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Observers of sports marketing say that global sports such as professional soccer may offer an increasing opportunity for fan engagement in years to come. Photo courtesy of Rex features via AP Images

A Deeper Dive

The NBA G League may be pointing the way to the future of the multibillion-dollar sports sponsorship business. The NBA announced in 2017 that it was renaming its development league, formerly known as the D League, after signing Gatorade as the naming sponsor. Putting the brand identity in the name of the league was innovative […]

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Ed O’Hara

Ed O’Hara

There was a time when a sports organization looking for a change would create a new logo and call it good. But those days are long gone. Today, it’s all about the brand and how it’s communicated, from logos and merchandise to social media and fan engagement. Since he founded SME in 1989, Ed O’Hara has been at the forefront of that messaging, working with a roster of clients that have benefited from his firm’s take on branding. Among the groups that have worked with SME are the NFL, the NBA, the NHL, the NCAA, MLB, the New York Yankees, the Pac-12, the ACC and events such as the Kentucky Derby and the America’s Cup. O’Hara will be speaking at TEAMS ’15 on his approach to branding…

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