Matthew T. Brown is Chair for the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management at the University of South Carolina, USA. Dr Brown has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Southern Ohio Copperheads, Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Southern Ohio Collegiate Baseball Club, and Treasurer of the North American Society for Sport Management. In 2018 he received the Garth Paton Distinguished Service Award from the North American Society for Sport Management.

Daniel A. Rascher is Academic Director and Professor in the Sport Management Program at the University of San Francisco, USA. Dr Rascher has been named Research Fellow of the North American Society for Sport Management, and is the Founder and President of SportsEconomics, LLC. He has also served on the editorial boards of a number of sport management journals, including Case Studies in Sport Management, Journal of Sport Management, and Sport Management Review.

Mark S. Nagel is Professor in the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management at the University of South Carolina, USA, and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Francisco and St. Mary's College of California. Dr Nagel has served as Treasurer for the North American Society for Sport Management and the Sport and Recreation Law Association, and has served as the Associate Director of the College Sport Research Institute since its creation in 2006.

Chad D. McEvoy is Professor and Dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology at Illinois State University, USA. He served as President of the Sport Marketing Association and was Founding Editor of Case Studies in Sport Management. His professional affiliations include the North American Society for Sport Management and the Sport Marketing Association. He has authored several textbooks in the sport management discipline, and his research has been featured in more than 100 media outlets.