Conference Schedule
2006 Conference Links:

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Time: Event:
Location:
3pm-8pm Registration
3rd Floor Foyer
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Time: Event:
Location:
8am-8pm Conference Registration
3rd Floor Foyer
8am-5pm Exhibitor Area
3rd Floor Foyer
8am-12pm

SMA Board Meeting

Mt. Yale
2pm-2:45pm Opening Session Symposium:
A New Era in Naming Rights
(Dean Bonham)
Lobby Level
Mt. Sopris
3pm-3:30pm The Marketing of Place:
The Case of Super Bowl XL
(Cheri Bradish)
Mt. Princeton
A Comparison of Internet vs. Paper-and-Pencil Data Collection in Sport Marketing Research (Jonathan Casper)
Mt. Yale
Sport Video Game: Sleeping with the Enemy?
(Yongjae Kim)
Mt. Columbia
Sport Celebrities as Endorsers and the Case of Freddy Adu
(Dan Drane)
Mt. Oxford
3:30pm-4pm Racing and Real Estate: A Case Study of Mesa Marin Raceway
(Rich Campbell)
Mt. Wilson
The Pittsburgh Pirates: Striving for 2 Million
(Dallas Branch, Jr.)
Mt. Princeton
Applications of Data Mining/Database Marketing Techniques in Sport Industry
(Chen-Yueh Chen)
Mt. Yale
Consumer Construction of Sport Consumption Experiences through Role Play: A Literature Review (Michael Volkov)
Mt. Columbia
Sport Communication and Return on Investment: A Content Analysis of the Coverage of Tiger Woods in ESPN: The Magazine (Pat Kraft)
Mt. Oxford
4:15pm-4:45pm An Investigation of the Effects of Attitudes, Alternative Events, and Team Attachment on the Behavior of Sports Consumers
(Jerome Cronin)
Mt. Wilson
The Outcomes of Coattail-Marketing: The Case of Windsor, Ontario and Super Bowl XL
(Marijke Taks)
Mt. Princeton
A Comparison of Motives: WNBA Fans vs. Elite Division I Women's Basketball Fans
(Heather Maxwell)
Mt. Yale
Motivation Scale for Sport Video Gaming
(Minsoo Kim)
Mt. Columbia
Institutional Giving at NCAA I-AA & Non-Football Division I Institutions: Does Basketball Matter in the Absence of Big-Time Football? (Jeffrey Stinson)
Mt. Oxford
4:45pm-5:15pm The Effect of Self/Team-Image Congruence on Spectator Sport Team Consumption Behaviors and Loyalty Intentions
(Dae Hee Kwak)
Mt. Wilson
A Longitudinal Study to Examine Direct Spending Patterns of Participants Involved in a World Class Marathon Event
(Robert Case)
Mt. Princeton
Motivators and Constraints: Differences Between Fans and Non-Fans
(Yu Kyoum Kim)
Mt. Yale
Points of Attachment of Gen-Y Video Gamers Associated with the Consumption of Sport Video Games (Beth Cianfrone)
Mt. Columbia
The Anatomy of a Sport Management Sales Class (Tony Lachowetz)
Mt. Oxford
6pm-7pm

Presidential Address with Michael Mokwa

Activating Sport Sponsorships

Panel Members:
John Cordova & Derek Thomas

Mt. Oxford
and
Lobby Level
Mt. Sopris
7pm-8pm Opening Reception
37th -
Pyramid Peak
Friday, November 3rd, 2006
Time: Event:
Location:
7:30am-5pm Conference Registration
3rd Floor Foyer
8am-5pm

Exhibitor Area

3rd Floor Foyer

8am-9am Marketing the Organization: Colorado Rockies
(Keil McGregor)

