Football 7/30/2013 11:00:00 AM

The NFF Joins the SportsBusiness Journal in Promoting the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum

The Dec. 11-12 Forum occurs the day after the
NFF Annual Awards Dinner in New York City.

IRVING, Texas (July 30, 2013) – The National Football Foundation (NFF) announced today a partnership with Sports Business Daily/Global/Journal of the Street & Smith’s Sports Group to promote the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum, which will take place Dec. 11-12 in New York City.

“We are pleased to partner with the Sports Business Journal to promote the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum,” said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. “It has been a tradition for many years for the leaders in college athletics to travel to New York City at the conclusion of the regular college football season to celebrate the game at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner. The IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum attracts many of the same individuals to discuss the most important issues of the day. It’s a natural for us to connect the two events.”

The IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum draws more than 300 of the top people from throughout the industry, including NCAA leadership, university presidents, conference commissioners, athletics directors, media partners and corporate sponsors. The Forum has become the premier event for intercollegiate athletics stakeholders to openly examine and candidly debate the numerous and complex issues surrounding college sports.

The 2013 IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum, now in its 12th year, will be held from Dec. 11-12 at the New York Marriott Marquis at Times Square during “College Football Week” in New York City. The 2013 Forum will follow the 56^th NFF Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria on Tuesday, Dec. 10.

Additional program details and registration information for the 2013 Forum can be found, when available, online at www.IntercollegiateAthleticsForum.com.

Some of the speakers over the program’s 11 year history have included:
- Archie Manning, Chairman, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame
- Mark Richt, Head Football Coach, University of Georgia
- Bill Curry, Former college football head coach
- John Swofford, Commissioner, Atlantic Coast Conference
- Mike Slive, Commissioner, Southeastern Conference (NFF Board Member)
- Larry Scott, Commissioner, Pac-12 Conference
- Jim Delany, Commissioner, Big Ten Conference (NFF Board Member)
- George Pyne, President, IMG Sports and Entertainment (NFF Board Member)
- Ben Sutton, President, IMG College
- Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports
- John Skipper, President, ESPN
- Debbie Yow, Athletics Director, N.C. State University (NFF Board Member)
- Jack Swarbrick, Athletics Director, University of Notre Dame
- Gene Smith, Athletics Director, Ohio State University
- Jeremy Foley, Athletics Director, University of Florida
- Joe Castiglione, Athletics Director, University of Oklahoma (NFF Board Member)
- Dave Brandon, Athletics Director, University of Michigan
- Mark Emmert, President, NCAA

About the National Football Foundation
Founded in 1947 with early leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame is a non-profit educational organization that runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people. With 120 chapters and 12,000 members nationwide, NFF programs include the College Football Hall of Fame, the NFF Scholar-Athlete Award presented by Fidelity Investments, Play It Smart, the NFF Hampshire Honor Society, the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association, and scholarships of more than $1.3 million for college and high school scholar-athletes. The NFF presents the MacArthur Bowl, the William V. Campbell Trophy endowed by HealthSouth, and releases the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings. NFF corporate partners include the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the BCS, Fidelity Investments, Herff Jones, Liberty Mutual Insurance, NCAA Football, and Under Armour. For more information, please visit www.footballfoundation.org.

About Street & Smith’s Sports Group
Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal is the industry's leading weekly trade publication, providing breaking news and comprehensive reporting and analysis on sports business. With 80 reporters, editors and guest columnists, SBJ keeps its readers up to date on the latest developments in sports marketing, sponsorships, media, facilities, agents and labor, finance and more. For more information, visit www.sportsbusinessjournal.com.

Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Daily and SportsBusiness Daily Global are the leading daily trade publications on the business of sports. From Sunday through Friday, the publications summarize industry news reported by more than 600 media outlets in the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, India, Asia, Australia and South America. They also offer relevant original features by their experienced editorial staff. In prioritizing the day's most important news, the Daily and Global Daily offer readers both the substance and "the spin" of how the news is playing. In addition, they provide timely original features that go beyond the headlines and analyze the latest trends influencing the multi-billion-dollar sports industry. For more information, visit www.sportsbusinessdaily.com.

Both publications are part of the Street & Smith’s Sports Group, which consists of the Street & Smith’s Conference Group, the Resource Guide LIVE and NASCAR Illustrated. Street & Smith’s is a division of American City Business Journals (ACBJ), which comprises weekly business journals across the country, BizJournals.com and Hemmings Motor News. ACBJ is part of the Advance Publications family.

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