and on a slighlty more lighthearted note, I would say that learning from any high performance sport has to be beneficial to all the researchers.
For the complete interview at Stuart Lancaster click here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2013/feb/08/stuart-lancaster-england-flops-force
A YouTube successful story! The YouTube community has helped GoPro cameras go global and now is on of the most important company using sports marketing!
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– Sponsorships are good cause they support you while you do the things that you love to do!
– Never let a sponsorship change you!
– Ask doesn’t hurt
– Be creative, be confident, be patient, be persistent, be passionate!
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Here two infographic posters detailing the stats for each of the players on the NBA All-Star teams 2013. Both use radar charts to highlight each player’s strongest areas.
The individual radar charts are color-coded for each player’s regular team. In the radar charts, you have to look at each stat to determine which direction is a favorable number. A high number of turnovers isn’t a good thing, so I might suggest reversing the direction of some of the negative stats like fouls and turnovers.
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Just an example on how is important the mix between sports marketing and social media!
Say what you think!
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Amazing and really funny commercial of Turkish airline acting the two legends Kobe Bryant and Lionel Messi!!! Enjoy it!
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Critical overview of how sponsorship and the media influence the sport culture (Based on scholar sources)
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Can Tiger Woods reach the first place??? Tell what you think!
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