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Caty Tedman, VP Partnerships Dapper Labs

1Caty Tedman discusses blockhain technology that will help mobilize teams to safely work on transactions but also a unique way of creating a virtual in the moment memorabilia ecommerce platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caty Tedman, Director of Partnerships Dapper Labs

Caty Tedman discusses blockhain technology that will help mobilize teams to safely work on transactions but also a unique way of creating a virtual in the moment memorabilia ecommerce platform.

Jason Lake, Founder Complexity Gaming

Jason Lake's Complexity Gaming has become the eSports partner of the Dallas Cowboys. The relationship helps one of the best brands in all of sports modernize to the younger generation of fans who are drawn not only to football, but eSports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jalen Mills, Philadelphia Eagles S and Tech Investor

Eagles starting safety has joined the trend of athletes who have begun silicon valley investors. MIlls coincidentally has landed on med tech in the middle of a pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Warfield, Managing Director of Gaming, Nascar

Scott Warfield discusses the explosion of interest in iRacing and eNascar while Nascar's real races had to shut down due to Covid-19. And we discuss how gaming is part of the overall strategy at Nascar to bring in a new and younger audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendan Donohue, Managing Director NBA 2K

Brendan Donohue has been working in the NBA in sales and marketing since before the turn of the century.. The NBA 2K has been a huge success but in a pandemic, has become an integral part of the content growth arm of basketball as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Goodyer, CEO Reallife Tech

Adam Goodyer and his team at Reallife Tech were already working on initiatives to make the in stadium experience modern and easier to navigate. And then Covid-19 hit and the sports world shut down with no certainty when it will be safe for a full house to be invited back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gudjon Gudjonsson, CEO OZ Sports

OZ Sports was already changing the way fans could interact through AI to be part of a stadium experience at home and then the pandemic hit. Now more then ever, teams and leagues are looking for inventive ways to stay connected when the stadiums are forced to be empty.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Ford, CEO North America EGYM

EGym was changing the way we interact with machines in our gym experiences. This of course was before a pandemic hit and shuttered the industry for now. John Ford, CEO EGYM North America discusses the disruption to their business and what innovation you can expect at your local gym when they do reopen.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Gunnin, Founder and CEO eSports One

Matt Gunnin is a traditional sports fan and eSports entrepreneur. He is taking his interests in both fields and helping the eSports platforms make their viewing experiences more inclusive to non gamers alike.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Balch, Head of Product Partnerships Bayes eSports Solutions

Mark Balch has a deep background in sports gambling and is using that experience to help monitor and implement solutions for the emerging eSports gambling market. Mitch Reames wrote a piece for the Washington Post about Las Vegas's appetite for eSports betting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donn Davis, Chairman/Co-Founder Professional Fighters League

Donn Davis has a distinguished background in sports, innovation and investment. The PFL may be his most ambitious as he integrates technology in ways to enhance and revolutionize the viewing and betting experience of his league's fights.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Jacobs, Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach, LSU Football/Jacob Rothman, CEO Perch

Jeremy Jacobs discusses winning a national championship, having an unusual offseason due to the pandemic, and the present and future of strength training including some revelations about how LSU peaked during their national title run. Jacob Rothman of Perch explains why he went into the weight room to disrupt strength training.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauren Foundos, CEO Forte

Lauren Foundos was a national championship winning athlete in college who went to Wall Street and then returned to help reshape the way we access our local gyms through her streaming tech company Forte. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Berman, Deputy Commissioner National Lacrosse League

Jessica Berman has used years of experience in development at the NHL as the basis of her leadership as Deputy Commissioner of the National Lacrosse League. She discussed educational outreach, goals for her league in the future and discusses how to determine when the environment is safe enough to return to play during a pandemic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jon Chapman, Co-Founder EverFi

Jon Chapman is helping build educational platforms on a variety of subjects and through a variety of different partnerships including major sports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cy Williams/Tyler Raber UC Davis Golf-Xtreme Performance Lab

Can you quantify getting "into the zone." The Xtreme Performance Lab is trying and Tyler Raber and Cy Williams of the UC Davis Golf team are seeing it happen with their players in real time. Nick Morabito, CEO PerfectSwings USA discusses his new smart baseball bat.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Future in VR, Football Safety and Shot Tracking

Strivr CEO Derek Belch updates us on the latest in the VR space and whether a boom is still coming. USA Football Director of coaching Mike Krueger discusses all of the new safety aspects implemented by the sport when play does return to the field. RSPCT CEO Oren Moravchik talks about his shot tracking company from Israel. Emily Caron from Front Office Sports covers an interesting partnership between the PLL and Ticketmaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where is this all Going?

