CHAPTER 6

What Is the Future of Sports Business?

Is the growth of successful sports organizations sustainable in the face of ever more pronounced technological revolutions and political uncertainties?

To keep up the growth of sports industry, it is crucial for people who work in sports to have a vision of how the Internet will change the sport. Because what 10 years ago seemed unthinkable is today’s reality. Sports industry must compete with people playing football, soccer, basketball, and baseball online. Sports arenas are increasingly replaced by mobile phones and laptops screens.

The e-sport industry behind it has another record growth year. Competitive gaming in the mentioned competition systems for a particular audience has been fairly steeped ...

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