David Meltzer CEO of Sports 1 Marketing on African American Athletes Giving Back

Today's guest is David Meltzer. In his early 20s, David Meltzer was at the top of his game in the business world and lecturing around the globe. But something was missing, and the multimillionaire went on a rapid downward spiral that ended in bankruptcy. It was only then that David realized, in order to revive and thrive, he needed to blend spirituality with business. He started to develop his newfound life and business outlook as CEO to sports super agent Leigh Steinberg, where he, along with Leigh, and Warren Moon, negotiated over $2 Billion in sports and entertainment contracts. In addition to athlete representation, LSSE served as creative and technical consultants on movie and television projects such as: Jerry Maguire, Any Given Sunday, For The Love Of The Game, HBO’s Arli$$.The common perception of successful sports agents is an aggressive-to-be-effective persona that is as powerful at negotiating as their athletes are at sports.

David is joining us to talk about African American athletes who are giving back to the communities, cities and states where they come from through charitable programs to promote education, health, self-esteem, self-discipline and the joy that comes from donating time and money to help others. Working with Warren Moon and his foundation that helps others reach their goals and remain motivated. Warren like many other Africian American athletes are forming foundations to help young people, their parents and communities nuture dreams that better their lives and the people around them.

Connecting to goodness seems an unlikely goal in either sports agenting or sports marketing, but it is the best un-kept secret of one of the best sports agents in the business.   Now enormously successful, he never forgets the value of that connection – and he is here today to discuss it with us.