Three leaders in different spaces of sports technology and investment project what connectivity and engagement look like in sports amid and post the COVID-19 pandemic. Chris Giles, CEO of Greenfield Sports and former COO of the Oakland A's on the new stadium experience. Josh Walker, co founder of the Sports Innovation Lab on changing the industry mindset on engagement and Christoph Sonnen and Alex Bente, founders of leAD sports on VC funding now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Drone Racing and High-End Mobile Journalism

Rachel Jacobsen picked an interesting time to become the new President of the Drone Racing League. She discusses her optimism for growth and the challenges of working through the pandemic. Ross McConnell, CEO of Blinder joins us to discuss his high end platform that can take a high end broadcast studio mobile. Check out clips of both Rachel and Ross's interviews at https://medium.com/futrsprtpodcast Scott Nover of AdWeek discusses the explosion of TikTok in the sports world. Learn more abo...

Strat-O-Matic is Back And was Never Gone

In this special episode, Bram is joined by the founder of Strat-O-Matic baseball Hal Richman and the company's research director John Garcia to discuss the game's history predating the analytics wave and how the company is trying to modernize it's offerings. Andrew Baggarly of the Athletic talks about how the SF Giants are using VR to train for the season. Hannah Keyser of Yahoo Sports updates us on the robotic umpire rollout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Baseball in the Times of Covid-19

Hewitt Tomlin, CEO Teambuildr and Lance Thomason of the STL Cardinals join Bram to talk about his mobile training initiatives. Marly Rivera from ESPN talks about stranded international players. Steve Goody, CEO Pocket Radar shows amateurs the way to get an edge while teams are prevented from practicing together. This episode of presented by Manscaped. Get 20% off and free shipping when you use the code FUTURE at Manscaped.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Present and Future of Sports Media

This episode of FUTRSPRT is presented by Manscaped, the only brand dedicated to below the waist grooming. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code: FUTURE at manscaped.com Rich Routman, President of Minute Media joins the show to discuss recent acquisitions like Players Tribune and where the sports media industry is heading post pandemic. Alex Silverman of Morning Consult polled what fans want now without sports. Gary Gramling of SI discussed hacking fears from the virtual NFL draft. Le...

The Future of Youth Sports

Jeremy Goldberg, President LeagueApps, Tyler Kreitz, ADVNC Lacrosse and Logan Kosmalski Pro Skills Basketball join Bram for a roundtable discussion on the current state of youth sports, how organizers are adjusting engagement, content and their business models and what the future looks like without any clear answer as to when kids will be allowed to play again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Virtual NFL Draft

Jamie Hepner, Director of Applied Sports Science/Football at Catapult Sports discusses how teams are using modern technology to scout players in anticipation of the virtual NDFL draft. Sam Fortier of the Washington Post looks at how the Redskins, a team with a new head coach and front office are dealing with streamlining their first draft together. Joe Lucia from Awful Announcing thinks the viewing experience of this draft could change future ones that don't have social distancing measures in...

eSports Takes Over the Sports Universe

Super League CEO Ann Hand talks about the growth of eSports to date from leagues to overall interest to the unusual time where traditional sports are on hiatus and what that means for the industry. Austin Smith's company Mission Control has been working with groups to set up the backend for gaming leagues and knows that interest will continue to grow with social distancing measures in effect. Steve Gardner of USA Today ponders how sports content platforms deal with the lack of sports to cover...

Chari Hawkins, US Olympic Heptathlon/Craig Buntin, Former Olympian-CEO Sportlogiq

This special Olympic episode features Chari Hawkins, US Olympic athlete in heptathlon who discusses the impact of the postponement of the Tokyo games and how she and others will train amidst a lockdown. Sportlogiq CEO Craig Buntin discusses his AI company that focusses on modern training and reflects on his time as a Canadian Olympian in figure skating. Michael Tabb from Quartz discusses how Olympians all over the country are training from home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

Steve Myers, Exec Producer IRacing/Nicholas Horbaczewki, CEO Drone Racing League

IRacing Executive Producer Steve Myers talks about the platform being used as a full broadcast SIM race in lieu of Nascar races due to the coronavirus forcing the shut down of live sporting events. Drone Racing League CEO Nicholas Horbaczewski discusses the opportunity for his league to introduce new competitors virtually and eventually in live competition. Sarah Needleman from the Wall Street Journal on how the gaming content may shape sports content when everything goes back to the world w...

