Front Office U

Ali Jawad is currently working with the New York Giants as a Digital Platform Assistant/Contributing Writer. He goes on dig deep on how networking at where you are working is extremely important and can help you grow your career. Ali played multiple sports when he was younger which helped him see being a sports professional as a great opportunity to grow his career.

This week our co-hosts Clayton and Victor were able to catch up with Aaron Tobin who is currently in law school as well as a Legal Intern at the Student Athlete NIL.

Aaron explains his background and what happened learn sports was a career path he could see himself investing in. Being a D1 golfer at Temple University he was able to network his way in understanding what the sports business career could look like. Listen to hear how his mentors as well as peers around him helped him in making decisions that is benefiting his dream to work as a sports agent.

Front Office U has Jake O'Donnell who is the CEO/Founder of Elite Athletes Management Group. Jake talks about his time in college and how James Madison University and University of Tampa helped him understand the side of sports. Having been a football at James Madison University he was able to build connections which helped him when it came to starting EAMG. Listen to hear his journey to becoming the founder and CEO of Elite Athletes Management Group.

Front Office U has Chris Bongo on to explain his path and what he did to stand out when he was in college. Having played many sports when he was younger, it helped him understand that being involved in sports was something he wanted to pursue. Listen to the podcast to learn from his experiences and what he learned along the way.

Christian goes onto to share his story on how he played a number of sports in his childhood but realized while playing that working in sports would be his goal. After going to college and being a collegiate athlete he studied the business side of sports which later led him into the sports law. Listen to his story and how he continues to drive his passion in helping athletes currently find ways to market themselves as well as understand if they sign with him, they will be treated like family.

Scott Zelkin joins Front Office U Friday!

Scott shares his career in hockey officiating from his early games in high school and college to his tenure at the NHL and current role with USA Hockey. Scott details his passion and journey officiating hockey games, as well as his insight on career and personal goal setting. He shares about his career experiences including going to Denver University and how his officiating roles in college led to his officiating opportunity with the NHL.

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Nick Rappuhn joins Front Office U Friday!

Nick talks about his career experiences leading him to his position now working as the Director of Communications at Augustana University. Nick is helping share the stories about the new Division 1 Men's Hockey program at Augustana. He shares about his career experiences including going to Northern Michigan University, and working at Colgate University before moving to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Front Office U Friday welcomes Christopher Gil on the show!

Christopher works for Optimal Sports Management as an NFL Agent and discusses his career in sports. Host Ryan Kearney talks with Chris about his experience at USC, the NIL landscape in college athletics, and helping start-up OSM.

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Women in Sports Wednesday returns with Stephanie Rogers, the Vice President of Marketing for the Vegas Golden Knights.

Hosts Sydney Delcontivo and Ryan Kearney chat with Stephanie about her career experiences leading up to her role in Las Vegas.

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On this Front Office U Friday we talk to Waseem who is working for the NFLPA Partner Services Coordinator. He talks about what made him want to work in sports and what helped him stand out while in college. Waseem also talks about Squash a game he played and found success playing it.