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Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Jim Scherr: Olympic Wrestler now CEO, Federation of International Lacrosse

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Jim Scherr was a decade-long Olympic and World Champion wrestler. After his international competition years, he decided to pursue the business of sports, becoming the Executive Director of USA Wrestling, then worked his way into becoming the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). As such, Jim oversaw, operated, and led the performance of all USA Olympic sports for a 10-year span. Enter lacrosse. Today, Jim's the CEO of the Federation of International Lacrosse -- the governing body that oversees 58 internationally sanctioned countries who compete for prominence in global lacrosse competitions. And at this moment, Jim's job is mainly focused on getting lacrosse back into the Olympics. Today's episode was recorded live at this year's US Lacrosse Convention. My good friend and business leader at Inside Lacrosse, Terry Foy, set the conversation up in front of packed house at their company's annual Industry Summit (thank you, Terry). Jim and I discuss his athletic chops as an Olympic wrestler, the commonalities between sport and business, his learnings at the helm of the USOC, and predictions for lacrosse. It's May Madness in the lacrosse world. Enjoy my first ever live-recording of Suiting Up Podcast, with Jim Scherr.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today's guest job is mainly focused on getting lacrosse into the Olympics.

0:09.0

His name is Jim Shear, and he's the CEO of the Federation of International Lacrosse.

0:13.4

Here are three things about this podcast.

0:15.4

The why, the how, and the what.

0:17.3

Here's the why.

0:18.3

It's Lacrosse Time.

0:19.3

Big time.

0:20.1

May is Madness for our sport.

0:21.5

The NCAA selection committee just announced the 16 teams that will compete

0:24.2

for a national championship this Memorial Day weekend at Gillette Stadium in Boston.

0:28.1

Major League lacrosse is four weeks into 2018 and the National Lacrosse League is thick into playoffs.

0:33.0

Here's the how.

0:34.0

At this year's U.S. Lacrosse Convention, I recorded my first ever live podcast with Jim,

0:39.0

which was organized by Inside Lacrosse and Terry Foy, shout out T.F.

0:42.0

This is the playback.

0:43.2

I sat with Jim Sherr to talk shop, which is dense in sports.

0:46.4

He's an Olympic wrestler, and former CEO of the USOC,

0:49.3

which is the governing committee in the United States,

0:51.6

that works directly with the International Olympic Committee.

0:54.8

Jim oversaw all ops and performance in over 10 years of Olympic competition across all sports.

1:01.0

Here's the what.

1:02.0

We discuss the state of lacrosse. If you caught it the New York Times

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