I am a huge sports fan. The drama. The intensity. That during a game you can jump on twitter, tweet your thoughts, and participate in discussion / banter with other sports fans. Participating in sports as a kid teaches you so much about teamwork, how success requires hard work, how to win with class and loss with dignity. But as a fan there are so many things you can learn from it as well, including leaderships lessons, marketing lessons, dealing with pressure and stress, and much more. Sports breeds competition and a lot can be learned and translated into everyday life from competing in athletics. Being a marketer myself, and someone who was not gifted with the talents to be a professional athlete but with dreams of being a marketer for a pro sports team, here are several valuable lessons I have learned from sports marketing.
