Gamechangers and Rainmakers
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Gamechangers and Rainmakers

How Sport Became Big Business

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eBook - ePub

Gamechangers and Rainmakers

How Sport Became Big Business

About this book

Gamechangers and Rainmakers is the compelling story of sports marketing and the creation of a trillion-dollar global business.

Starting in the playing fields of Harrow, the book moves swiftly into the 1960s and on to 1980, by which time the Olympics had become toxic and English football was in trouble. We learn about the rainmakers who turned the fortunes of both around.

In 1984, sports marketing soared to new heights with the success of the LA Olympics, the NFL, Nike and the impact of Michael Jordan and Bernie Ecclestone. The book explores what happened next, with the launch of the Premier League, the Champions League and Sky. In the new millennium we discover how fans got hooked on videogames and online gambling, while emerging nations wanted to host leading sports events and overseas investors sought to buy football clubs. The author reveals how this firehose of money led to rogue behavior by some, and argues this is an industry that needs to reset if it wants to keep younger fans interested.

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Information

Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781836800255
Edition
0
Subtopic
Marketing

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Part One: Flat Caps and Blazers (1850–1914)
  7. Part Two: The Madmen (1920–1960)
  8. Part Three: You Say You Want a Revolution? (The Swinging 60s)
  9. Part Four: Shamateurism (The 1970s)
  10. Part Five: Made for TV (The 1980s)
  11. Part Six: Media Fragmentation (The 1990s)
  12. Part Seven: Going Global (The New Millenium)
  13. Part Eight: An Ocean Full of Change
  14. Part Nine: What Lessons Can Sporting History Teach Us?
  15. Conclusions
  16. Part Ten: The Sports Marketing Hall of Fame
  17. Epilogue
  18. Selected Bibliography
  19. Photos