The chief executive of the Fan-Controlled Football League, a new real-world league where fans call the shots, believes blockchain will revolutionize sports. In a guest post on Hashtag Sports, FCFL...
Whoop, the wearable company that partnered with the NFL Players Association last year to track player strain and recovery, has secured a $25 million Series C funding round led by UAE71 Capital with participation from the NFLPA, Kevin Durant via the Durant Company and NBA Commissioner Emeritus David Stern. The Boston-based sports analytics company says […]
The NFL Players Association through NFL Players Inc., the union’s licensing and marketing arm, tapped ride-sharing company Lyft for a 2017 season partnership, which kicked off last week in Philadelphia as part of the NFL Draft. At the end of February, the NFLPA’s deal with Uber expired, the union confirmed to SportTechie on Monday. For […]
Boston-based sports performance company WHOOP struck a deal with the NFL Players Association, giving all NFL players, including incoming ones, the ability to monitor their strain, sleep and recovery as the WHOOP Strap 2.0 wearable device will be distributed to every player. As the first such deal of its kind between a professional players association and […]
The NFL Players Association announced Tuesday that it was expanding its current business model, where it protects the licensing, content and sponsorship rights for the league’s 2,000 athletes. The NFLPA teamed up with other founding partners to launch the OneTeam Collective, the first athlete-driven accelerator program in sports. The partners — which include Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, […]
