NEW MONEY: New Technology and How It’s Impacting Sports
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4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
“You don’t need to be all the way into crypto, but you do need to know that crypto is here to stay.”
In this episode of “New Money” with hosts Spencer Dinwiddie and Solo Ceesay, sports and big tech collide. The hosts are joined by former WNBA player Imani McGee-Stafford, linebacker Foye Oluokun of the Atlanta Falcons and Renee Montgomery, retired WNBA player and co-owner of the Atlanta Dream.
The guests discuss the importance of learning about the financial pathways for professional athletes. More and more, investing in crypto is being discussed in the locker rooms and on the field as an opportunity for athletes to build their wealth during and after their sports careers.
Lastly, the guests consider the rise of NFTs and many ways athletes can take advantage of this new technology. As the barrier to entry for NFT creation lowers, a larger swath of athletes will be able to memorialize their personal brand and top moments in their sport careers.
“New Money With Spencer and Solo” is produced by CoinDesk. Our theme music is “Street Knowledge” by KC Carter. Art design is by Calaxy/CoinDesk.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody? Welcome to another episode of New Money with Spencer in Solo. I'm Solo Cise and today I'm feeling extra unathletic because I'll be the only non-pro athlete on the stage today. But we are going to be welcomed by Imani Stafford, Foyer Alouacan, and Renee Montgomery. And we're going to talk about how sports and big tech have been colliding. So again, thank you guys for joining and enjoy the show. |
| 0:21.9 | What's up everybody? This is Spencer Dinwiddie. And I'm Solos Hehe. And this is New Money, brought you by CoinDesk. Today we have Foyer, who some of you guys might not know, grew up in St. Louis, with my co-founder, Solo. Where are you joining us from? |
| 0:48.7 | I'm here in Atlanta, Georgia, a little bit north of the city. Came in after a little, ready to chop it up with you guys. |
| 0:55.0 | Nah, I appreciate you, appreciate you. |
| 0:57.0 | What was it like entering the league and how do you handle all the off-court things that came with it? |
| 1:02.0 | Coming to the league, I didn't really know what to expect just because I didn't really have a lot of guys from my school going to the league. |
| 1:08.0 | So everything I heard was just advice from a whole bunch of people that I might |
| 1:12.2 | have trained with and stuff. So I came in, you know, just expected to be hard. Cutthroat, |
| 1:17.4 | nobody really on your side, like on your team or the coaching staff, until you really gain |
| 1:21.4 | people's trust. And so just kind of going through that and then seeing people coming out |
| 1:25.1 | at the facility, whether on the team or cut from the team, whatever, it's kind of really stressful. |
| 1:30.1 | And so when I get home, I really like to unwind and just, you know, relax my mind and stuff, |
| 1:34.2 | kind of get away from those stresses and stuff, make sure I'm always in contact with the guys |
| 1:38.3 | I went to college with or, you know, solo in them high school. |
| 1:41.3 | Kind of get my mind away from the business to the game. Just because once we're in the facility is cutthroat |
| 1:45.8 | from the second we get in to the second we get out, |
| 1:48.2 | everything's being evaluated and stuff. |
| 1:50.2 | But it's definitely a fun stress to have |
| 1:51.9 | and a blessing to be a part of it, but it's definitely a little bit of stress. |
| 1:54.8 | And I feel you, you know, we also have Renee and Imani here |
| 1:58.0 | who, you know, are in the WMBA, kind of sort of. |
| 2:01.6 | Sorry, I like to talk a little trash, he's one of my childhood best friends. |
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