Lobby Level
Mt. Sopris

9am-9:15am Break
9:15am-9:45am The Internationalization of Sports Team Brand: The Case of Football Club Barcelona
(Andre Richelieu)
Mt. Wilson
The Pygmalion Conversion of NASCAR: From Beer and Chips to Wine and Cheese
(Carol Bruneau)
Mt. Princeton
Case Study Competition
Mt. Yale
The Hidden Relationship between Team Identification and Purchase Intention of Team Licensed Apparel: The Mediating Role of Perceived Value (Harry Kwon)
Mt. Columbia
Are You Reaching Your Target Market? Gender and Racial Variances on Attitude Towards Endorser-Product Congruency (Match-Up), Perceived Value, and Purchase Intentions as a Result of the Use of Athlete Endorsers (Jessica Braunstein)
Mt. Oxford
9:45am-10:15am Betting Big on a Contrarian Strategy: A Case Study of Sonoma County Horse Racing
(Rich Campbell)
Mt. Wilson
Comparison of Spectators and Franchise Staff Perceptions on Effectiveness of Marketing Techniques Adopted by the Super Basketball League in Taiwan (Steve Chen)
Mt. Princeton
Case Study Competition
Mt. Yale
Factors Influencing Consumers Decision on Purchasing Licensed Sport Merchandise (LSM) on the Internet: A Conjoint Experiment
(Doyeon Won)
Mt. Columbia
Reducing Levels of Risk When Choosing Celebrity-Athlete Endorsers: The Creation of a Selection Model (Eric Pepperman)
Mt. Oxford
10:15am-10:30am Break
10:30am-12pm How to Better Prepare Sport Management Students for Careers in Sport Sales
(Jim Reese)
Mt. Oxford
10:30am-11am Public Relations, the Fifth P of the Sport Marketing Mix; Or Is It?
(Frederick Battenfield)
Mt. Wilson
Sport Sponsorship in Canada - Bridging the Gap between National Sport Organisations and Corporate Sponsors (Benoit Seguin)
Mt. Princeton
Case Study Competition
Mt. Yale
Dimensions of Volunteer Motivation with Special Consideration of Olympic Volunteers
(Chrysostomos Giannoulakis)
Mt. Columbia
11am-11:30am Does Opinion Leadership Mean Providing Information or Influencing Others? Re-examination of the Psychometric Qualities of the Opinion Leadership Scale
(Andrea Petroczi)
Mt. Wilson
The Influence of Product Involvement and Fan Identification on Response to Team Sponsors' Products (Cindy Lee)
Mt. Princeton
Case Study Competition
Mt. Yale
Volunteer Motivation in Non-Profit Sporting Events Within Colorado (Chien-Hsin Wang)
Mt. Columbia
11:30am-12pm Poster Session
Lobby Level
Mt. Sopris
Perceptual Antecedents of Attitude Toward Advertising in Sport: A Comparison of Television Commercials and Virtual Advertising (Gregg Bennett)
An Exploratory Study of Game Attendance of A Specific Franchise in the Chinese Professional Baseball League
(Chen Chen-Yueh)
Marketing Amateur Baseball Players: A Social-Psychological Approach (Joris Drayer)
Exploring Brand Positioning in the Context of Sponsorship: A Correspondence Analysis Approach (Todd Hall)
CDM vs. MLBAM: The Future of Fantasy Sports Licensing (Joel White)
Factors Affecting Repeat Attendance Intentions: The Case of a State Sports Event
(Tsuji Yosuke)
Mountain Dew Image Congruence Piece
(Windy Dees)
The Mediating Role of Gratitude Toward Sponsors in the Relationship Between Participant Identification with a Cause-Related Sport Event and Attitude Towards Sponsors
(Todd Hall)
A Statistical Base Predictive Model for NBA Franchise Expansion/Relocation
(Danielle Kushner)
12pm-1:30pm

Lunch & PRISM Awards

Award Winners:
Eric Nemeth
Dan Mason

Lobby Level
Mt. Sopris
1:45pm-2:45pm Guest Services Training in the Sport Industry
(R. Brian Crow)
Mt. Wilson
The Influence of Gender on Sponsorship Recognition (Heather Maxwell)
Mt. Princeton
The Role of Internet Content for Creating Attraction to Sporting Events (Dan Funk)
Mt. Yale
An Examination of How Service Contributes to Satisfaction and Retention of Athletic Donors
(T. Christopher Greenwell)
Mt. Columbia
Branding Destinations Through Sport Events: Case Study Torino, Italy (Lisa Delpy Neirotti)
Mt. Oxford
2:15pm-2:45pm The Sponsorship of Country-based Mega-Events: Propositions from Product-Country Image Research (Norm O'Reilly)
Mt. Wilson
Futuristic Golf: A Game for the Future
(Edgar Shields)
Mt. Princeton
Easy Target: Legal Issues in Sport Website Accessibility (John Grady)
Mt. Yale
“National Champions: What Do We Do Now?” Marketing Implications after Winning a National Championship
(Michelle Gacio Harrolle)
Mt. Columbia
A Study of Attitudinal Brand Loyalty Variables of Licensed Sports Products Purchasing Behaviors (Soonhawn Lee)
Mt. Oxford
2:45pm-3pm Break
3pm-4pm

