 Ann M. Mayo, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Sport Management
Ann M. Mayo has been the director of the Center for Sport Management and assistant professor of management in the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University since 1996. She is the founding director of the program. Under her direction, the Center has recently opened the Seton Hall Sports Poll Conducted by The Sharkey Institute. This student-run poll, the only university poll of its kind in sport, will address controversial and ethical issues in sport on a national level, such as steroids, gambling, discrimination, and commercialization.
Mayo previously served as assistant dean for Undergraduate Programs and coordinator of external and alumni relations in the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Prior to joining the business school at UNLV, Mayo served as the academic consultant to the Men’s Basketball program at UNLV under Coach Jerry Tarkanian, and as an academic counselor in the Department of Athletics at The Ohio State University.
Dr. Mayo’s particular areas of interest are Sports Betting, particularly Internet Sports Gambling, Indian Gaming Regulation, the Ethics of Sport, and the NCAA and issues relating academic qualifications for student-athletes. She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from California State University; and her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.
 Rick Gentile
Director, Seton Hall University Sports Poll
Rick Gentile is an Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster and former CBS Sports executive producer and senior vice president, whose career began with the Elias Sports Bureau, the renowned sports statistical service.
During his long tenure at CBS, Gentile served in a number of executive production and programming positions, including as the senior vice president of production and executive producer for the Nagano, Albertville and Lillehammer Winter Olympics, the latter being the highest rated event in television history. In 1996, he produced CBS’s exclusive coverage of the Paralympic Games in Atlanta, and in 2000 produced coverage of the Paralympics from Sydney, Australia for WebMedia, a pioneering webcast in sports history.
At CBS, Gentile also oversaw the production of other major sporting events including two World Series, two National Football League seasons, five NCAA tournaments, five U.S. Tennis Opens, five seasons of PGA golf including the Masters Tournament and countless other sporting events.
Most recently, Gentile was president and executive producer of Diamond Sports and Entertainment, and Senior Vice President, Executive Producer of The Football Network.
Gentile received a B.A. in sociology from Queens College and did graduate work in criminal justice at John Jay College.
 Richard J. Hunter, J.D.
Professor of Legal Studies
Richard J. Hunter Jr. is a practicing attorney, Professor of Legal Studies and former associate Dean of Graduate Studies and director of International Programs in the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University. Hunter has taught sport law at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Sport Management program.
Hunter was the varsity soccer coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1977 through 1984. He was also the assistant director of Non-Varsity Athletics, and served as the director of Notre Dame's boxing program from 1981-1984. Hunter served as game manager for Notre Dame basketball and as liaison to the NCAA for post-season competitions. He also has officiated for more than 40 years in basketball, baseball, football, lacrosse, boxing and soccer and was named to the NJSIAA Sports Officiating Hall of Fame in 1999. He currently still officiates High School soccer matches in New Jersey and served as President of the Shore soccer Officials Association.
His research interests include athletic administration, NCAA regulations, and antitrust implications of collegiate and professional sports. Professor Hunter holds a Bachelor's degree in Government and International Relations from the University of Notre Dame, an M.A. in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University, and a law degree from the University of Notre Dame. He has published articles in the area of sport and entertainment law in the Business Law Review, the Marquette Sports Law Review, and Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal. He serves a consultant to the Amusement and Music Operators of America, an international professional organization, catering to the needs of its diverse membership.
Some of his Sports Law research includes:
“An Insider's Guide to the Legal Liability of Sports Contest officials”
Marquette Sports Law Review
Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 369-414 (Spring 2005)
“Discriminating Between Resident and Nonresident Hunters: A Violation of Equal Protection, Discrimination Against Interstate Commerce, or Rationally Based?”
Business Law Review
Vol. 38, pp. 69-90 (Spring 2005)
“Is It Time to Revisit the Doctrine of “State Action” in the Context of Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Sports?”
(With Paula Alexander Becker, Seton Hall University)
Villanova University Sports & Entertainment Law Journal
Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp. 191-232 (2007)
“Current Legal Aspects of Gaming and Gambling”
International Bulletin of Business Administration (EuroJournals, ISSN: 1451-243X)
Issue 2, July 2007, pp. 51-66
“Issues in Antitrust, the NCAA and Sports Management”
(With Ann Mayo, Seton Hall University)
Marquette University Sports Journal
Vol. 10, No. 1, Fall 1999, pp. 69-85.
 Laurence M. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Center for Sport Management
Larry McCarthy was born in Cork, Ireland. He graduated from The Ohio State University in December 1993, with a Ph.D. in sport management. Prior to that
appointment he was the graduate sport management program coordinator in the Department of Recreation & Sport Management at Georgia Southern University. He holds an M.A. from New York University and a B.Ed. from the National University of Ireland.
His research interests focus on the activities of professional sport franchises, cross-cultural studies and on sport in Ireland. He has co-authored a ground breaking book Sport Promotion and Sales Management with Professor Richard Irwin and Professor William Sutton. He has published articles in national and international journals including the Sport Marketing Quarterly, The International Journal of Sport Marketing and Sponsorship and the European Journal of Sport Management. He has presented his research work at regional, national and international conferences. He has been quoted in The Chicago Tribune, The LA Times, Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal, and PR Week.
He has extensive Olympic Organizing Committee experience having worked with The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) as an Olympic Envoy to the Olympic Council of Ireland for the Centennial Olympic Games.
Some of his research involving Sport Marketing includes:
Sport Promotion and Sales Management
(With Richard Irwin & William Sutton)
2nd ed. Human Kinetics Publishers, 2008.
“Mega-Special-Event Promotions and Intent To Purchase: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Super Bowl”
(With Norm O'Reilly, Mark Lyberger, Benoit Seguin, and John Nadeau)
Journal of Sport Management
July 2008, Vol. 22, Iss. 4, pp. 392-409
“An Analysis of Volume Consumption, Consumer Interests and Perceptions of Sport Sponsorship as they relate to the Super Bowl”
(With Mark Lyberger)
International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship
December/January 2002. Vol. 3, No. 4.
“An Assessment of Consumer Knowledge of Interest In, and Perceptions of Ambush Marketing Strategies”
(With Mark Lyberger)
Sport Marketing Quarterly
2001, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 130-137.
“An Examination of the Rationale and Motives for Corporate Purchase of Stadia and Arena Naming Rights”
(With Richard Irwin)
Cyber Journal of Sport Marketing
2000, Vol. 4, No 2 and 3.
 Kurt W. Rotthoff, Ph.D.
Department of Finance
Kurt is in his first year as an assistant professor in the Department of Finance and Legal Studies. Rotthoff received his Ph.D. from Clemson University in May 2007.
He teaches sport finance, but his fields of interest include sport finance,financial economics, sports economics, behavioral finance, and education finance. His recent research work has been looking at rent dissipation: a study of closed leagues vs. open leagues, effects of new stadiums on county level employment, bankruptcy behavior in football, and upsets in tennis: Girls vs. Boys. Outside of sports, his research involves the efficient use of Affirmative Action in higher education, and product liability litigation: Vioxx.
Rotthoff also stays active in the sporting world by being a volunteer assistant swim coach here at Seton Hall University.
Some of his research involving Sport Finance includes:
"A Model of Promotion and Relegation in League Sports"
(With John Jasina)
Forthcoming in the Journal of Economics and Finance
"The Impact of a Professional Sports Franchise on County Employment and Wages."
(With John Jasina)
International Journal of Sport Finance
November 2008. Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp 210-227
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