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IU experts available to comment on ongoing shifts in sports landscape due to coronavirus

March 12, 2020

INDIANAPOLIS -- In the interest of safety in the wake of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the sports landscape is shifting on nearly an hourly basis. The NBA season has been put on hold, major conference basketball tournaments have been canceled, and other events such as the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments have announced that fans will not be permitted. And everything remains subject to change. For more information, contact John Schwarb at 317-274-2195.

Galen Clavio

Sports media, sports journalism, esports, virtual reality in sports, sport communication and social media in sports.

IU Bloomington

Phone: (812) 855-3367

Email: gclavio2@indiana.edu

Expert Bio

Galen Clavio is the head of the Sports Media program at Indiana University, the director of the National Sports Journalism Center and an associate professor. His research focuses on electronic media and its uses among fans, media and sports organizations, and his professional background is in sports journalism and broadcasting. Galen was an invited panelist at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in 2017 on the topic of virtual reality in sports, and he has written extensively about the use of social media by fans. (more)

David Pierce

Sports innovation, sales, sports sales, sports marketing, sports management, sports finance, sports business, sports technology.

IUPUI

Phone: (317) 278-1645

Email: dpierce3@iupui.edu

Expert Bio

David Pierce is the director of the Sports Innovation Institute at IUPUI. He is the author of the groundbreaking textbook "Selling in the Sport Industry," the first book to teach students how to sell in the sport industry. (more)

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