The Beginnings of an Official | Dr. David Pierce

Episode 71,   Sep 14, 2020, 05:00 AM

Dr. Pierce is the author of the groundbreaking textbook Selling in the Sport Industry. He has published over 70 peer reviewed manuscripts, presented over 100 times at academic conferences, and secured over 30 grants and contracts with research focused on sport sales and issues in sport management education. 

Table of Contents

0:00 - Introduction

3:12 - Sports Innovation Institute

6:19 - Research with Officially Human

8:05 - Collaboration with Zoom

12:10 - Respecting officials

19:06 - The rookie official experience

31:55 - Great messaging

37:49 - Officiating shortages

43:15 - The theatrics

49:02 - Conclusion

The interview featured on this episode of the Love What You Play podcast originally debuted on the For the Love of the Game Summer Virtual Summit 2020. To learn more about our upcoming summits and events with featured speakers, head to fortheloveofthegame.ca/events