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Fishbowl Advantage
The Fishbowl Advantage Remember When Remember the old school fishbowls? Like the one you put the goldfish in that you won at your elementary school
Sustainability – October 2025
CCTS – Sustainability October 2025 View More CCTS Issues Fixing Youth Sports (Part 1) Read More Fixing Youth Sports (Part 2) Read More Fixing Youth
More Does Not Equal Better
More Does Not Equal Better: Why We Should Seek Optimization, Not Volume The Dreaded River Blow Out Many of you who know me personally know
Community Best Practices – August 2025
CCTS – Community Best Practices August 2025 View More CCTS Issues Fixing Youth Sports (Part 1) Read More Fixing Youth Sports (Part 2) Read More
Triple Dip
Unmasking the Financial Burden of Sports Tourism on Communities & Families The Cost of Doing Business One time I was at a notable sports tourism
Importance of Recalibration
3 Degrees Off: The Importance of Recalibration A Strange Word Tapping on My Shoulder As we fly through 2025 it’s important to consider a term
Must-Read Article
A Must-Read Article (Not by Me) Mulling It Over I’ve been sitting on this one for a while. I read it more than a
New Research Will Measure Community Sentiment Towards Sports Tourism
Share This Post FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 2, 2025 New Research Will Measure Community Sentiment Towards Sports Tourism Attracting sporting events at all levels
Fixing Youth Sports (Part 4)
Fixing Youth Sports, Again: Towards Accomplishing Meaningful Results From Lip Service to Community Service Bringing It All Home Like the classic 90’s country song
Fixing Youth Sports (Part 3)
Fixing Youth Sports, Again: Addressing the Role of Sports Commissions Lay of the Land Lest you leave this series discouraged about the future of youth
Fixing Youth Sports (Part 2)
Fixing Youth Sports, Again: A Four-Part Series and Path To Change What Gives? Why aren’t the stats changing? Why aren’t childhood obesity, access to sport
Fixing Youth Sports (Part 1)
Fixing Youth Sports, Again: A Four-Part Series and Path To Change Finally, They’re Fixing Youth Sports! In March ESPN announced a new initiative titled “Take
Resident Sentiment – April 2025
CCTS -Resident Sentiment April 2025 View More CCTS Issues
A National Benchmark Study Marks a New Era for Sports Tourism
View the Report FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2025 A National Benchmark Study Marks a New Era for Sports Tourism Columbus, OH – The sports
Sports Wagering is Changing the Game
Super Bowl Squares to Orange Jumpsuits Square Sense Bust out your posterboard and permanent markers. It’s that time of year when Super Bowl party hosts
Do Less to Do More
Preface: This blog was originally written to be published in January 2024…but once you see the topic, you’ll appreciate the grace I’m giving myself to
Case for Event Tiering
The Case for Embracing an Industry-Wide Event Tiering System There’s a Glaring Problem in the Sport & Tourism Industry And it’s causing us to destroy
State-Level Event Funding Roadmap
State-Level Event Funding Roadmap Resident Sentiment Funding International Facilities FREE RESOURCE Start Your Engines: State-Level Event Funding Roadmap Is your state on the outside looking
Impacts of Shuttering Colleges and Sports Programs
For Better or Worse: The Impacts of Shuttering Colleges and Sports Programs A concerning trend is sweeping across the college athletics landscape: an increasing number
Long Live Little Pokes
All of you should be aware that there’s a little ol’ event called the Wrangler ™ National Finals Rodeo, happening December 2-14, 2024, in none
Busyness: The Badge of Dishonor
Share This Post A Dreaded 4-Letter Word I don’t know about you, but one of the most common phrases I utter in a day is,
Peanut Butter and Pickleball: Market Demand in Sport
Share This Post Pickleball vs. Tennis: Battle of the Courts The Wall Street Journal’s Joshua Robinson recently published an article appropriately titled “The Turf
Sprouting Toward Sunlight
Share This Post Groves of Growth Did you know a grove of aspen trees is the largest living organism? I didn’t either. My son
Generational Differences in Sporting Event Resident Sentiment
Share This Post Keen Observations on a Timely Topic It turns out that a lot of people want to know about resident sentiment towards sporting