About this episode

Paul Spinelli discusses his extensive career in sports photography and consulting, particularly with the NFL.

Paul Spinelli started photographing NFL football games in 1981. From 1983-85, He also photographed NCAA and USFL (United States Football League) football games. In 1986, Paul became the NFL lead photographer covering the New York Jets and many NFL Office events in New York City. In 1987, Paul was hired by Dave Boss as the NFL Director of Photographic Services . During my 16 year career as an NFL executive, He designed and secured funding for NFLphotos.com (the NFL's first digital photo archive and international licensing platform) and increased annual photo sales revenues by more than 500 percent. Paul created the NFL Photo Studio, managed the NFL Photo Sales department, and was responsible for the NFL Photo Library and its collection of more than three million football photos. Paul selected the photographers and supervised the NFL's Super Bowl and Pro Bowl photo crews. In 2003, when the NFL began outsourcing NFL Photos and the NFL Publishing and Photographic Services Departments, He launched SpinPhotos, Inc., a Southern California based photo and consulting business specializing in sports and sports archives. Paul worked as a sports and legal consultant for multiple companies…

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