Prodigy Sports is a firm that has been around for ten years now, offering executive search services to match sports teams to executives, and now the company has announced that they are expanding to offer their services to esports teams as well. Not only that, but this division will be separate and totally dedicated to esports.
"We have such a wide number of clients in professional sports...teams, management, agencies, technology companies, governing bodies...who have called and asked about a path to growth in esports as they start to get into this relatively new business, so we are pleased to be one of the first firms to devote time, effort and manpower to matching opportunities and personnel in the space," said the founder of Prodigy Sports Scott Carmichael, who's also the CEO. "Any mature business dedicating resources to esports needs to be able to identify and source leadership like they would for any other area of their organisation. While esports may be a new and fast-growing business to many, its challenges are not new, and we are looking forward to be able to marry the needs of those entering the field with a deep, diverse and unique database that we are always building."
The company claims that the need for this new practice has been driven by "professional sports teams, leagues, properties and brands... acquiring or partnering with esports properties." The need arises, therefore, to have skilled people manage these new esports ventures, and "leadership recruitment" is where Prodigy Sports comes in.
Do you think this will help professional sports teams move into esports smoother?
