Sport Management meeting: Friday: 10/26/07

Hockey Tickets-Fundraising
-Tyler Shaffer and Kanten Harrison are in charge of selling Fireantz tickets
-Half of everything we sell goes back to the club
-We have already sold a lot of tickets, if you are interested in helping sell tickets..talk to Tyler or Kanten about it.

-$15 dollar tickets for $10
-$5 of each ticket goes back to the club
-Also, if you have already sold tickets, make sure to get your money and extra tickets to Tyler by the day before the game...Management wants the extra tickets by no later than 3:00 the day of the game...they become inactive otherwise.

Fundraising ideas
-we need some possible fundraising ideas
-possibilities: Spaghetti at a basketball game???
-Janice needs volunteers for selling food at the Nov. 10th Football game

Conference
USC:Nov 15-16
-If you are interested in going, we should already know
-we sent around a sheet for you to put your name down if you are interested
-Tyler and I Jessica are working on a grant proposal for SGA, which will hopefully get us some more money to go.

Next Meeting: Nov. 9th
-If you are going/want to go to conference....you really need to be there
-also, we need volunteers for the cookout on the 10th at the last football game

What's happening in MU Sport Management

Internships

John Myatt did his presentation on his internship with Ripken Baseball.

Swampdogs

The Fayetteville Swampdogs came to speak with SMA 101 about how the Swampdogs operate, and possible internship opportunities. The intro class has also spoken with representatives from the Fayetteville Fireantz and the Fayetteville Guard.

Sport Marketing Class

The sport marketing class has been working on developing a strategic plan for the Fayetteville Area Sports Authority. They presented their plan to FASA, and received a donation to go towards the Sport Management Association.

Barefoot Saddles:

Also,the marketing class has been working on a marketing plan for Brita Rizzi, owner of Barefoot Saddles out of Southern Pines, NC. See Below.

Left to right: Jon Myatt, Robbie Lakeman, Jessica Hatcher, Stacey Vaughn, Brandon Williams, Nicole McLaughlin, Brita Rizzi (owner)

Press Release

SPORT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION CREATES NEW PARTNERSHIPS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARIA SIKORYAK-ROBINS
OCTOBER 11, 2007 DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS

FAYETTEVILLE, NC—In an effort to develop a strategic plan that will effectively market the Fayetteville area as a destination for sports and entertainment, Sport Management students at Methodist University have created a partnership with the newly-formed Fayetteville Area Sports Authority. The Fayetteville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau made a $350 donation in support of the association’s efforts.

The students have also formed a partnership with Barefoot Saddles of Whispering Pines, N.C. The company’s owner, Brita Rizzi, imports treeless saddles from Germany. The students are working with Rizzi to market her product.

"My goal is to immerse my students into as many aspects of the sport industry as possible to help them find their niche. Once they find their area of interest, I want them to gain as much experience as possible to help land their dream job," said Greg Combs, B.S., M.A., Ed.D., assistant professor and director of the Sport Management Program at Methodist University.
MU’s Sport Management Association also conducted marketing audits for fifteen businesses within the Fayetteville area during the last academic year. The purpose of the audits were to assess the effectiveness of the organizations’ marketing orientation, marketing objectives, strategic planning processes, target markets, products and services, promotions, planning, pricing, and distribution methods.

Dr. Combs pointed out that the program has a specialty in sports business, which is one of its distinguishing characteristics. He is currently seeking accreditation with the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Methodist University is an independent four-year institution of higher education with over 2,100 students from 41 states and 30 countries. Methodist University offers over 70 majors and concentrations, three master’s degree programs, and 19 NCAA II1I intercollegiate sports. For more information, please contact Dr. Combs at (910) 630-7660.

http://www.methodist.edu/Pub_Media/releases/sport.htm

Sport Management meeting 10/5/07

Conferences:
Greensboro: November 10th
South Carolina: November 15-16

Last Day to sign up was Oct. 8th!!!

Homecoming!!-Oct 19&20
Wristbands
Fundraiser (Barbecue, or something of that sort)

Fundraising Ideas
-Selling T-shirts
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-We need your ideas guys!!

Internship Presentations:
-Sign up if you haven't
-and let me know when you are presenting so I can put it on the Blog

SGA
-Figure out numbers interested in Conferences, so we can make a budget, and submit it to SGA
-Looking into getting more money (our club is bigger this year)

Fall Sports Fest
-Reading Day: Wednesday, Dec. 5th
-Start thinking up sports ideas (some non-traditional ideas)
-Sports fest committee: 8 people so far...We could always use more!

Club meetings:
Jessica will send out emails before all meetings/major events. Please make sure that we have the email address that you check most often (preferrably your school account), but if not, we'll accept any other one you use.

Blog Links:
links to internship blog sites. You guys can read them to see what is expected of you when you do an internship. It will also give you and idea of what the rest of us are doing.

Nicole: nmclaughlin.blogspot.com
Jessica: jlhatch.blogspot.com (its over, but you can still read it)

-if anyone else is doing an internship, let one of your leaders/Dr. Combs know the link, so we can put it on the club blog .