Weekly Roundup: Business of Athletes, Sports, NIL (May 1-7th)

Audio Timeline:

0:35 - Feel Good Sports Story: Body Armor and Mamba Foundation

1:15 - NIL: NCAA rulings on collectives and sports betting, Deion Sanders, coolest deals of the week, and BC’s Zay Flowers offered $600k to transfer

7:39 - Athlete Biz/Investments: Devin Booker, new venture fund, generational wealth for athletes, NWSL gets KD and Kleiman

11:23 - Sports Biz/Tech: Betting funds to youth sports, Hooters, NFT companies continue to raise big bucks, and esports teams are booming

14:11 - Discussion on the mental health epidemic in college sports

Interesting Stat

The NCAA has released a dashboard highlighting transfer portal movement. (broken down by sport, month, and scholarship status)

Notable Figures:

* A whopping 33,009 D-I athletes entered the portal between Aug 1, 2019 and July 31, 2021.

* As of Jan. 10, 2022, 49% (16,270) had transferred to a new NCAA school, while 43% (14,293) remain in the portal and 7% (2,446) withdrew their names.

The 10 sports with the highest percentage of athletes who entered the portal during those two years...

Men's:

* Basketball: 31% have entered the portal (1,692 athletes)

* Baseball: 18% (2,126)

* FBS football: 16% (2,538)

* Soccer: 13% (755)

* Tennis: 13% (325)

* FCS football: 12% (1,546)

* Ice hockey: 12% (205)

* Lacrosse: 9% (321)

* Track & field: 8% (905)

* Wrestling: 8% (207)

Women's:

* Basketball: 22% (1,134)

* Beach volleyball: 15% (167)

* Tennis: 12% (340)

* Volleyball: 12% (650)

* Softball: 11% (764)

* Soccer: 11% (909)

* Ice hockey: 8% (63)

* Lacrosse: 8% (317)

* Golf: 7% (162)

* Track & field: 6% (864)

The transfer portal was launched in 2018 to help streamline the transfer process, but three recent changes — the COVID redshirt, one-time transfer rule, and NIL — have turned a school change into free agency.

Recommended Media

Interesting convo between Adam Breneman and Arizona Cardinals QB Trace McSorley this past weekend.

The 1:01:01 mark piqued my interest as they talk about NIL and what Trace is doing investment-wise.

Always cool to hear what really goes on within programs and not just noise from the outside.

Short Passage of The Week

Here are 7 traits of exceptional leaders we can incorporate into our own lives as teammates, colleagues, and leaders:

* Exceptional leaders are master storytellers.

* Exceptional leaders find opportunities to let others shine.

* Exceptional leaders seek advice and input from others.

* Exceptional leaders have their teams’ back during tough times.

* Exceptional leaders take accountability and know when to apologize.

* Exceptional leaders care while treating everyone with dignity and respect.

* Exceptional leaders express appreciation and give credit where credit is due.

Passage by Glen Leibowitz, CFO Consultant

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