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Jim Steeg〔"San Diego Chargers Management Profile: Jim Steeg" http://www.chargers.com/team/staff/jim-steeg/f18de4c1-eea2-46a2-93fb-4d22c〕 (born November 29, 1950, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American sports executive. He is considered the one individual who is responsible for growing the Super Bowl into the most popular one-day sporting event.〔http://www.chargers.com/team/staff/jim-steeg/f18de4c1-eea2-46a2-93fb-4d22cc〕〔"Ringmaster Calls All the Shots for Greatest Show in NFL," by Jill Lieber, USA TODAY, January 19, 1998〕〔"Tending to Super Bowl XXV -- and the Next 5 Years," By Rick Maloney, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal, January 22–28, 2001〕 He is currently a noted sports business, stadium and events consultant, advising companies on a variety of subjects, including business ventures, strategic planning, technology, media and community relations, marketing programs and events plans for sports leagues, organizations, conferences, teams and events; stadium operations; fan enhancement; stadium physical structure, and organizational structure. Included among the companies and entities he has worked and consulted with are the National Hockey League (NHL), the Pacific-12 Conference, USC, UCLA, the Seidler/O'Malley Family in the purchase of the San Diego Padres, Qualcomm, STATS LLC, SMRI, Helms Briscoe, The Buckeye Store, the Rose Bowl, the Balboa Park 100th Anniversary celebration, Cleatskins, Prep Athlete, Frosty Towel, Elite Services and Multi Ventures Protection, and he has helped formulate Community Force, a national program for charitable fundraising. He was the Director of the inaugural Pac-12 Football Championship Game, and he was the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the United States Football League (USFL). Also, he is an Advisor to the Board of Directors of ePass, which is developing technology to revolutionize the ticketing process in sports and events. In 2002, Steeg was honored as a member of the inaugural class of the Special Events Hall of Fame.〔Industry Legends: American Events Management Institute. http://www.usaemi.org/news/ONEWS.asp?id+92〕 In 2005, he was recognized as the Hoosier Celebrity of the Year by the Mad Anthony's, a charitable organization in Fort Wayne, Ind., where he spent his teenage years.〔"The Mad Skills of a Super Bowl Mastermind," by Blake Sebring, The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, June 11, 2005.〕〔"NFL Executive to Get Red Coat," by Phil Bloom, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, May 20, 2005.〕 In 2008, he received the Pete Rozelle Award from the New Orleans Touchdown Club.〔Touchdown Club of New Orleans, Pete Rozelle Award Winners. http://www.saintsnews.net/2009/02/12/touchdown-club-of-new-orleans-2009-honorees-announced/〕 Steeg received a Masters of Business Administration from Wake Forest University and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He currently lives in San Diego with his wife Jill Lieber, a national award winning writer formerly with ''Sports Illustrated'' and ''USA Today'', and currently an author of books, her most recent being the memoir of three-time Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball icon Misty May-Treanor, titled "Misty: Digging Deep in Volleyball and Life."〔Jill Lieber Steeg bio. http://www.sdwomensweek.com/bio_JillLieberSteeg.html〕 He has two children, Bryce, 32, a graduate of Duke University, the London School of Economics and Harvard Law School, and Darcy, 30, a graduate of Princeton University, received her PhD in Statistics from Cornell University. He remains active in a variety of charities, including serving on the boards of the Downtown YMCA of San Diego, the Make A Wish Foundation of San Diego, and the University of San Diego Athletic Department Executive Cabinet. He was co-chair of the Special Events Committee for the 2008 United States Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines in LaJolla, Calif. He has served on the boards of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of San Diego, Hunger Related Events, Babcock School at Wake Forest and Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel, Fla. He was instrumental in raising funds for the Ramsey (N.J.) High School Athletic Department.〔"Ramsey's Field of Dreams," by Ron Fox, Bergen Record, April 12, 1998.