Sports Projects

I can help with part of your question by providing a brief description of projects that I know MBB firms worked on. Most of these I learned about talking to consultants during OCR. Unfortunately, I can't reveal which firm did which project, but my impression is that these are niche/one-off projects that are very cool by don't come around all that often. Olympic bids (Chicago, Salt Lake, SF) - From what I gather, it's not unusual for MBB to work on these. Work often includes developing framework for what components of the bid will be critical, identifying areas of competitive advantage, running those analyses, and orchestrating the process. I'm not clear on whether firms stay involved to help with the PMO. Note that 2/3 cities I mentioned had unsuccessful bids. SEC expansion - Go/no-go (key driver: average incremental profit for current schools). Which teams? When? Cricket - IMO, the coolest sports project I've heard of. One of MBB helped create and stand up a pro cricket league in India including normal market-entry criteria but also revisions to the game itself to make it more palatable to a TV audience (domestically and abroad). Rumors - I've heard than one of the MBB has also been engaged to look at implications of shortening the season for one of the major US leagues.