OneTeam Partners

OneTeam Partners, the company working with US player unions to derive value from group licensing rights, has created an international venture with the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA).

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Jim O’Connell, president of Athletes First Partners. Fisher and Russo also discuss RedBird Capital Partners’ sale of its stake in OneTeam Partners, the National Football League’s new collaboration agreement with the German Football League, Ares Management raising $3.7bn (€3.7bn) to invest in the sports industry, the pending sale of Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Angels, and ownership turbulence with the National Basketball Association’s Phoenix Suns.

United States-based investment firm RedBird Capital Partners has sold its equity stake in OneTeam Partners, the company designed to help athletes maximize the value of their name, image, and likeness r…