The third edition of Case Studies in Sport Business Marketing brings together a diverse and global collection of 35 scholars to analyze contemporary case studies that demonstrate applications of marketing techniques in the sport industry and analyzes timely sport marketing topics, including the effect of COVID-19 on various sports, the integration of eSport into traditional sport, and inclusive culture in sport. This new edition provides realistic case studies on challenging situations in sport business settings, as well as a practical step-by-step process to manage these, find successful resolutions, and predict future conceptual implications for the sport businessmaking it a valuable asset to graduate and undergraduate level sport marketing courses.
Brenda G. Pitts is an internationally renowned name in sport business management. She is currently professor of sport management, director of the Dr. R. Cooter Sport Business Research Center, and program director at Georgia State University in Atlanta. In research, Dr. Pitts is distinguished as a Dr. Earle F. Zeigler Scholar and one of the first research fellows of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM), where in 2004 she received the Dr. Garth Paton Distinguished Service Award in recognition of meritorious service. She is author/coauthor of six sport marketing textbooks, editor of and a contibuting author in three Sport Marketing Association's books of papers, and author of numerous publications and presentations. Dr. Pitts was an editorial board member (1991-1998) and later co-editor-in-chief of The Sport Management Library (1998-2000). She enjoys all kinds of sports, more recently soccer, golf, boating, volleyball, jogging, tennis, and softball. Recently, Dr. Pitts has won a couple of golf tournaments, but has wisely decided to keep her day job.