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🗓️ 7 February 2021

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Peter O’Reilly, Executive Vice President of Club Business and League Events for the NFL, talks about what it is like helping to plan the NFL’s biggest events each year, including this year’s Super Bowl, as well as how this year’s unusual circumstances have led to innovations in fan experience. O’Reilly and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, chat about a range of topics including how to land a job in sports (even if you have no experience in the industry), how Super Bowl LV will be providing thousands of healthcare workers an unforgettable experience, and what fans tuning into the game can expect to see that is different in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of the playbook, I have the incredible Peter O'Reilly, the executive
0:04.4	vice president of club business and league events for the NFL. This is our Super Bowl edition
0:10.4	of the playbook. And we're going to talk about what changes are made for this Super Bowl,
0:17.2	especially because of the pandemic, who's being honored, how they're being honored,
0:22.2	how we can share the Super Bowl with so many more people virtually. Join me for all this and more
0:28.4	on the playbook. This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook. For each week I bring you some of the greatest
0:34.8	athletes, celebrities and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional
0:40.4	playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.
0:46.4	I'm your host David Meltzer. I'm so excited to have the Super Bowl edition with the incredible
0:51.3	Peter O'Reilly executive vice president of club business and league events for the NFL. Peter,
0:58.4	welcome to the playbook. Thanks Dave. Thanks for having me. Look forward to talking.
1:02.9	You know, so many people want to work in sports once they realize they can't play.
1:09.2	I was one of those people as well. And I think your title to me illustrates that there's so many
1:16.5	opportunities to work in sports that are aligned with your skills, your capabilities,
1:22.8	your knowledge and your desire. And for you, you know, it is an odd title. People probably go,
1:29.9	what does that exactly do? So I'm going to start to help entrepreneurs who want to work in sports
1:35.6	understand by starting just with the title. What would someone who's executive vice president
1:40.4	of club business and league events for the NFL actually do? So they're two parts to it,
1:47.4	obviously, but the league events may be easiest for people to get their head around is unfortunate
1:52.5	to be in a role where I'm kind of the the general manager of the big league events. So like the
1:58.0	Super Bowl, the NFL draft, the Pro Bowl, our NFL kickoff events. So a lot of the things that are
2:05.2	big 10 pole platforms, I'm fortunate to be able to work across the organization and with the
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