John Levy, CEO and Founder The Score

I want to hear from you directly if you, your business, brand or initiative can help navigate the sports or health world through the coronavirus outbreak. Send me an email at [email protected] John Levy, Founder and CEO of The Score takes us through the decision to pivot to becoming an online bookmaker. Jon Paton from Vorteq discusses the latest skinsuit technology for cyclists. Derek Whetmore from Skor North talks about the Minnesota Twins using force plate technology. Learn more about...

Stacey Moore, Commissioner American Cornhole League

I want to hear directly from you about how your brand or initiative is helping the sports or health world navigate this unusual time. Please feel free to reach out to me directly at [email protected] On this episode, Stacey Moore, commissioner of the American Cornhole League discusses innovation and the plan for more exposure for one of the most popular games. Mike Band, NFL Next Gen Stats Analyst joins the pod to discuss new analytics that are helping predict the careers of pro prospects...

Roger Craig, VP Director of Business Development/Michael O'Connell, Chief Analytics Officer Tibco

Former 49ers Running back Roger Craig and his partner Michael O'Connell from Tibco discuss watching their team losing in the Super Bowl and the analytics that can help predict outcomes on the field and in fantasy gaming. Laine Higgins from the Wall Street Journal talks about the new modern basketball that saw shooting percentages drop and what one NCAA conference did about it. Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle argues some tech in baseball needs to be rolled back. Learn more about...

Johnny Aitken, CEO Points Bet USA/Dr. Navin Goyal, CEO Loud Capital/Matt Kobe, VP of Business Strategy and Analytics Chicago Bulls

Johnny Aitken, CEO of Points bet USA discusses the landscape for betting operations as they spread the word of their offerings in the emerging US markets. Matt Kobe, VP of Business Strategy and Analytics with the Chicago Bulls and Dr. Navin Goyal, CEO Loud Capital talk about the start up competition they collaborated on. Liz Clarke from the Washington Post ponders when hybrid engines will come to Nascar and what that will mean for the romantics of the sport being loud. Learn more about yo...

Mehdi Bentanfous, CEO Kinexon

Mehdi Bentanfous and his company Kinexon are working with teams to provide data analytics they believe separate them from their competitors in helping give the athletes are broader scope of information about their in game performance and off court recovery. USA Today Columnist Dan Wolken weighs in on the success of the Elam Ending at the NBA all star game Auburn Tigers Insider Jason Caldwell discusses the modernization of the school's baseball program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Brittany Pair, Special Olympics World Games Competition Coordinator

Brittany Pair is taking a forward thinking approach to improving performance of special Olympics through the use of data analytics. That information can not only help the athletes but broadcasters as well to help bridge any divide of athletic perception. Dex Deboree of Falkon Creative discusses the new ways to market athletes as influencers. Nathan Ruiz of the Baltimore Sun discusses the tech in the orioles camp that has it's roots in the Houston Astros system of success. Learn more about y...

Jimmy Buffi, Reboot Motion, Former Sr Analyst LA Dodgers

Jimmy Buffi was recently working with the Dodgers pitchers to help them find their peak performance.. He discusses how biomechanics and coaching go hand in hand in modern training and talks about his newest venture, Reboot Motion. Will Anderson explains how his company FanFood hopes to end the need to wait in a stadium concession line. Shannon Liao from CNN talks about the exploding contracts of the best eSports athletes.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Yaron Talpaz, Pico Get Personal

Yaron Talpaz is the VP of Strategic partnerships at Pico-Get Personal, an Israeli based engagement platform that helps teams and leagues get to know their fans better. Jacob Bogage from the Washington Post discusses the testing of robotic umpires at the upcoming MLB spring training. Tim Newcomb from Popular Mechanics discusses the innovations in top level tennis rackets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea Marini, Deputy CEO Deltatre

Andrea Marini joins us to discuss the evolving world of the sports media landscape and second and third screen options emerge to retain the attention of sports fans. Schlomo Sprung from Forbes details NBA player Spencer Dinwiddie's idea of turning his current and future contracts into an investment vehicle. Bennett Conlin of the Daily Progress talks to a NCAA baseball coach about how that level of baseball will deal with technology that could accelerate sign stealing. Learn more about your a...

