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Going Off The Grid: Execs Talk Best College Sports Towns, Future Of Virtual Reality

"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, our panelists discuss their top college sports towns and what VR will look like in five years.

  • Engine Shop Chief Client Officer Jennifer Carper
  • – Frequent watcher of "Vanderpump Rules" on Bravo -- "It's a sickness."
  • Intersport Exec Dir of eSports Kurt Melcher 
    – Can't get enough memes.
  • Packers Corporate Transactions Counsel Marissa Meli
    – Waiting on the next episode of HBO's "Westworld."
  • Univ. of Washington Senior Associate AD & Senior Woman Administrator Erin O'Connell
    – Her interest in pop culture summed up: "William, Kate, George, Charlotte."

Going Off The Grid

Voting: early or Election Day? Best college sports town

Song I won't change if on the radio

Virtual reality in five years will be...

Last place I flew to


Jennifer
Carper
Election Day -- can't come soon enough Boston Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" Turning everyone into shut-ins Minneapolis for the Ryder Cup

Kurt
Melcher
Early Madison What's the radio? Used to enhance spectator experiences UC-Irvine for an e-sports inclusion panel

Marissa
Meli
Early Madison Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" On its way, but not the Holodeck I was promised Florida for my grandma's 90th birthday

Erin
O'Connell
Early West Lafayette, Ind. Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" Not in my portfolio My city by the Bay -- S.F.

Do you want to get your thoughts in the Grid? If so, shoot an email to jcarpenter@sportsbusinessdaily.com.

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