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Here are the top articles from September:

• The cultish lure of the modern day superstar Fans following athletes over teams – a Ronaldo transfer case study
• AFL do just that with two Preliminary Finals sold out in just hours! Can't want for Friday night!
• The NFL hype is real. Good read from Jess Smith
• How Manchester United sees digital as the key
• Bayern Munich games to explore 12th man effect in sound
• ESPN’s three-pronged podcast bucket list
• AS Roma taking club's site from worst to first More digital insights from Paul Rogers on Sports Geek
• Netflix’s next play, good review of how Netflix might tackle sports
• Melbourne Esports Open Australia’s biggest-ever esports event.
• What it takes to make a sports documentary
• FC Bayern pass one billion views on Giphy
• Riot Games preparing for biggest sponsorship deal with Mastercard
• One of the world’s biggest Youtube channels just got sold
• How long can the Athletic grow like a tech disruptor if it reads the same as the newspapers it’s poaching from?
• The museums of Instagram very cool
• Kevin Durant is turning athlete endorsements into media deals
• AFL assessing options after Ticketek failure Discussion in Sports Geek Nation Facebook group
• Have we seen the demise of 20 FOUR? I'd say yes, tough market with so many competition
• Mobile-first generations driving adoption of streaming sports
• Kaepernick campaign created $43 Million in buzz for Nike
• Facebook adds pixel to groups so marketers can track engaged audiences
• Sports Twitter is a fun and weird haven from an often bleak news cycle
• Facebook Watch launches in Australia
• Teachers are moonlighting as Instagram influencers to make ends meet
• 5 reasons creative ideas are tanking your content strategy

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• Craig Neeb on how technology & digital is deepening ties with NASCAR fans – 24 September 2018
• Understanding the ticketing game – Steve DeLay – 17 September 2018
• Making sporting travel easy – Matt Scully, Sports Where I Am – 10 September 2018

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