This should be a thing for every sports broadcast. Last Thursday night (Thanksgiving night), the halftime of the Packers vs Dolphins game wasn’t just a bunch of obvious analysis and commercials (though there was that). NBC aired a 55-minute story on Dolphins’ fullback Alec Ingold. He grew up a huge Packers fan and was playing his first ever game in Lambeau Field. But the story was deeper. It was about Alec’s adoption. It was about the things he’s doing now to raise adoption awareness. Millions of us are sports fans. We root for teams and certain players. But sports leagues should take every minute they can to share the stories of people on (and off) the field. Storytelling can be marketing for sure, but it can go beyond that. It connects humans to other humans they don’t know. It gives people a reason to invest time. I’m not a Dolphins fan, but from now on when I hear Alec Ingold’s name, I’ll think about his story. I’ll think about adoption. I’ll think about what I can do to make a small impact on the world. And that wouldn’t be possible if NBC had just numbed its viewers with more pointless analysis, coach speak, or more truck/prescription/beer/whatever commercials. #marketing #storytelling https://lnkd.in/eXZZm_dk
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