Wednesday, September 22, 2010
If I could make a livin' out of lovin' you
I need to stop telling people that I'm going to own the Panthers and/or Yankees some day because that's how rumors get started. Just the other day someone asked, "What are you doing after graduation?" Before I got the chance to say I don't know, one of my pals said "Own the Panthers!" I'm honored that you peeps have such faith in me but I was not born into the ownership business, and for a billion dollar industry such as this, it has to be in the blood, dude. BUT just incase I do get put in charge one day, I'm getting some creative juices out of my sport marketing class. We were talking about how even the best sports teams in the biggest cities don't sell out every night. Maybe because the fans (customers) most of the time don't feel appreciated for coming out to the game. It's true. If I were in charge, I would thank the crap out of you for coming to my establishment, for paying $7 for my hotdog, and for sitting in traffic 3 hours after the team just lost. To have a successful business, you've gotta make your fans feel something. Feel like they're literally part of the best team in the country despite your 2-10 record. I would let fans into practice for free during the week. I'd take my season ticket holders out to dinner. I'd have bojangles at the concession stand, serve free sweet tea at every game and all kids would get in free. There would definetly be fireworks and loud, very loud music during crunk time. I'm just saying, people would be more into sports if they could go and have a great time at a game despite the win-loss record or despite how much knowledge or alcohol they have. I'm a dork and I think about stupid stuff like this in my free time. I'll stop now.
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