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Top 10 Influential Sports Business Professionals on Twitter Worthy of Your Follow

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Top 10 Notable Sports Business Gurus Worthy of Your Twitter Feed
Top 10 Notable Sports Business Gurus Worthy of Your Twitter Feed

Top 10 Influential Sports Business Professionals on Twitter Worthy of Your Follow

In the dynamic world of sports, understanding the business side of the industry is just as important as the athletic performance on the field. Here are some of the leading voices in sports business you should follow on Twitter to stay informed and up-to-date.

  1. Austin Karp (@AustinKarp) - The assistant managing editor of SportsBusiness Daily, Austin Karp tweets about a variety of sports business-related issues and crunches stats.
  2. Liz Mullen (@SBJLizMullen) - A renowned sports journalist, Mullen writes for the Sports Business Journal, focusing on sports labor and the free-agent market of athletes. She also tweets when an athlete signs a business deal and shares information on topics like network naming rights and Yahoo's buyout from Verizon.
  3. Kurt Badenhausen - A senior reporter at Forbes with a concentration on sports business, Badenhausen tweets about the financial side of sports and its impact on business, including revenue in soccer, attendance at sporting events, and athlete tax planning. He has also profiled a number of athletes including LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal.
  4. Christina Settimi (@csettimi) - Settimi covers the business of sports for Forbes, providing insights on money, legal, and business issues in the sports industry, with a focus on intercollegiate athletics and expansions deals.
  5. Kristi Dosh - A well-known sports business journalist, Dosh reports on the sports business industry for Forbes, Campus Insiders, and was formerly with ESPN.
  6. Scott Soshnick - Reporting on sports business for Bloomberg News, Soshnick has been a frequent contributor to ESPN's SportsCenter and Outside the Lines broadcast programs. He tweets on nearly everything related to the sports business industry, with recent subjects including the NBA and retired players association agreement, Citi Field's credit rating increase, and global betting on the Olympics.
  7. Rodney Fort (@RodneyFort) - A professor of sports management at the University of Michigan, Fort is an expert in sports economics. He publicly shares sports data on various websites, including his own.
  8. Maury Brown (@BizBallMaury) - Brown contributes to publications like Forbes and USA Today's The Fields of Green. He tweets business stories he has written and shares content from others on topics like the Rio Olympics and NBA Players Union.
  9. Ken Rosenthal - A verified baseball expert, Rosenthal covers baseball for FOX Sports and is an MLB Network insider analyst. He tweets about general baseball coverage, breaking news business transactions, and the impact of trades during free agency.

In addition to these experts, it's also worth following academic researchers from universities like the German Sport University Cologne, sports management educators involved in professional development programs such as those from Vorarlberg and Bielefeld, and platforms like Sports Law and Policy Centre which focus on legal and governance aspects of sport. These experts often discuss sport management, sport policy, marketing, sponsorship, and rights, providing a broad view of the industry beyond just athletic performance.

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