New Episode of BBOC: St. John’s University Director of Athletics Ed Kull

New Episode of BBOC: St. John’s University Director of Athletics Ed Kull On the latest episode of JohnWallStreet Presents: Big Business on Campus , a college sports podcast powered by Playfly Sports, JohnWallStreet Founder Corey Leff and Playfly Sports Chairman Michael Schreiber sit down with St. John’s University Vice President and Director of Athletics Ed Kull.

In this 50-minute conversation, the trio touch on: The Benefits of Being MSG’s Third Tenant While Kull would embrace the idea of a state-of-the-art arena on-campus, St. John’s relationship with Madison Square Garden is a meaningful strategic advantage. “We have a new MSG deal, so we're trying to make that a larger partnership; [getting] them more involved in ticket sales, branding, advertising, [and] sponsorship sales.

MSG [executives are] trying to [position] us to be the third franchise behind the Knicks and Rangers,” Kull said. But “ the power of MSG, I can't speak more highly about [it]. We're leveraging Manhattan, MSG, as almost an extension of our campus.

The portal opened up [a few weeks ago]. We had visits [there].... It's a really important recruiting piece.