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Green Bay Packers wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler will be among the guests at the first Players Symposium, an invitational and esports event launched by entertainment company Subnation Media.
The Players Symposium will welcome more than 50 NFL players to Resorts World Las Vegas I, a property on the Las Vegas Strip, July 6-9. Valdes-Scantling and Ekeler will be speakers on the subject of esports.
Valdes-Scantling founded Trench Made Gaming, an esports team and lifestyle brand, earlier this year. Ekeler is the founder of the Gridiron Gaming Group, which Esports Observer called a “streaming collective for sports personalities”.
The symposium includes an eSports tournament with 16 teams, in which the attending athletes can compete for 50,000 US dollars.
“Whether it’s claiming their cryptocurrency salaries, starting esports teams, or participating in health and wellness startups, professional athletes are expanding their scope and getting involved in innovative business ventures outside of the field,” said Doug Scott, Co-Founder of Subnation Statement. “We created the Players Symposium to educate athletes about the innovations and future topics and at the same time introduce them to companies and entrepreneurs who are revolutionizing the world of technology, media and entertainment.”
–Field-level media
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