Michael Bucklin, VP Content Social/Digital Fox Sports/Corey Leff, John Wall Street

Michael Bucklin is preparing the mountain of content that Fox Sports will unveil for Super Bowl LIV from Miami. He describes what modern sports fans are looking for and where they are going to find it. Corey Leff turned a love of financial markets into a unique view of the future of sport through the lens of his site John Wall Street Dan Kaplan from the Athletic talks about the end of the paper Super Bowl ticket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Per Von Rosen, Sportradar/Priya Ponnapalli, Amazon

Per Von Rosen, Senior Product manager at Sportradar discusses data collection and the various modern uses that will be implemented in sports broadcasting. Priya Ponnapalli also works in data and stat dissemination for fans and leagues at Amazon. She talks specifically about the partnership with the NFL. Sam Gordon from the Las Vegas Review Journal has a review of CES. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Moore, Washington Institute for Gov. Business and Society/Wayne Kimmel, Managing Partner SeventySix Capital

Jim Moore has a background working in major trade agreement for the US Government. He is now focused on learning about how sports technology can be used as a bridge to further business and cultural ties to foreign nations. Wayne Kimmel is running a VC firm looking for the best and brightest in the sports tech field. Shane Ryan from Golf Digest wonders if the tech is not serving fans best interest when it comes to instant replay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Xavi Cortadellas, Head of Innovation/Design Gatorade/Scott McMeekin, VP PlaySight

Xavi Cortadellas discusses the innovations at Gatorade with the various labs and teams that the company works with. The goal is to become a sports tech company that goes beyond beverages. Scott McMeekin from PlaySight discusses how their company helps teams of all levels stream their action. Megan Graham of CNBC talks about the NFL's partnership with TikTok. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Collins, Director Medical Services LA Chargers/Katherine Petrecca, New Balance Innovation Lab

James Collins from the LA Chargers joins the show to discuss how sleep has become an integral part of performance for NFL players. Katherine Petrecca heads the New Balance Innovation Lab and talks about functionality, design and performance are all goals for the footwear they produce for the modern athlete. Andrew Beaton from the Wall Street Journal talks about simple tech advances that can help the NFL gets more on field calls right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

Brent Schoeb, CRO SF 49ers/Scott Warfield, Director of Gaming Nascar

Brent Schoeb, Chief Revenue Officer of the San Francisco 49ers joins us to discuss the ways the team is modern in fan engagement, entertainment and education. Scott Warfield tells us about how gambling will shape a new way to engage with new and old Nascar fans. Alicia Jessop from the Athletic discusses blockchain technology and it's future in transactions with teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Patrick Lucey, Stats Perform/Dr. Matthew Fedoruk, USADA

Dr. Patrick Lucey is helping lead the charge into next generation statistical analysis that will help shape sports fans view of the past, present and future. Dr. Matthew Fedoruk is keeping the competitions clean by trying to stay ahead of the enhancement curve spearheading initiatives at the United States Anti-Doping Agency Sarah Krouse from the Wall Street Journal discusses 5G and Sports betting platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sohrob Forudi, CEO Fan Controlled Football League

Sohrob Forudi is going to help players and fans interact in live football games in a way like never before. On a set, through social branding with fans given the access to control the action. Bill Brink from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette discusses how the old school Steelers are keeping up with tech times. Dustin Gouker from Legal Sports Report discusses the gambling buzz term, "intergrity fee." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Load Managment Makes Sense/The Greatest Swim Goggle on Earth

Juan Delgado and Sean Kuechenmeister work with top tier athletes at the New York Sports Science Lab and join Bram for a discussion about why load management is a necessary evil of the modern NBA and how athletes have changed from the days of playing every game. Dan Eisenhardt, Founder and CEO at Form discusses the modern goggle which includes amazing real time data analytic abilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Goltz, Blast Motion/Sam Miller, Proteus Motion

Justin Goltz discusses swing and pitching analytics that help baseball players of all levels including the pros. He also has advice for the novice golfers to improve their game. Sam Miller, CEO Proteus Motion talks about helping players avoid Tommy John Surgery. Mike Croley from Bloomberg discusses the many different golf balls flooding the market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Allvine, Asst AD-Innovation, Georgia Tech/Rob Boaz, CFP RSVP

Doug Allvine from Georgia Tech's athletic department discusses how innovation is being fostered and incubated at the institution. Eric Jackson from the Atlanta Business Journal discusses the ways the Falcons are using tech on and off the field. Rob Boaz introduces college football dreamers to the College Football Playoff RSVP program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noah Syken, IBM/James Giglio, CEO MVP Interacttive

Noah Syken, VP of sports and entertainment partnerships with IBM. He discusses the latest in fantasy gaming with ESPN. James Giglio's company MVP Interactive is helping teams and leagues build unique gameday experiences. Fluto Shinzawa from the Athletic discusses data analytics in hockey and how they will find their way to the broadcasts of NHL games. Brett Goldberg's secondary ticket marketplace TickPick is trying to carve out a niche in that competitive field by offering lower fees. Learn...