Do you know what sold out last week? Tickets to the upcoming NHL Draft in Dallas.

If you wanted to see the draft live and in-person, watch as teams orchestrate their future, celebrate decisions and manage opportunity – sorry, there aren’t any tickets left for you to buy.

But, not all hope is lost.

At Sports Management Worldwide we already bought tickets.

Lots of them.

Just a few short months ago in January, businessman Tom Dundon acquired a majority stake in the Carolina Hurricanes for a reported $420 million, becoming owner of a major sports franchise at just 46 years old.

By now you’ve probably heard that the North American contingency of the United States, Mexico and Canada will host the 2026 World Cup.

This is really great news, but let’s back up for a second.

One of the main reasons the North American bid won the bid against rival Morocco was due to the promise of revenue, lots of it.

In the foreground sits a hulking mass of athleticism, crowded by family and friends, encircled by cameras adjusting their focus for the live feed straight from the top prospects living room.

The minute-by-minute emotions, the highs and lows of uncertainty, are captured as the drama of draft day unfolds.

The tension is palpable, due in part to the unknown.

At 21-years old no one is prepared to make one of the biggest decisions of their life, but for most highly rated prospects that is the only choice they have.

The most wonderful time of the year is in the rearview mirror and sadly that means for many coaches in college and pro football, so is their career.

Every year more and more coaches get a shorter and shorter leash to perform their duties and grow a program.

Where there is opportunity for great power and success, so too is the opportunity for shame and dishonor.

I’ve never been afraid to zig when everyone else is zagging.

Let’s be honest with each other, the United States losing to Trinidad and Tobago, a nation with just over 1.3 million people in it, was depressing.

We were the sports juggernaut in this instance, but at the final whistle we ended up on the other side of the Miracle on Ice. In T & T they’ll make movies of this moment, chant in the streets, make songs and celebrate their victory for years…as they should.