Last
week, the annual conference for the Sports Marketing Association (SMA) was held
here, in Orlando, FL, at the Wyndham Hotel. This year they teamed up with
Teamwork Online to add a day for students to network with some of the many
sports professionals present and each other. This past Saturday, October 27,
2012, I had the opportunity to attend this event. It began with introductions
and then the professionals shared their stories. The people we heard from were
Tom Veit, Alex Vergara, Bob Crowley, Ed Willett, Rick Burton, Jeff Angolini,
Donna Rowe, Jeffrey Gray and Marcellus Cooper. Here are a few of their stories:
