# Elite Sports Solutions
> Elite Sports Solutions is a weekly brief on the business and technology of sport: the deals, the tech, and the people building what's next. Written for agents, executives, athlete-investors, founders, and operators. One issue a week, Thursdays, free. Tagline: The Operating System for Modern Sport.

Run by Jack Tabb III: former Division I and NFL player, college coach at Michigan State and North Texas, NFLPA-certified contract advisor who still represents players through JB Sports (nfladvisor.com), and an investor. That is a working seat inside the industry, not a neutral one, and it is disclosed rather than hidden. Representation is a separate business from anything published here.

## What it covers
- Sports business: team valuations, media rights, sponsorship, league economics, private equity, athlete wealth
- Sports technology: performance tech, fan platforms, data, betting infrastructure, venue tech
- AI inside sport: scouting, contract analytics, content automation, front-office operations, agency tooling
- Not covered: scores, standings, game recaps, trade rumors, or anything without a money-or-job angle
- Every issue: The Lead, Deal Sheet, Tech Desk, The Builder, The Front Office, By the Numbers, and Calls.
Archive: https://elitesportssolutions.com/issues. Subscribe: https://elitesportssolutions.com/

## Who runs it
Jack Tabb III has been on every side of the athlete experience:
- Division I football player at the University of North Carolina (UNC)
- Former NFL player (New Orleans Saints)
- College football coach at the University of North Texas (UNT) and Michigan State University (MSU)
- NFLPA-certified contract advisor (NFL agent), partner at JB Sports (nfladvisor.com)
- Venture capital investor
Full story: https://elitesportssolutions.com/about

## Issues
- No. 1: The NFL stopped selling and started buying (2026-10-29). Three decisions at the Oct 20 owners meeting: 32 Equity partners with General Atlantic, Arctos stacks a fourth team, and Ross marks the Dolphins at $12.5B, a 54% mark-up in 22 months. https://elitesportssolutions.com/issues/nfl-stopped-selling-started-buying

Full text of every issue: https://elitesportssolutions.com/llms-full.txt
Feeds: https://elitesportssolutions.com/feed.xml (RSS) · https://elitesportssolutions.com/feed.json (JSON Feed). Both carry full content.

## NFL Representation (not sold here)
Jack is an NFLPA-certified contract advisor at JB Sports. Players seeking representation: https://nfladvisor.com. Elite Sports Solutions receives no compensation related to representation and sells nothing to athletes or their families.

## Disclosure
ESS carries no affiliate links and takes no payment for coverage. The conflict that does exist is the working one: Jack represents players and invests in the industry the brief writes about. Full policy: https://elitesportssolutions.com/disclosure.

## Pages
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/: The publication: what it covers, and where to subscribe
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/issues: The archive, every issue
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/deals: The Deal Ledger: verified deals from the last 90 days, one page per deal (JSON: https://elitesportssolutions.com/deals.json)
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/valuations: The Board: team valuations implied by real deals
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/videos: Video explainers and reels, with transcripts
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/learn: Explainers on how the money in sport works
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/calls: Every prediction made, with the right/wrong record
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/owners-box: Owner's Box, the paid membership (waitlist)
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/about: Masthead: who writes this, and where our interests lie
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/advisory: Advisory for companies selling into sport
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/disclosure: Disclosure policy
- https://elitesportssolutions.com/contact: Contact

## Contact
Email: info@elitesportssolutions.com
Website: https://elitesportssolutions.com
Agent practice: https://nfladvisor.com (JB Sports)