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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Crawford's Sports Biz 59 Seconds, for March 30th, 2014

By Gregory Crawford, sports business analyst @crawssportsbiz

Scott Cross, the head basketball coach at U of Texas Arlington, made some news this week when he tweeted out asking all JUCO, AAU and high school coaches not to ask him to recruit their players who take selfies and post them on social media. Is this a good business policy, or an overreaction to modern day technology.

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Monday, March 24, 2014

Crawford's Sports Biz 59 Seconds, for March 24th, 2014

By Gregory Crawford, sports business analyst @crawssportsbiz 

In both men's and women's basketball, on all levels of college basketball, there is expected to be over 100  head coaching changes this year and salaries for head coaches will rise at least 3 percent.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Crawford's Sports Biz 59 Seconds, for March 19th, 2014

By Gregory Crawford, Sports Business Analyst---- on twitter @crawssportsbiz

In 2013, Major League Baseball teams sold 70 percent of their ticket inventory. It was also the first time in 10 years that no team sold out their entire season. The closest team to selling out the season was the defending Worlds Series champion, San Francisco Giants,  who played to 99.2 percent of their seating capacity.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Crawford's Sports Biz 59 Seconds, for March 17th, 2014

By Gregory Crawford, sports business analyst, @crawssportsbiz and @wchoops

It pays to win the World Series. In 2013, the highest average opening day ticket price belonged to the San Francisco Giants at $254.00. This year, the honor of highest opening day average ticket price belongs to the Boston Red Sox, at a whopping $368.00. Oh for the days of the $5.00 tickets.

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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Crawford's Sports Biz 59 Seconds, March 16th, 2014

By Gregory Crawford, sports business analyst @crawssportbiz @wchoops

In 2010, CBS and Turner Sports inked a 14 year, $11 billion deal with the NCAA. In 2014, for each game a team plays in the tournament, they will receive $270,000, which generally goes directly the team's conference.

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