Sports Management Podcast

Welcome to episode 84 of Sports Management Podcast, where the topics are sports technology and women in sports. Rebecca Hopkins is the Founder of STA Group - The Sports Technology Awards Group. They recently reveal the short list and you can read more about their work here: https://www.sportstechgroup.org/sports-technology-awards/ Rebecca has vast experience from the sports industry, an industry s...

Welcome to episode 83 of Sports Management Podcast where the topics are sports tech & entrepreneurship. Angelina Lawton is the founder & CEO of Sportsdigita. Sportsdigita is an industry-leading technology company helping brands drive sales revenue via Digideck, a revolutionary cloud-based presentation platform, or as Angelina puts it "PowerPoint on steroids". Angelina has been named "FORBES 30 Mos...

Welcome to episode 82 of Sports Management Podcast where the topic is NASCAR & sports betting.  Joe Solosky is the Managing Director of Sports Betting at NASCAR. Joe has experiences from working both inside and outside of sports. Within sports he has worked for the  New York Yankees and several roles at Sportradar. However, after 9/11, he wanted to serve and he went to the US Naval Academy and lat...

Welcome to episode 81 of Sports Management Podcast where the topic is women's football and entrepreneurship. Victoire Cogevina is the VP of Women's Football at OneFootball. She is part Greek, part Argentinian and is based out of London. She is acknowledged as one of the Latin American women that are redefining the football industry globally. She co-founded SR All Stars, recognized by FIFA as the f...

Welcome to episode 80 of Sports Management Podcast where the topic is Digital Marketing and Entrepreneurship The guest is Konstantinos Synodinos - the founder of Champions ID & Simply Digital. Champions ID is an online platform with career solutions for Athletes, for which he received several awards. His current venture is called Simply Digital through which he is serving clients with all things r...

Welcome to episode 79 of Sports Management Podcast – where I speak with not one, but TWO great guests. The first guest is Sandy Farquharson – the founder of The Padel School. Sandy has a background from tennis as a player and coach but transitioned into padel about 11 years ago. In 2019 Sandy started The Padel School and has been educating people about padel since, both in person and through his p...

Welcome to this week's episode of the Sports Management Podcast, where we talk all things Olympic Games. Spyros Capralos is the President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, the European Olympic Committees and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Mr Capralos was born 1955 in Athens, Greece where he studied economics at the University of Athens and later an MBA in France. He was a...

Welcome to this week's episode of the Sports Management podcast, where we discuss all things NFL, sports law, and the business of sports. In today's episode, we hear from one of the greats from the business of sport, who shares his journey into the industry and offers advice for young professionals looking to break into the sports world. Andrew Brandt grew up in Washington, DC and played tennis at...

Elsa Diaz is a professional golfer managed by her sister and previous Sports Management Podcast guest Sara Diaz. This episode will focus on sports management from the eyes of a professional player. Get ready to learn: How the cooperation works between Elsa and her coach, manager, sponsors and other partners? Why she decided to have her sister as a manager? Why she is spending so much time to impro...

Amy Wanday is the founder of the African Sports Network. She is an award-winning entrepreneur and she founded the African sports network in 2018 with the goal to uplift the African sports industry and shape the future of Sport in Africa. She has a true passion for sports and education and is currently studying sports management in Barcelona. Get ready to learn: - Why Amy values education so highly...

Matthew Barrett is the co-founder of Goal Click. Goal click is a global football storytelling platform, helping people understand one another and the world through football. They share stories from people around the world and more often than not from people who usually don't get their voices heard. Get ready to learn: Why Goal Click's first ever story is so important to Matthew His best advice for...

Darren Glover is the VP of Gaming for VaynerSports – founded by Gary Vaynerchuk. Darren is managing the professional Fortnite player Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf and Web3 Gaming creator Brycent, but does not consider himself an agent. Darren comes from a marketing background and says that he is obessed with consumer behaviours. Get ready to learn: How it is like working with Gary Vee Why the E-sports ec...

Michelle Moore is an award-winning leadership coach, author of the book "Real Wins", a consultant and international speaker. She has been voted one of the UK's 50 Most 'Influential Women in Sport' and she is a globally recognized executive on conscious leadership, strategic partnerships, sport for development and innovation working across government, business and charitable sectors. She is also a...

