Examining the State of the Sports Travel Industry and the Possible New Normal after the Pandemic
With a stay-at-home-order issued for most of the United States and the world, the travel industry is being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. In a global economy, travel is a necessary part of doing businesses, from finance and healthcare to sports travel and entertainment, traveling is a must to keep any number of industries […]
Preparing For Impact: Arkansas State’s Terry Mohajir Talks COVID-19 Realities
Dimensional Innovations Practice Director for Collegiate Sports, Drew Berst, recently sat down with Arkansas State Director of Athletics Terry Mohajir for a one-on-one conversation centering around the impact of COVID-19. Together, the two discuss the impact of mass cancelations for athletic departments around the country and Mohajir offers his perspective on a new reality facing […]
ECU AD Jon Gilbert Discusses NCAA Eligibility Relief
“Every athletic director in the country is for the benefit of our student-athletes, I understand the decision and we are working through how to make the best decisions with each sports program of how we implement that. But I think in general it was a positive vote.” – ECU AD Jon Gilbert Since the NCAA spring […]
Ball State’s Cardinal Couriers Program Helping Others Amid Crisis
“Ball State is really coming from a community standpoint and paying it forward, that’s really part of our overall campus mission. This is what we’ve always embraced and our students and staff do that naturally, so I think in this particular circumstance it was second nature to say ‘this is the role we play.’” – […]
Mike Cragg on How St. John’s is Caring for Student-Athletes Following COVID-19 Outbreak
“After the cancellations by the NCAA, we quickly gathered our coaches and administrators and started the process of getting kids home, feeling that their safest place was to be at home.” – Mike Cragg, AD, St. John’s University St. John’s University announced Thursday that it has suspended all activities indefinitely amid the coronavirus outbreak. St. […]
Partners Come Together for adidas Marketing Summit
“It’s helpful to get a 30,000 feet perspective on all of the different things they are trying to do. Coming here, having everybody together, gaining better clarity on what’s happening, puts us in a better position to direct things.” Ayo Taylor-Dixon, the Senior Associate AD/External Operations at Georgia Tech is one of dozens of partners […]