Jason White’s Post

September 8, 2023 was the Inaugural Black Ownership in Sports Symposium in Atlanta Ga presented by Diverse Representation from the brilliant mind of Jaia Thomas This symposium was an opportunity for business minded professionals to come together to listen to various speakers talk about the experience of being a black owner or minority of various sports teams and the best practices to have the most successful chance of ownership . The conversations were informative, enlightening, and aspirational to say the least. Understanding the business of sports will continue to be a passion of mine and I’m truly grateful Diverse Representation created this event for many of us who continue to be business professionals in the sports and entertainment industries. Some take aways I heard at this symposium in a simple summary were: 1.Solid Relationships in sports and entertainment matter. 2.Understanding the business of sports matters. 3.Having Capital matters. 4.Your team of advisors (attorney, financial advisor, cpa etc) will be crucial if you aspire to own or have a desire to have a minority or majority stakes 5.There are more opportunities for ownership not only in the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS. Consider other sports 😉 6.Ownership could be accomplished with an international team. Thank you 🙏🏽 to the Speakers: Warrick Dunn (minority owner, Atlanta Falcons) Max Siegel (owner of Rev Racing, CEO of USA Track & Field ) Paxton Baker ( minority owner, Washington Nationals) Paris Wallace (founder, National Cycling League) Brian Michael Cooper (president, American Flag Football League) Raphael Edwards (CEO, Cape Town Tigers Basketball Club) CJ Harrington (Sports and M&A Associate, Hogan Lovells) Fitzann (Fitz) Reid (Co-founder, Cotogna Sports Group) #diverserepresentation #sportsbusiness #diversity #sportsandentertainment #teamownership #Atlanta #wealthmanagement #sportlaw

Centering Whiteness in the media looks like this. South Carolina won the championship after an historic undefeated season, but for some reason CNN decided to center Cailtin Clark and Iowa after they lost by including their picture before changing it? And when they changed it, they still kept the headline the same. Smh. Clark has received A LOT of attention this year, and has deserved it. However, NOW is not the time to center her or White Tears. This is what it looks like to exalt and center Whiteness by any means. When you do this, you act as though White folks are the Sun, when they are just really a planet like us all. But let’s not be shocked, because no one leaves their sociopolitical views and affiliations at the door when they watch, write about or editorialize sports. The political nature of sports is the very reason why Dawn Staley is the FIRST Black coach in D1 (male or female) to win 3 national championships. This shouldn’t be the case because college basketball, like the NBA, is dominated by Black men and women, which means there are A LOT of former players who have been overlooked for coaching opportunities due to racism and the political nature of the hiring process. That’s the story. That’s the headline. Not Clark and Iowa. Congrats, South Carolina and Coach Staley! They ain’t lose one game this year! 🏀 #BlackHistory #ushistory #southcarolina #iowa #cailtinclark #dawnstaley #racism #ncaa #womensbasketball #basketball #dei #antiracism

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