Developing Marketing Partnerships
Moderator: Bill Sutton

Panel Members:
Paula Hanson
Michel Desbordes
Steve Saunders

Lobby Level
Mt. Sopris
4:15pm-4:45pm Communicating in Crisis: A Case Study of Media Management and its Marketing Implications (Galen Clavio)
Mt. Wilson
The Proposed Relationship between Beliefs about and Attitude toward Advertising through Sport (Do Young Pyun)
Mt. Princeton
Segmenting the Selling of Sponsorship of League Sports Properties: The NFL Beer Market (John Fortunato)
Mt. Yale
Contemporary Issues Facing Interscholastic Sports: Marketing Implications for Athletic Directors (Eric Forsyth)
Mt. Columbia
4:15pm-5:45pm Publish and Flourish: Strategies for Writing and Publishing Scholarly Works (Dan Drane)
Mt. Oxford
4:45pm-5:15pm Ethical Decision-Making in Sports Marketing: Links between Conflict and Conscience
(Mark Pritchard)
Mt. Wilson
Evaluating Corporate Sponsorship: A Case Study on the Australian Open Tennis and Kia Motors (Han Kil Shin)
Mt. Princeton

The Influence of Data Quality Factors on Sports Website Visitors' Satisfaction
(Hyun-Duck Kim)

Mt. Yale
An Analysis of the Working Relationships between In-house and Outsourced Sports Marketing Departments in NCAA Division I-A College Athletics (Gregory Driscoll)
Mt. Columbia
6pm Reception
TBA
Saturday, November 4th, 2006
Time: Function:
Location:
7:30am-12pm Registration
3rd Floor Foyer
8am-5pm

Exhibitor Area

3rd Floor Foyer
8am-9am

Market Demand Factors Associated with the Attendance of Major League Baseball Spring Training Games

Introduction by: Dan Migala
Presented by: Shawn Hunter (AEG Sports)

Lobby Level
Mt. Sopris
9am-9:15am Break
9am-4pm

SMA Career Day

2nd Floor
Maroon Peak
9:15am-9:45am Market Demand Factors Associated with the Attendance of Major League Baseball Spring Training Games (Jessica Braunstein)
Mt. Wilson
A Model Examining Relationships among Team Identification, Sport Spectator Motives, Perceived Service Quality, and Satisfaction
(Li-Shiue Gau)
Mt. Princeton
Sport Event Security (Dennis Phillips)
Mt. Yale
Measuring Performance in Collegiate Athletics: Conceptualizing Beyond Convention
(John Eaton)
Mt. Columbia
An Analysis of Athletic Donor Valuation of Fundraising Benefits of Current University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Rams Club Donors
(Nathan Tomasini)
Mt. Oxford
9:45am-10:15am Building the Brand Equity of a College Sports Program: The Case of Université Laval’s Rouge et Or (Andre Richelieu)
Mt. Wilson
An Examination of Motives for Attendance in Collegiate Wrestling (Coyte Cooper)
Mt. Princeton
Communicating with Different Customer Segments: A Case from Minor-League Baseball (T. Christopher Greenwell)
Mt. Yale
Social Change in Big-Time College Sport: A Social Marketing Perspective (John N. Singer)
Mt. Columbia
“You Can Host the Games, But …”: Exploring the Use of the Ambush Marketing Protection Requirements in the Host-City/Country Bid Process for Major Sporting Events
(Steve McKelvey)
Mt. Oxford
10:15am-10:30am

Break

10:30am-11am Determinants of Attendance: The Predictive Value of Team Identification, Past Attendance, and Attendance Intentions (Galen Trail)
Mt. Wilson
An Exploration of Brand Equity in Taiwan Professional Baseball (Chia-Ying (Doris) Lu)
Mt. Princeton
Marketing a New Entity: The Kingz Have Been Lanced – Will the Knights Rein?
(Trish Bradbury)
Mt. Yale
The Effect of Satisfaction Factors and Team Identification on Different Fan Behavior Intentions (Ya-i Wang)
Mt. Columbia
The Importance of Sport Participation in the Lives of Children: Fighting the Obesity Epidemic in the U.S. (Patricia Kennedy)
Mt. Oxford
11am-11:30am Ambush Marketing: Does Involvement in the ING New York City Marathon Effect Attitude?
(Steve McKelvey)
Mt. Wilson
Exploring the Role of Brand Trust on the Relationship between Brand Associations and Brand Loyalty in Sport and Fitness
(Kevin Filo)
Mt. Princeton
To Market Real Life Sport Games through Sport Video Games: An Examination of Casual Relationships among Sport Video Game Interest and Sport Game Interest
(S. Roger Park)
Mt. Yale
Development of a Selection Schema for Celebrity Athlete Endorsements
(David Stotlar)
Mt. Columbia
The Effect of Roster Turnover on Attendance in the National Basketball Association
(Alan Morse)
Mt. Oxford
12pm-1:30pm

