YouTube
As far as monetizing your sports punditry via YouTube goes, you’ll probably have to adopt a little bit of a different approach to what appears to be the norm. So, instead of perhaps just recording yourself discussing what will undoubtedly be the many personal views you have on upcoming and past sporting events, you could perhaps make it a little more exciting by complementing that with some b-roll footage of you attending live events. You don’t even have to be attending an event which corresponds to the sporting code you’re discussing.
For example, you and a bunch of friends could be discussing your views on the upcoming Uefa Champions League final game between Tottenham and Liverpool, while you’re in the car heading to the latest Daytona race.
Sports fans generally appreciate the camaraderie surrounding any sporting code, not just the one which they have a specific interest in. Of course as far as the monetization goes, it’s a matter of enabling YouTube ads, for which Google shares with you revenue generated.
Blogging
Blogging is the written-word equivalent of YouTube video monetization, with the advantage of a better chance of your content being discovered organically, i.e. via search engine listings. In addition to writing about predictions and perhaps featuring some post-match reviews, with this medium it’s perhaps better to focus on discussing content that is of more of a timeless nature. For example, you could feature stories about certain sports stars or some records, etc, with this interesting information naturally setting the stage for monetization through selling ad space and perhaps even publishing sponsored posts.
Blog with the same passion shown when you’re merely discussing proceedings with your friends and you’ll be shocked at just how easy it is to monetize your sports punditry blog!
Sports Betting
There’s some kind of psychology to the world of sports and it transcends all sporting codes, even some of those which have people divided as to whether or not they’re even real sports, like race car driving. As a result, once you’ve figured out the psychological gap between expectations and statistics, you’ll find that you can apply this psychology to sports betting channels that focus on specific events. For instance, daytona-betting.com lists some of the best places for Daytona 500 betting, which to the trained pundit simply means they can make use of some great signup offers to make their punditry pay.
Merchandising
Finally, merchandising is huge in the world of sports, with sports pundits enjoying the best opportunity to get in on the action as they know the ins-and-outs of where to source some of the best in replica gear and other sporting equipment. It can be a simple matter of asking all your fellow supporters of a specific sports team to buy their merchandise through your affiliate link, or you could even go as far as pairing the likes of your YouTube channel and your sports punditry blog to something like an online e-commerce store dealing in original sports merchandise and gear.
