Playbyplaycamps

Play By Play Sports Broadcasting Camps (also referred to as SBC) operates instructional sports broadcasting camps and programs for young sports fans. Core activities taught include sports talk radio, podcasting and interviewing, PTI-style sports debate, sports anchoring, radio and TV play-by-play, sports social media, sideline reporting and influencer training. Campers produce their own on-camera sports shows, group podcast episodes, anchor and reporting videos, and play-by-play tapes, including reporting segments recorded at professional stadiums.

The program portfolio consists of one-week day and overnight summer camps for ages 10-18 held in cities across the country, a three-day advanced workshop at MNYK Studios in Manayunk, Pennsylvania for ages 15+ (described elsewhere as 15-25+), virtual summer and winter camps plus year-round virtual activities and private lessons, and a parent-child weekend in Philadelphia. City sessions are hosted on university campuses — for example the University of Denver and Villanova University — and follow a common five-day structure (Monday-Thursday 9 AM to 4 PM, Friday 9 AM to 3 PM), with overnight campers taking part in evening activities from 4 PM to 10 PM. Each city's schedule mixes rotating skills activities with local celebrity guest speakers and field trips to venues such as Empower Field in Denver and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

Guest speakers have included professional broadcasters, athletes and coaches tied to each market, such as Charles Barkley, Sal Paolantonio, Tom McCarthy, Amy Fadool, John Clark, Kyle Lowry, Jay Wright and Ryan Howard in Philadelphia, and Katy Winge, Dave Logan, Marc Moser and Drew Goodman in Denver. The company states that dozens of former campers have become working sportscasters, citing alumni at MLB Network, Bleacher Report, ESPN, ABC and CBS.

Founding story

Founder Jeremy Treatman built a sports radio, television and journalism career in Philadelphia, including reporting on the Inquirer High School Sports Show on Fox-29 from 1994 to 2001 and play-by-play and color commentary for Comcast from 2000 to 2014, and started the camps in 2002. He also founded the Scholastic Play by Play Classics, organizing and televising high school and college basketball tournaments, and runs events including the Kobe Bryant Classic, LeBron James Classic, Jameer Nelson Classic and Kyle Lowry Classic.

Business model

Direct-to-consumer paid enrollment: families pay tuition per camp session, with separate day and overnight pricing tiers plus optional add-ons for early Sunday arrival and airport transportation. Additional revenue lines include an advanced workshop, virtual camps and activities, private lessons and events, and parent-child weekends.

Tuition-based. Published pricing is $895 for the five-day day camp and $1,695 for the five-day, four-night overnight camp (both inclusive of a 3% processing fee), with a $100 fee for Sunday night early arrival and a $50 flat airport transportation fee.

Traction

Operating since 2002 with camps in multiple cities; the company cites thousands of participants trained and dozens of alumni working as professional sportscasters at outlets including MLB Network, Bleacher Report, ESPN, ABC and CBS. City count grew from nine markets cited at the time of the SeventySix Capital investment to 13 cities listed on the current site.

Latest developments

City pages for Denver (University of Denver) and Philadelphia (Villanova University) list sessions with dates to be determined for 2027, at $895 day camp and $1,695 overnight camp tuition. The company is recruiting camp staff via its contact page.