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The NFL poised to list its ban on gambling advertising and will allow land-based casinos the opportunity to sponsor teams, according to The Drum. The decision was made by the NFL’s Business Ventures Committee, although there are likely to be a number of rules and stipulations left in place. While casinos will be allowed to use NFL team logos on advertising and promotional material they will still be prevented from “explicitly advertising sportsbooks using the teams that are sponsored by them” In addition, according to reports, NFL franchises will not be allowed to take revenue shares from business driven to gambling sites or casinos. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. locked in an exclusive marketing and retail collaboration today with ESPN to showcase Samsung’s premium QLED TVs as “the best way to watch college football at home.” Samsung will highlight the capabilities of its super big screen QLED lineup at select tailgating events across the country, including the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and the College Football Playoff National Championship. First stop will be for Georgia/South Carolina on Saturday. DIGITAL & STREAMING
Speaking of college football partnerships, ESPN and Twitter launched the season with a new weekly show and social campaign. The Tweet Cam will serve as a social campaign designed for both fans on-site and around the world and is powered by the hashtag #GameDayCam. CBS SPORTS HQ debuted its new Friday night segment previewing the biggest high school football games around the country. MaxPreps Top 25 High School Scoreboard streams live each Friday at 7p and features region-by-region breakdowns of all the best matchups happening that night, hosted by Tommy Tran. ESPORTS
Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympics Committee, reiterated that the IOC would not welcome “violent” video games in any move the organization would make toward esports. In an interview with the AP, Bach addressed the IOC’s interest in adding esports to its lineup of events, noting “We cannot have in the Olympic program a game which is promoting violence or discrimination,” Bach said. “So-called killer games. They, from our point of view, are contradictory to the Olympic values and cannot therefore be accepted.” Meanwhile, Alisports CEO Zhang Dazhong told Reuters that the event’s future esports portions will move towards a focus on sports simulations, rather than video games deemed “too violent” for Olympic inclusion. Mobile Esports Games and Fantasy Sports platform MEGAFANS announced its first esports tournament prototype for mobile games, where players can compete for tokenized prizes from their mobile devices anywhere in the world. The platform offers mobile tournaments for prizes and will also hold streaming and destination location events, combining multiple forms of digital gaming. Megafans is the first mobile esports platform, according to the company, to integrate daily fantasy sports into their business model. ROSTER MOVES
ISM Raceway named Rodney Scearce as its new Director of Communications. Scearce, who previously served as Manager of Community Relations for the Phoenix Suns, will oversee all communications and media relations for ISM Raceway, including its Opening Weekend featuring the Can-Am 500. THE MAIN EVENT
US Open Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals on ESPN at 7p.
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| A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE | | Cheers to the Tempest Finalists & “The Watch List” Honorees! Winners to be announced at the Tempest Esports Business Awards Gala: OCT 2 | 7PM – 9:45PM | The Luxor Esports Arena, Las Vegas In addition to our talented category finalists, the event will spotlight “The Watch List” honorees. These are the esports executives whose creativity and innovation have put them at the forefront of the industry. Don’t take your eyes off these esports game-changers (click here to view “The Watch List”). VIEW FINALISTS AWARDS EVENT REGISTER TODAY |
ON THIS DAY in 1993: The Yankees’ Jim Abbott no-hits the Indians. In the Know: Who is the Raiders’ all-time career sack leader? (Email chris-sports@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company and city.) Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: Besides the Fighting Irish, which two schools in the ACC don’t have a team nickname that ends with the letter ‘S’? Answer: Syracuse and NC State. Kudos: Ben Sturner-Leverage Agency/NY; Danny Turk-Tough Mudder/NY; Tim Gardner-Endeavor/NY; Seth Goldberg-ESPN/NY; Jon Miller-NBC Sports/Stamford; Michael G. Hawkins-Francis Marion University/Florence; Russ DelCore-a4media/New Jersey; Emily Ecclestone-Wake Forest University/Winston-Salem; Robert Teinowitz-Live Action Media/Chicago; Kevin Micklo-Pinnacle Advertising/Chicago; Joe Lyons-ESPN/Dallas’ John Tingue-CBS/Chicago; Rich Wolfe-Lone Wolfe Press/Scottsdale; Jack Simmons-US Army Reserve/LA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federalk Credit Union/Burbank; Jaymz Wooden-Bottelsen American Dart Lines/Santa Maria
Later - Chris
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