The Business of NIL: How Jim Cavale is Building the NFLPA for College Athletes

About this episode

Jim Cavale discusses building a national platform for college athletes in the NIL era.

In this powerful episode of The PLΔNNING Podcast, Isaac M. Cooper sits down with visionary entrepreneur and Athletes.ORG Chairman Jim Cavale — a man who has built, sold, and scaled companies that changed industries. From his early days launching startups to leading IronTribe Fitness and creating INFLCR — later acquired by Teamworks — Jim unpacks what it means to build purpose-driven companies and why he refuses to use the term “student-athlete.” He shares a masterclass in leadership, fundraising, and vision — and how Athletes.ORG is becoming for college athletes what the NFLPA is for pros: a national platform for education, representation, and empowerment in the NIL era.

People in this episode

Host: Isaac M. Cooper

Guest: Jim Cavale

Topics covered

• NIL
• college athletes
• entrepreneurship
• leadership
• empowerment
• education
• representation

Keywords

• NIL
• college athletes
• Jim Cavale
• Athletes.ORG
• leadership
• empowerment
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Athletes.ORG, IronTribe Fitness, INFLCR, Teamworks, NFLPA

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