Well Played

Maddie Salamone is an athlete advocate, attorney, NIL expert, podcast host, speaker who played lacrosse at Duke.  While in school she held the position of ACC SAAC Chair.

About Maddie Salamone:

Former Division I lacrosse player and former Chair of the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), committed to bettering the lives of athletes. Passionate about helping athletes to be successful as complete human beings. Believer in empowering athletes and changing the way we think about coaching, parenting, and mentoring athletes at the collegiate, high school, and youth levels.

In this episode host, Ryan Drummond sits down with co-founders Najee Good and Jonathan Ohliger of Veep.io.  Najee recently retired as a ten-year NFL professional linebacker. Finishing his career with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In addition to being the co-founder of Veep.io, Najee also holds the title of Director of Digital Technology and Strategic Marketing with the NFL Alumni Association.  In this episode we discuss how the NFL Alumni's technology and partnerships will impact the emerging NIL market.

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Kevin Malast is the current VP of Talent at Malka Sports.  A former team captain of Rutgers, he played for the Chicago Bears and Tennessee Titans.  We talk about his transition out of the NFL and the moments that eventually lead him to become VP of Talent at Malka Sports.

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Former college football player has grown his career in commercial real estate.  Charlie Stephens discusses his path to becoming a prominent NYC real estate professional and how he has become one of the first beta users on LinkedIn's Live streaming service.   We talk about the power of self-published media to drive new business.

Joannna is a former college rower, current CEO and Founder of Go2Practice.com.  We talk about her life in publishing, marketing partnerships, fitness instruction and the creation of her tech-fitness start up.

How do you become a Sports Reporter for CBS Sports when you didn't go to school for Broadcasting? Evan Washburn took the GRIT he built as a #collegeathlete  from University of Delaware. Through hard work, patience, and persistence earned his spot as a trusted Sports Analyst. Evan has worked the #SuperBowl more than once and can be seen during #marchmadness and major #lacrosse events.   On this episode of the Well Played Podcast I talk with Evan about his career and how he found success.  

This episode features the CEO and Founder of The Athlete Book & Host of the Well Played Podcast, Ryan Drummond.  Ryan was recently interviewed by Pete Moore.  Pete founded Integrity Square, the leading advisor and a seed investor to the Health, Active Lifestyle & Outdoors ("HALO") industry, in April 2010.  In this episode we talk about the importance of hiring college athletes and how The Athlete Book plans to disrupt talent acquisition & campus recruiting with an event based SAAS model for both employers and athletic departments.  

This episode is about those first three years of life after college sports.  How Julieanne had to struggle before finding a path that aligned to our core being.

Former elite hockey player, Yale alumnus now the current Head of Sales & Director of Research at Hedgeye.  Sits down with host Ryan Drummond to talk career progression.