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The ILR Sports Business Society blog is home to all of our online written content. Our writers publish articles regarding a variety of sports-related content, reflecting interests in basketball, football, baseball, hockey, and much more. In addition, the blog will feature many of our members' responses to follow-up questions distributed after our club-wide debates. For more information on how to get involved, please feel free to contact our President of the Blog, Josh Gershenfeld, at jg825@cornell.edu.

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Ben Drain

5 days ago
3 min

What is the True Cost of the Olympics Postponement?

With the 2020 Olympics officially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, what comes next for the games? While it may seem simple enough to pick new dates fo...

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Anna Clemson

5 days ago
4 min

What does Tokyo 2021 mean?

On March 24 it became official that the summer Olympics would be postponed until 2021. The Olympics have never been postponed and they have only been cancele...

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Jakob Richards

5 days ago
3 min

Online MLB Content to Keep Us Entertained and Help the Sport Grow

With the current state of the world and sports, it's easy to find ourselves in need of entertainment content and it's harder to find said content. With the ...

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Zach Welch

5 days ago
6 min

How Tom Brady Reinvented "The Decision"

In case you live under a rock or haven't had the time to check (let's be honest, we have all the time in the world with our self quarantines), Tom Brady anno...

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Anna Clemson

Mar 23
3 min

MLB Commits $30 Million to Stadium Employees

Major League Baseball initially decided to push Opening Day back at least two weeks in light of the Corona Virus pandemic. Following recommendations from the...

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Ben Drain

Mar 21
3 min

Coronavirus and Sports: The Week After

Even though the Coronavirus is just starting to spread in the US, the effects on the sports industry have already been monumental. We have seen the NBA, MLS,...

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Ben Drain

Mar 17
4 min

The NFL Offseason Starts with a Bang: Breaking Down the Deandre Hopkins Trade

March 16 marked the beginning of the preliminary stages of NFL free agency. At this point, teams are allowed to contact Unrestricted Free Agents to negotiate...

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Trevor Goldstein

Mar 16
3 min

Players Turned Streamers Will Save The NBA From a Content Blackhole

The new, and hopefully temporary, reality for many Americans is isolation thanks to the spread of COVID-19. Of course, this includes athletes, so major sport...

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Isaac Chasen

Mar 12
2 min

All Sports Leagues Should Suspend Their Seasons

The Novel Coronavirus - COVID-19 - is unlike anything we have ever seen before. It has caused pain and suffering around the world, and is quickly becoming bo...

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Ben Drain

Mar 11
3 min

Peyton's Getting Paid

Tony Romo's record-breaking broadcasting deal may be surpassed sooner rather than later...

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Nate Mayor

Mar 10
3 min

The Coronavirus Has Infected European Soccer: Here Are Its Symptoms

In the buildup to one of the most anticipated summers in European soccer and one of the closest battles for the championships in Germany, Spain, and Italy th...

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Nate Mayor

Mar 10
1 min

ILR Alumnus JC Tretter is the New President of the NFL Players Association

JC Tretter, the starting center for the Browns, and a proud alumnus of our club's beloved ILR School has just been elected as the new President of the NFL Pl...

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Zach Welch

Mar 7
4 min

What Does it Take to be an NBA GM?

Bob Myers. Danny Ainge. Sam Presti. Daryl Morey. Pat Riley. The GM slot might have as much star power as any on-court position in basketball today, but what ...

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Trevor Goldstein

Mar 2
3 min

The Tampa Bay Rays Find A New Inefficiency to Exploit

This offseason, the Tampa Bay Rays signed D.J. Snelten to a minor league contract. This signing has gone under the radar as he is one of hundreds of players ...

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Ben Drain

Feb 28
2 min

The College Football Hall of Fame's New Home Away from Home

I recently came across an article detailing the great successes that the College Football Hall of Fame is having in its new home in Atlanta. In this article,...

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Zach Welch

Feb 24
4 min

All-Time All Star Game

Antetokounmpo stuffs LeBron in the post... Lowry takes his third charge of the game... LeBron pulls up from deep for the win... Kawhi dedicates a career game...

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Ben Drain

Feb 18
2 min

Just how Important are Jersey Sponsorships in Soccer?

When the 2020 MLS season kicks off in a few months, one team will be displaying a fresh, new look. The Columbus Crew has decided not to feature a sponsorship...

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Jakob Richards

Feb 17
3 min

Love or hate what he's been saying: Carlos Correa deserves your respect

"Honestly, we were wrong. Everything that happened that year (2017) was wrong" -Carlos Correa I'd imagine you've heard by now: the Houston Astros cheated in...

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Nate Mayor

Feb 14
2 min

Valentine's Day 2020: The Day UEFA Broke Manchester City's Heart

Valentine's Day is meant to be full of love, however, for fans supporting the blue side of the city of Manchester this once joyous day has taken a dark turn....

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JP Spak

Feb 13
4 min

MLB Proposal: Upsets Galore and the #1 Seed

For the entire history of the sport, the baseball postseason has been a benchmark only a few teams could reach. Prior to 2012, only 8 out of the 30 teams wou...

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