The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby clubs in Australasia. General Manager Dave Harris manages 39 staff across both the Marketing, Content & Digital and Club & State Services divisions out of Sydney, Australia. Harris talks about the growth of club memberships across league from 252k in 2014 to 294k in 2015, and the deep impact that Origin has on the NRL brand, especially through its digital channels. Harris explains negotiating with Channel 9 and producers to create a Reality TV Series premiering in 2016, as well as driving grassroots participation and connection to NRL through new online program. Twitter: @daveharrisAUS

Andy Dolich's career has spanned over 40 years, with just about every type of sport imaginable. Dolich recalls his early days with the Philadelphia 76ers, Maryland Arrows, Washington Capitals and Washington Diplomats. But Dolich's 15-year stint with the Oakland Athletics helped set him apart, revitalizing the Bay Area Major League Baseball team that only 326 season tickets, increasing it to over 16,000. Dolich refined the Athletics into "Billy Ball" with a marketing campaign that is credited with rebranding the entire ball club into the image of then-manager Billy Martin. Dolich shares his insight into the growth of sports marketing, especially gaining shared knowledge through peer-to-peer industry conferences, as well as his short-time at the Golden State Warriors. Dolich talks about how the relocation plans of the Vancouver-to-Memphis Grizzlies came about, as well as his tenure with the San Francisco 49ers. Twitter: @Koufish

The Aspire Group has made great strides into developing U.S. sports sales techniques in the Australia sports market. Overseeing those efforts has been Ben Pincus, along with his wife, Nicole (who was interviewed on Ep. 78 of the podcast when she was at the Atlanta Motor Speedway). Ben Pincus illustrates some of the misconceptions about selling in the Australia sports market, as well as assets that Oz has to offer. Pincus shares his insights into telephone and group sales, two practices that are uncommon in Australia, but taking hold through the Aspire Group's efforts. Twitter: BenPincus

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) is the premiere event for college athletic department professionals, with a 12,000+ membership base and an annual 9-day conference that stretches out over 6,000+ attendees for 15 affiliate associations. Chris Green oversees the corporate sponsorship portion of NACDA, as well as its 15 associations, including the newest, the National Association of Athletic Ticket Sales & Operations (NAATSO). Green talks about sponsorship components which matter to both the vendor and the attendee, as well as the new principle of transforming a conference sponsorship into a year-round branding tool for the corporate partner. Green shares his thoughts on the lifespan of conference trade shows or booths in general, as well as helping discover what translates to R.O.I. for the vendor when sponsoring a segmentation of the industry. Green presents the overall challenge that's a "good problem to have" where NACDA and its affiliate associations have started to swell and cause overflow issues for their hotels, creating the issue of whether to move more toward a convention center model for future conference sites. Twitter: @ChrisGreen_3737

Racing has grown from a Post-War activity into a booming, multi-billion dollar economic engine that has more Fortune 500 companies affiliated with it than any other sport throughout the world. Tim Frost, publisher of the National Speedway Directory, provides perspective on how the world of racing has grown up since the 1950s-1960s popularity boom, as well as some of its growing pains during the 1990s-2000s. Frost shares his viewpoint on the value of membership within the racing community, and how a lot of the ways that racing has developed a core relationship with its fanbase. Frost talks about some of the factors involved in how racing has established a foothold on specific areas, as well as the complication of learning how to draw a crowd effectively through marketing.

In the world of the Southeastern Conference, everything can be placed under a microscope. No one knows this better than Chris Freet, who laments the fact that during the first Arkansas home game of the 2015 season, the game script went long and UA didn't do "The Hog Call." Freet discusses some of the ways that he has helped try to improve the UA brand, especially with the student body, in order to make the student section into a more exciting atmosphere. Freet talks about the implementation of the student skyboxes, and how that has help increased the perception by the students using that area during games. Freet also shares his thoughts on becoming an industry leader for multiple organizations, and how that improves his ability to help UA become greater through his professional development. Twitter: @ChrisFreet

As Todd Rahr steps down from his 12-year positon at the top of the Boise Hawks Single-A baseball team, he comes on the podcast to share his thoughts on the industry. Not all of them are good ones, especially when it comes to the question of whether fans are consuming a sports product, or just an entertainment product. Rahr speaks on the idea of "gifting" fans with Bobbleheads, discounts on concessions and where the focus on the selling of season tickets, mini-plans or group tickets. Rahr gives his impression on the Boise Hawks' decision in 2015 to drop all play-by-play radio broadcasts entirely, and whether that decision could be costly toward building fans down the road. In a stadium of 3,500 where there are only 38 total regular season games, Rahr presents several issues that come from selling out in limited capacity. Twitter: @ToddRahr

What's in a name? In minor league sports, Greenville's ECHL hockey franchise is the latest to embrace the weird, renaming themselves from the Road Warriors to the Swamp Rabbits. And this took every single person who has heard it by storm, including the national press. Chris Lewis explains the history behind the Greenville franchise, how its numbers haven't been stellar in attendance or corporate sponsorship as the Road Warriors, and how the name change has caused a lot of drastic attention to come the way of the team by the Swamp Rabbits moniker. Lewis talks about how only a few people have had an issue with it, but thus far, The Swamp Rabbits has brought national attention by way of Sports Illustrated and ESPN, and revitalized the prospects of a small hockey franchise in South Carolina. Twitter: @SwampRabbits

Super Bowl 50 is helping cap off one of the greatest times in sports business for the Bay Area of San Francisco, and at the forefront is Stephanie Martin, who explains what it entails to be entrusted with such a global brand. Martin describes some of the ways in which SB 50 will be able to encapsulate the Bay Area culture, as well as help drive attention throughout the world to the area, as well as some of the methods in which SB 50 has already started to give back to the community. Martin talks about her time helping secure and promote the America's Cup sailing in San Francisco, and the miraculous results to a great finish which gained the attention of the area and the world. Twitter: @skmsail

Moving a minor league baseball team 13 miles from one location to another is not supposed to be a heavy-lifting task, yet when the Hartford Yard Goats announced their intentions to move from New Britain to downtown Hartford in 2014, it became an issue with the locals. Senior Vice President Michael Abramson discusses the intangibles with the move, including creating a name change from the Rock Cats to Yard Goats, and all of the controversy that became of the switch. Abramson talks about the increased visibility of the Hartford Yard Goat brand in the downtown area, as well as some of the ways in which the team is expanding its reach in local municipality.