Craig Hyatt
Associate Professor
Sport Management
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Hyatt’s research focus is on sport fans- especially those who do not necessarily fit into the existing theories on fandom as published by other fan researchers. Some of these atypical fans include fans who lost their favourite team to franchise relocation, fans who grew up within the fan region of a local team and decided to cheer for a distant team in the same league instead, fans who switched loyalties from one team to another, and fans who stopped being fans altogether.
Research Interest
Sport fans
Publications
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Hyatt, C.G. (2007). Who do I root for now? The impact of franchise relocation on the loyal fans left behind: A case study of Hartford Whalers fans. Journal of Sport Behavior, 30(1), 36-56.
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Foster, W.M., & Hyatt, C. (2007). I despise them! I detest them! Franchise relocation and the Expanded Model of Organizational Identification. Journal of Sport Management, 21(2), 194-212.
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Hyatt, C.G., & Andrijiw, A.M. (2008). How people raised and living in Ontario became fans of non-local National Hockey League teams. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 4(4), 338-355.
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Hyatt, C.G., Sutton, W.A., Foster, W.M., & McConnell, D. (2013). Fan involvement in a professional sport team’s decision making. Sport, Business, and Management: An International Journal, 3(3), 189-204.
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Hyatt, C.G., & Foster, W.M. (2015). Using identity work theory to understand the de-escalation of fandom: A study of former fans of National Hockey League teams. Journal of Sport Management, 29(4), 443-460.
