S1:E9: COVID-19 Storytelling in College Sports

2020-06-11

Strategic and proactive financial communication is important as college athletics business offices battle news headlines that don’t always provide a complete and accurate story. Today on News & Brews, Katie talks with special guest, Matt Brown. Matt is a sports writer and publisher of Extra Points, which covers news and analysis on some of the forces that shape college athletics beyond the field, including the financial and other business perspectives so often misrepresented in the media. We discuss publicly available f...

Strategic and proactive financial communication is important as college athletics business offices battle news headlines that don’t always provide a complete and accurate story.

Today on News & Brews, Katie talks with special guest, Matt Brown. Matt is a sports writer and publisher of Extra Points, which covers news and analysis on some of the forces that shape college athletics beyond the field, including the financial and other business perspectives so often misrepresented in the media. We discuss publicly available financial information and how to get new voices to rise up to surface better well-rounded information.

Learn more about James Moore Collegiate Athletics Services Team: https://www.jmco.com/industries/collegiate-athletics/

Podcast Topics

00:10 - Welcome & Introductions

01:28 - Inspiration to Write About the Business of College Sports

05:06 - Programs That Are Best Suited to Navigate Everything Going on in 2020

08:22 - How Perspective has Changed Over the Past Few Months

11:45 - Discussion on Regional Scheduling and Other Changes Conferences Are Considering

20:15 - Flaws in Financial Reporting Model for Publicly Available Information

31:31 - How to Get New Voices to Rise Up to Help Surface Better Information

34:39 - How to Draw a Conclusion on Quality of Information in the Media

38:00 - Predictions on the Future of College Football

53:54 - Brews of the week