Prantik Mazumdar is the Managing Director for CXM Group in Singapore. Prantik is an entrepreneur & venture investor and acts as a Digital Transformation Catalyst in organizations to drive sustainable change and impact. Get ready to learn: - How Prantik's passion for sport started - About his sports tech ventures, including multi-language video content, sport NFTs, sports education and more - His e...

Misha Sher is the Global Head of Sport, Entertainment & Culture at MediaCom – one of the world's biggest media agencies. Misha has been in charge of the agency's relationship with legendary footballer 'Pele' since 2012, helping him create high-profile relationships. Prior to his time at MediaCom Misha also worked for Fox Sports, Rangers Football Club in Scotland and Soccerex. Get ready to learn: A...

Trevor Whiffen is a seasoned sports executive and a lawyer. He is a partner at Dickinson Wright in Toronto, The Founding Partner, together with Brian Burke, of Primetime Sports and Entertainment and the governor for London Knights Hockey Club. Get ready to learn: - About the upcoming 15th Annual PrimeTime Sports Management Conference and Trade Show. Held on November 10-12, 2022 at the Westin Harbo...

Steve Trax is the Head of MAI Sports + Entertainment and a Regional President at MAI Capital Management. He joined the firm in 2019 after the acquisition of his firm MTX Wealth Management. Steve has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, developing value-added financial planning strategies to the firm's elite group of professional athletes and high net worth clients. Get ready...

Stephen Taylor Heath is the Partner and Head of Sports Law at JMW Solicitors. Stephen has been in the business for almost 30 years and has experiences from working with football clubs, agents, promotors, boxers and more. Recently, he has been involved with some very interesting projects, like the NFT/Ukraine Project and Modest Golf Management, co-founded by pop start Niall Horan. More about this,...

Sue Storey is the CEO of Badminton England. She is an experienced leader in sport and she was previously the CEO for Volleyball England. She left Volleyball for Badminton which is a sport she holds dear. Everyone in her family is playing it and she has a true passion to develop and help the sport grow. Get ready to learn: - Why Badminton needs tackle that digital transformation piece - Why well-be...

Dr. Erkut Sogut is the Founding partner of Football Agent Institute. He is a sports lawyer, Author, Lecturer, Life coach, Keynote speaker and a sports agent with clients like Kieran Gibbs and Mesut Özil. In 2018, Dr. Sogut negotiated the biggest Premier League contract to date and did the same thing again in 2021 in the Turkish league. He has a passion for teaching and learning – which has led him...

Dan Lust esq. is a sports attorney, law professor, NIL Advisor, podcast host and more. He's been heard on ESPN, CBS & FOX Sports, giving his take on what's going on in the world of sports law. Additionally, he is a Sports Law Professor at NY Law School (@NYLawSchool) and he is the host of the podcast Conduct Detrimental (@ConDetrimental). Get ready to learn, from a legal perspective: - Why Luka Do...

Dan Marrazza is The Director of Digital Strategy at Pro Football Hall of Fame. Dan is a digital & social media strategist and content creator with proven track record of developing and executing content strategies for a diverse portfolio of sports brands. He has worked for Vegas Golden Knights, DraftKings and written several pieces for NHL.com, NBC, Sports Illustrated, ESPN and more. Get ready to...

Emily Jaenson is the co-founder of The Assist Group, where she is helping companies with marketing, productivity and more. Emily is also the host of the "Leadership is Female" podcast and she has been the General Manager for Reno Aces Baseball Club, a role which at the time, she was the first woman in 20 years to hold. Get ready to learn: - About her TEDx talk "Six behaviors to increase your confi...

Ricardo Fort is a Sports & Entertainment Partnerships Expert whos previous employers include Coca-cola, Unilever, VISA and more. He has worked closely with most of the large sporting events, including the Olympics, FIFA World Cup and the NFL. Today, he runs his own consultancy – Sport By Fort. Get ready to learn: - Why he left Coca-Cola to then later return - His opinion on Ambush Marketing - How...

Nicklas Persson is the co-founder & board member of SPO – Swedish Padel Open. SPO is the license holder of World Padel Tour events in Sweden and there will be two such events in 2022. The first one takes place in Stockholm between September 14 th and 18 th of September 2022 and the other one will be help in Malmö in November 2022. Nicklas is a true padel enthusiast and he, together with his parter...