Lunch

Lobby Level
Mt. Sopris
1:45pm-2:15pm Evaluating the Effectiveness of Metadiscrete Sales Training Programs (Richard Southall)
Mt. Wilson
Enhancing Identification Through Brand Characteristics and Brand Relationship Strength (Todd Donovan)
Mt. Princeton
Brand Personality Agreement: Implications for Collegiate Sport Sponsorship
(Patrick Walsh)
Mt. Yale
1:45pm-3pm Developing a Collaborate Sport Marketing Research Project: The Olympic Games and Vancouver 2010 (Cheri Bradish)
Mt. Columbia
“Gay Market goes Mainstream”: A Discussion on the Gay and Lesbian Consumer Revolution in Sport (Sonja Lilienthal)
Mt. Oxford
2:15pm-2:45pm Conceptual Framework for Future NASCAR Sponsorships and Marketing Efforts: An Integration of Relationship Marketing and the Consumer Hierarchy (Amanda Clayton)
Mt. Wilson

Positioning Club Sports Based on Achievement Orientation to Reach the “Tween” Segment (Marlene Dixon)

Mt. Princeton
An Analysis of the Relationship between Athletic Expenditures and Success of Olympic Sports Teams at NCAA Division I Institutions
(Samuel Albert)
Mt. Yale
3pm-3:30pm The Impact of Asian emergence in the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA): A Case Study of Anheuser-Busch and its Sponsorship Objectives and Strategies (J. Andrew Choi)
Mt. Wilson
Conceptualizing the Branding of a Head Coach (Jeff Mott)
Mt. Princeton
Scandal in Sport: Perspectives and Framework Development (Stephanie Hughes)
Mt. Yale
The Development of a Scale to Measure Managerial Factors Affecting Team Identification (Jin-Long Chen)
Mt. Columbia
Will You Renew? Drivers and Strategies for Season Ticket Holder Retention in a Professional Franchise (Jim Kadlecek)
Mt. Oxford
3:30pm-4pm A Conceptual Framework of the Drivers of Customer Equity in Professional Spectator Sports (Daniel Sweeney)
Mt. Wilson
Playing the Game: The Role of Sport Attributes in Destination Image Formation
(Debra Pace)
Mt. Princeton
Motivational Differences between Teams within the Same Division at Different Levels of National Recognition (Haylee Uecker)
Mt. Yale
Managerial Responsibilities of the NCAA Division I-A Athletic Directors
(Joon Young Han)
Mt. Columbia
A Team-by-Team Analysis of Optimal Variable Ticket Pricing in Major League Baseball
(Chad McEvoy)
Mt. Oxford
4pm-5:15pm Annual General Business Meeting
Lobby Level
Mt. Sopris
6pm-6:30pm

Reception

Pyramid Peaks
37th Floor
6:30pm-8pm

Presidential Banquet & Awards

Pyramid Peaks
37th Floor
CAREER DAY FOR STUDENTS,
Saturday, November 4th, 2006
7am-8am Registration
3rd Floor Foyer
8am-9am Shawn Hunter,
President & CMO, AEG Sports
Lobby Level
Mt. Sopris
9am-10am Opening Q&A Session with Shawn Hunter
Topic: Jobs and the Industry
2nd Floor
Maroon Peak
10am-10:15am Welcome by Mark Tudi, MVP SportSearch
2nd Floor
Maroon Peak
10:15am-11am Developing Career Paths presented by
Bill Sutton, Bill Sutton & Associates
2nd Floor
Maroon Peak
11am-12pm

Breaking Into the Industry (Panel with Q&A)

Panel:
Laura Cisco, Green Gables Country Club
Curtis Webb, Global Spectrum
Corrie Sears, Nelligan Sports Marketing
Lee Twarling, Denver Broncos
Gretchen Hurst, USA Hockey

2nd Floor
Maroon Peak
12pm-1:30pm Lunch
TBD
1:30pm-2:30pm Sports Opportunities presented by
Mark Tudi, President of MVP SportSearch
2nd Floor
Maroon Peak
2pm-4pm

Job Interviews and Job & Internship Information Sessions

Jan Schnittger, USOC Human Resources
Kroenke Sports
Colorado Rockies
Denver Broncos
Broomfield Sports
...more to be announced!

2nd Floor
Maroon Peak

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