Photo – NFL LONDON – Working at the two NFL games being played in London Oct. 6 and Oct. 13 are (front row, L-R) Haley Olsen, Lindsey Cross, Cheyenne Stewart, Bridget Vieau, (back row, L-R) Connor Butts, Dr. Dexter Davis and Jaden Knott.
Dexter Davis, a professor of sport management at the University of Tennessee at Martin, has brought several of his students to work at different national sports venues, including the last 11 Super Bowls and the Little League World Series.
This year, he and six sport management students will go “across the pond” to work at two National Football League games in London.
Those students include:
• Connor Butts, a junior mass media and strategic communication major from Vanleer.
• Lindsey Cross, a senior
management major from Smyrna.
• Jaden Knott, a senior management major from South Fulton.
• Haley Olsen, a sophomore management major from Mount Pleasant.
• Cheyenne Stewart, a senior management major from Centerville.
• Bridget Vieau, a graduate student from Syracuse, New York, seeking her Master of Business Administration.
Knott was a member of the group that worked at Super Bowl LVIII last February, while Vieau worked at Super Bowl LVII in February 2023. For the others, it is their first excursion into professional sports experience.
The games the UT Martin students will staff will both be played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in northern London. The New York Jets will play the Minnesota Vikings at 8:30 a.m. CT on Sunday, Oct. 6, and the Jacksonville Jaguars will take on the Chicago Bears at 8:30 a.m. CT on Sunday, Oct. 13.
While on a previous travel program, students volunteered at 10K races in London before. However, this is the first official international experience for Davis’ group where students will be actively engaged in working the event.