Playmaker

We partnered with our friends at Tommy John to host two playoff watch parties, cheering on our favorite Roommates, emceed by the Roommates Show co-host, Matt Hillman. Despite the outcome, the sold-out crowd was electric and we are looking forward to hosting more watch parties next season! Tune into the Roommates Show tomorrow on YouTube for the first episode back after the playoff run—you won't want to miss the most epic recap content from Jalen and Josh!!

Join us for Formula 1 Miami festivities this Wednesday for a special edition live audience taping of The OG's podcast, post-event cocktail networking & celebrations. To RSVP and get event details if you will be in the Miami/South Florida area, please DM or email Alison Safir at asafir@bettercollective.com. Looking forward to seeing you there!

So far in ‘24, Playmaker’s original content has created more than $25M of Earned Media Value from the 1,000+ posts & articles publishers have shared… This happens naturally as a byproduct from our push to develop world-class, authentic & engaging sports storytelling to superserve the most passionate pockets of sports fans. We’ve partnered with athletes who are also electric personalities, and we’ve built the distribution and creative infrastructure to become a top source for untold stories, engaging takes and viral moments in sports… and we’ve been able to align brands with these moments, these athletes & their excited fans. The sizzle reel below is just a small portion of what we’ve been creating this year. It’s been awesome leading this charge and being able to give our talented creatives the opportunity to create with some great athletes who are also special human beings off the court & field. Often, the producers, editors & social leads are lifelong fans of the teams and athletes they’re working with and it shows in the extra effort and constant improvement in the content. Playmaker is just scratching the surface: - We are always looking for brand partners to help bring special impactful stories & series to life. - And we’re always looking for more electric sports talents to create with. * Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you can help with either. CC: Drew Pratt Alison Safir Mia Castiglione Drew Rauso Matt Schwimmer Devon Chase Harris James Caricato Max Freedman Cristian Henry Cameron Smith Antoine Adams, OLY Shaine Freeman Kristine Bill Adam Garfield Sam Slama Nyrie Iskandarian Peter Duane Preston Adelman Ryan Darwent & so many more awesome team members who have played important roles

Join us for All Star festivities at our venue in Downtown Indianapolis this Friday & Saturday. We will have special live shows, great networking and VIP celebrations. To RSVP and get event details, please email Alison Safir at asafir@bettercollective.com. Looking forward to seeing you all out there!

Join us for All Star festivities at our venue in Downtown Indianapolis this Friday & Saturday. We will have special live shows, great networking and VIP celebrations. To RSVP and get event details, please email Alison Safir at asafir@bettercollective.com. Looking forward to seeing you all out there!

Ending the week with 1 more big win… Just 1 day after the launch of episode 1, Roommates Show has reached 100K cross-platform followers & subscribers! Not to mention Ben stiller shoutouts, Tonight Show/Jimmy Fallon tweets, sidetalk partnerships, MSG/clyde mentions on TV and dozens of articles. Shoutout to Cameron Smith, Peter Duane, Josh Garfield, Drew Rauso, Matt Hillman, Kristine Bill, Simon Dharmakirthi, Matt Schwimmer, Dave Katzman, Corey Vann, James Caricato, Cody hamilton, Preston Adelman, Ryan Darwent, Landon B., Ruben (Alex) Martinez, Ahmed El-Shami, Brian Van Saders, Drew Pratt, Mia Castiglione, Alison Safir, Paul Pirotta and everyone else who helped with this massively successful launch. 🗽📈 Definitely Playmaker’s most successful launch to date (for now). We’re not stopping anytime soon.

Playmaker is incredibly excited to present Roommates with Josh Hart, Jalen Brunson & Matt Hillman! Launching 2/8 on YouTube, Spotify & Apple.

Shaq is partnering with Playmaker to launch 'The Big Podcast Network' to “prioritize and uplift fresh and diverse voices that will expand the conversation beyond sports to include music, fashion, and entertainment.”⁠ The legend continues.

Less than 2 weeks after launch, The OGs is already #1 in the US in its category on Apple, per Chartable. Playmaker is just ramping up in the podcast space, but after 2 weeks our shows have over 40,000 followers, almost a million YouTube views on the longform and tens of millions of views on social clips. 2024 is going to be wild. Shoutout to the pod squad Cristian Henry Antoine Adams OLY Cameron Smith Shaine Freeman Nyrie Iskandarian Landon B. James Caricato Mark Schoenster Josh Garfield Rajee Anderson Kristine Bill Ruben (Alex) Martinez Brian Van Saders Paul Pirotta Erika G. Drew Pratt & more 📈🫡

Playmaker has a BIG new partner… Shaquille O'Neal. "Our audience already loves Shaq, and we can't wait for them to get to know him even better through this platform. Even more importantly, we couldn't be more excited to be a driving force behind even more athlete entrepreneurship success stories together with our new network." Shoutout to Kristine Bill Dave Katzman Matt Schwimmer Scott Miller Marc Frank Pedersen Colin Smeeton Shaine Freeman & so many others who helped make this happen. It’s going to be incredibly fun. The first episode will be live this week! Socials & press release below ⬇️