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Going Off The Grid: Execs Talk Twitter's 280 Characters, College Hoops Arenas

"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 Twitter expanding to 280 characters and give their top arena to see a college basketball game in.

  • AMB Sports & Entertainment Senior VP & Chief Commercial Officer Tim Zulawski
    – "Game of Thrones," "Outlander" and "Homeland" are his binge-worthy shows.
  • FC Dallas VP/Business Development Melissa Jannetta 
    – Interested in podcasts, Netflix and "Fallon"
  • Conference USA Associate Commissioner/Business Affairs and CFO Shonna Brown
    – "Real Housewives of Atlanta," "Love & Hip Hop" and "Married to Medicine" are her escapes from reality.
  • USA Ultimate CEO Tom Crawford
    – Watches "SNL" every Sunday morning, but after "Meet the Press."
Going Off The Grid
  Non-pro sports market ready for a team Best arena for college hoops game Twitter expanding to 280 characters is... Longest road trip you've been on

Zulawski
Quebec Reilly Center at St. Bonaventure (first game I ever attended in person) Off brand Buffalo to Orlando

Jannetta
Austin Breslin Center (Michigan State) Unnecessary Miami to Detroit

Brown
Charleston Cameron Indoor Stadium (Duke) Yea! More emojis Mississippi to Maine and back with 30 other Girl Scouts

Crawford
Las Vegas...Oh rats The Dunk! (Providence) What is Twitter? Can't remember it was so long ago
Do you want to get your thoughts in the Grid? If so, shoot an e-mail to jcarpenter@sportsbusinessdaily.com.

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