Happy Friday ladies and gentlemen! This has been quite the week for me personally as I moved from Fort Lauderdale to New York City on Wednesday. It has been a huge change and I’m extremely excited to see what the future holds. If any of you want to reach out or connect with me, shoot me an email ([email protected]). Speaking of New York, the Knicks drafted Kristaps Porzingis last night and fans were less than happy, to say the least. One man who was probably ecstatic about the pick was his agent, Andy Miller. Darren looked at some of the financials behind the NBA Draft this week on FORBES: (1) Startup Seeks To Monetize The Fantasy Sports Side Challenge; (2) Restaurant Entertainment Chain To Introduce Live Daily Fantasy; (3) FanDuel Signs Multi-Year Partnerships With 13 NBA Teams; (4) Draft Ops Sponsors Islanders And Signs 3-Year Deal With Barclays Center; (5) 2015 NBA Draft: Off-Court Earning Potential By The Numbers. And, as always, the weekly wrap-up:
Football
- Bradford is rep’d by Tom Condon [The Curious Case of Sam Bradford’s Contract]
Sports Business
- It will be interesting to see the companies that come out of this program [Stadia Ventures Launches Accelerator and Expects to Invest $10M in Sports Startups]
- Awesome insight into the founding of SportsManias [I launched a startup with my mom]
- As someone who studied finance, I love reading up on corporate mergers and acquisitions in the sports industry [CAA Acquires Hospitality Brands Beyond Sports and Goviva]
- Doc O’Connor is moving from Hollywood to the Big Apple [MSG lands top Hollywood agent as new CEO]