〕 ==Super Bowl== In his 35 years with the National Football League (NFL), including 26 years in charge of the Special Events Department (1979–2004), Steeg grew the Super Bowl from a championship football game into a week-long extravaganza, with events like "The NFL Experience."〔"For 26 years, He's Been the 'Super' Man," by Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati Enquirer, February 5, 2005. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.d11/article?AID=2005502050418〕 He was responsible for all aspects of the Super Bowl, including site selection, stadium and practice site preparation and buildout; pre-game and halftime shows; national anthem performers; team, media, corporate and fan accommodations; corporate hospitality; television broadcasting; transportation; security; logo design, decorations and signage; ticket design, allocation and distribution; the NFL Commissioner's Party, and the oversight of the local community's Super Bowl Host Committee, as well as political relationships. Steeg oversaw and directed as many as 10,000 employees on site.〔"Even the Super Bowl Has a Quarterback," by Bill Murphy, Houston Chronicle, May 15, 2009. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/176223-even-the-super-bowl-has-a-quarterback〕〔"Extreme Job Stress: Survivors' Tales," by Sam Walker, The Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2001.〕〔"How Michael Jackson Redefined the Super Bowl," by Richard Sandomir, New York Times, June 30, 2009. http://www.nytimes.come/2009/06/30/sports/football/30sandomir.html〕〔"The Evolution of an Extravaganza," by John Helyar, ESPN.com, January 29, 2007. sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs06/news/story?id=2747099〕〔"Evolution of the Super Bowl," by Stacey Henson, The Saginaw News, February 2, 2008. http://blog.mlive.com/saginawnews/2008/02/evolution_of_the_super_bowl.html〕〔"NFL Maestro," by Mark Schlabach, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 24, 2000.〕〔"Jim Steeg: 'A Problem Solver, Not a Back-Slapper,' " by Doug MacEachern, Arizona Republic/Tribune Newspapers, January 28, 1996.〕〔"All Super Bowl, All the Time," by Kyle Parks, St. Petersburg Times, January 16, 2001.〕〔"He's Mr. Super Bowl," by Joey Johnston, Tampa Tribune, January 21, 2001.〕〔"He'll Leave the Light On," the Florida Times Union, February 2, 2005.〕〔"His Super Bowl Detail is Done After 26 Years," by Terry Lefton, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal, February 14–20, 2005.〕 He also managed Super Bowl charitable events that raised more than US$50 million for host communities and children. He also implemented the NFL's Super Bowl Minority and Women-Owned Emerging Business Program in the early 1990s. The program mandated that the NFL and its various vendors and corporate clients hire local minority- and women-owned businesses whenever possible. It has now been copied with all other sports leagues and many national events. During his tenure, Steeg implemented many of the signature Super Bowl game-day-related elements that eventually became staples throughout professional and Olympic sports. This included the use of Jumbotron video screens; enhanced-audio TV broadcasts throughout the entire stadium; TV access at concession stands; entertainment plazas both inside and outside the venue; a corporate hospitality village, and environmental recycling. In addition, he launched and oversaw all of the League-sponsored Super Bowl charitable events off the field, including the NFL Youth Football Clinic, the NFL Cheerleading Spirit Clinic, the Super Bowl College Lecture Series, "The Taste of the NFL," "Gridiron Glamour," and the NFL Charities Golf Classic. He also was instrumental in developing and directing the NFL's Youth Education Town (YET) Centers, learning centers for at-risk children in each of the Super Bowl host sites from 1993-2005.〔"Charities Reap Super Share From the Game," by Jill Lieber, USA TODAY, February 1, 1999.〕 Beyond his duties with the Super Bowl, Steeg had oversight of the NFL post-season schedule, the Pro Bowl in Honolulu, the American Bowl Games in Berlin and Barcelona, the NFL/Sr. PGA-Champions Tour Golf Tournament and all of the NFL's made-for-TV-events. Steeg developed the NFL Draft into a major annual event.〔The American Dream Project. http://podcast.alley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=11984〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Steeg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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