FSTA Executive Director, Meg Van Petten talks about how new members can best benefit from the Summer Conference. As Executive Director of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, Meg Van Petten oversees one of the fastest-growing industry trade associations in the U.S. She talks about her role in the event and how new members and attendees can best benefit from the two-day event in New York City.
Jay Correia is the owner and senior consultant of DreamCo Design in West Dundee, IL. He has developed Websites, marketing solutions, and print material for a broad range of customers for more a decade. He talks about the value of the FSTA Summer Conference.
While 41 million people in North America over the age of 12 play fantasy sports, that still leaves about 300 million people who surely would play if they knew more about the games. That’s one conclusion of the 2014 FSTA industry survey. Among those interviewed were people who did not play fantasy sports, only 4% were familiar with fantasy sports and how the games were scored and played.
RealTime Fantasy Sports, a sponsor of the 2015 FSTA Summer Conference, delivers a comprehensive daily fantasy sports experience, with games in baseball, football, basketball and hockey, as well as season-long fantasy leagues. Ahead of this year’s event, Mark Hanna, president of RealTime Fantasy Sports, discussed how the FSTA Summer Conference continues to deliver value to […]
As daily fantasy sports continues to grow, companies building a niche in this space can turn to affiliate programs to help accelerate that growth. But how do you find the right program, and how to you ensure you take full advantage of the programs?
Before Rotisserie Baseball emerged in the 1980s, no one knew about the statistic WHIP (Walks and Hits per Innings Pitched). Now it is a standard part of every statistical presentation during television broadcasts. Baseball terms such as WAR, and OBP and football data such as yards after contact once were for only the front office executive. Today that data is widely used in all aspects of fantasy sports.
So far, 2015 has been an important year for fantasy sports from a legal and legislative aspect, and the 2015 Fantasy Sports Trade association Summer Conference will provide attendees with an update of these issues.
Things are moving fast at Fantasy Alarm. Adapt or die is our motto. Brand new membership product focused on daily fantasy sports. Traffic increasing at a higher rate than we anticipated. Producing more content than any other fantasy sports site for the big three sports. Developing real-time tools that use new statistics to give fantasy players an edge.
Fantasy football is by far the most popular fantasy sport, and it continues to find new fans each year. Research by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association finds that the growth of fantasy football among players ages 12 and older has continued at a rapid pace in the past five years.
With Times Square as its backdrop, the 2015 Fantasy Sports Trade Association’s annual Summer Conference heads to New York City to help industry leaders gain further insight from each other and some of the top fantasy sports minds in America.