Slide 1

1980's-1990's Sports Marketing

  • ESPN

    ESPN
    ESPN is established in 1980 and gets popular with it's commentary on sports is very important for the industry and is the first major sports marketer.
  • Olympics

    Olympics
    The Olympics were finally commercialized in 1984.
    This is what was the beginning of sports being largely marketing on a global scale.
  • Mike Tyson

    Mike Tyson
    Mike Tyson was the all known champion in boxing. He managed to put boxing as the 3rd most watched/grossing sport right being football and baseball which is impressive for it's time of how we single handedly managed to do it.
  • Movies in the 80's/90's

    Movies in the 80's/90's
    Some of the greatest movies have been created in 80's and early 90's such as Aliens, Back to the future, Die Hard, The Goonies, Gremlins and terminator. Known as the golden age of movies.
  • Music in the 80's and 90's

    Music in the 80's and 90's
    In the early 80's and some of the 90's Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Rolling Stone, and more set music over the top and started a huge rise in the music industry.
  • Internet Usage

    Internet Usage
    With people now starting to use the internet around 1998 in large quantities, sports marketers also started to expierement with it which would eventually become how we view sports information today.