{"id":112833,"date":"2025-11-27T14:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/pique-makes-his-debut-as-a-professor-at-harvard\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:48:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:48:48","slug":"pique-makes-his-debut-as-a-professor-at-harvard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/en\/pique-makes-his-debut-as-a-professor-at-harvard\/","title":{"rendered":"Piqu\u00e9 makes his debut as a professor at Harvard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gerard Piqu\u00e9 made his debut this week as a guest lecturer at Harvard in Boston, analyzing the Kings League phenomenon in a case study as part of an MBA course on the business of <a href=\"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/en\/leo-messi-is-the-best-player-to-ever-play-the-sport-mascherano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sport<\/a> at the university.<\/p>\n<p>Piqu\u00e9 was invited by Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports course director Anita Elberse, who, together with Spanish researcher David Moreno, presented her students with a case study on the launch of the Kings League and how it can revolutionize soccer audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Precisely, the former Catalan footballer took this same training course in a short four-day format at Harvard in 2017, also under the guidance of Professor Elberse. Other personalities such as actress Katie Holmes and athlete Pau Gasol also attended these studies.<\/p>\n<h2>Piqu\u00e9 and the classes he gave<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112826\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-112826 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shutterstock_2211921423-1.jpg\" alt=\"Piqu\u00e9, celebrities\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1674\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The classes focused on how the Kings League has become one of the sports entertainment products of the moment through a native social media narrative, a transgressive competition format and a close connection with the community, several media outlets report.<\/p>\n<p>The competition founded by the former Bar\u00e7a player began its competitions on January 1, 2023 and has already expanded with men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s leagues in Spain and Mexico, as well as men&#8217;s leagues in Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, the Middle East and North Africa, and soon in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The 7-a-side soccer competition on artificial turf closed its first full year with a turnover of 20 million euros, according to the sports business finance portal Palco23.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is an honor to have the Kings League analyzed by such a respected institution as Harvard Business School. The study validates the impact of our work,&#8221; said Piqu\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Several students wore FC Barcelona jerseys in the photo that all the students took with Piqu\u00e9 at the end of the class, reported Agencia EFE.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/nuevaonda.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;QueOnnda.com&#8217;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gerard Piqu\u00e9 made his debut this week as a guest lecturer at Harvard in Boston, analyzing the Kings League phenomenon in a case study as part of an MBA course on the business of sport at the university. 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