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Las Vegas wants more of that sweet F1 dough. Here’s the economic value one race brought to the city. 1. The race created more than 7,000 jobs for locals who earned more than $50 million in wages. 2. F1 tourists spent 3.6x more than the usual Vegas tourist, spending more $800 million during the F1 weekend. 3. F1 themselves spent more than $80 million on improving public infrastructure in the city. 4. The event generated $77 million in tax revenue, which is more than any other event in the city’s history. With a total economic impact of $1.5 billion, it was the largest sporting event in Las Vegas history.

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From top-flight football to C-suite chaos! 👔 In an intriguing interview, Patrick Nevin, once a dazzling winger for #Chelsea and #Everton, takes us through his unprecedented journey from being a footballer to becoming the world’s first player-CEO. 📖 His memoir is an eye-opening testament to the highs and lows, stresses and victories of football administration - a part of the sport that's often overlooked. Nevin’s candid narrative underscores how taxing a footballer's job can be but as he aptly puts it, "try being a CEO on top of that." The added responsibility of managing finances, personnel, and other administration challenges makes for an intense experience, one that few former players in England's top two leagues have undertaken. 💡 Nevin's unique journey sheds light on why it’s rare to find former players transitioning into top-tier administrative roles. Financial factors aside, the lack of a broad learning culture within the British football scene might be a key hindrance. Are there lessons to be learned from Nevin’s story? Could our football industry benefit from having more players transition to administrative roles? Share your thoughts. 🤔 #SportsBusiness #Football #SportsBiz #Finance #People #Data #Tech #Intelligence #Investment

Some valuable insights here. The desire to continually improve fades with many highly talented players. Reaching a comfort zone can act as a self imposed glass ceiling for many players. Money, fame and success can erode an appetite to push on to the limits of a player's potential. Mindset is a vital factor here in affecting ongoing performance. However, do coaches and players themselves look at how this can be kept at optimal levels. Think Ronaldo, Tom Brady, Harry Kane, Daley Thompson and many more elite sports stars. It is possible to improve brain health and cognitive function and have better focus, mindset, resilience and to perform better through making better decisions, more quickly, more often. What is an extra few percentage points worth, in terms of elite performance for an elite performers? What marginal gains and competitive edge could be achieved? All these factors are game changers.

Skills sets in sports traditionally centred on physical, observable parameters like skill level etc. This evolved to include tangible metrics of ‘form’ e.g. player stats that detail how well a player may have done over a particular period. “The thing we have analysed more than anything else when we’ve been picking England squads is the psychological… can these guys perform under that pressure to the best possible level? And if not, can we help them to do that?” Gareth Southgate details how psychological skills now form one pillar upon which player selection for the England squad is based. He details skills like recovery from mistakes, performance under pressure and sustained attention as key attributes of the elite player. “In the end that makes the difference between the very, very good and the elite” These skills fall into the broad category of ‘executive functions’. Like any other metric, they can measured and - more than that - trained and improved. We no longer have to view psychological skills as static and innate. They develop, evolve and can grow over time. Like the early adopters of any new evidence and technology, those players, coaches and teams who embrace this growing body of scientific evidence will see the benefits before the rest. Hasan Jaber Pete O'Mara-Kane Rory Rebbeck Alex Bailey #replikateneuro #neuroscience #sportsscience #psychologicalscience #football #Euro2024

Interesting addition. Especially in the context of modern day marketing clutter begging for tools like humor to gain consumer attention. A specific category to recognize the best of humor will only inspire marketers around the world to bring out their max creative selves.

Mishcon de Reya's #SportsLaw team recently advised on Marcus Rashford's contract extension at Manchester United, which will now see his deal with the club run until 2028. Learn more about the work of Simon Leaf, Tom Murray, Oliver Millichap, Roya Zohrabi and Stuart Adams, with insights from Dwaine Maynard:

Incredible insights from Gareth Southgate and a stark reminder of how important it is to equip founders, entrepreneurs, professionals and athletes with the right tools to manage their psychology in high-performance environments. Key takeaways: - Mentality is everything - Drive matters - A constant desire to get better is essential - The ability to deal with mistakes or when things go wrong is vital - Knowing how to deal with success is just as important - Understanding ways to handle pressure is necessary As a founder, team leader or employee, can you perform at the highest level, day in and day out? Through lots of unknown variables? Through pressure? Through the opinions of naysayers and non-believers? Through consecutive bad quarters? Through failure? Through pessimistic macro environments? Through big changes? As the future of work continues to transform, as teams become more and more distributed, and as companies understand that the only thing that matters is how competent and kind their people are (not where they live or what their salary expectations are), high-performance will become a core value that companies seek, develop, mould and enable. High performance will apply to everyone. Thanks for sharing Steven Caulker 👌🏻 #embraceyourprocess

Mishcon de Reya's #SportsLaw team recently advised on Marcus Rashford's contract extension at Manchester United, which will now see his deal with the club run until 2028. Learn more about the work of Simon Leaf, Tom Murray, Oliver Millichap, Roya Zohrabi and Stuart Adams, with insights from Dwaine Maynard:

Connect Yorkshire member, Huddersfield Giants RLFC, are hosting a networking event with a twist in March! Join Eorl Crabtree, Huddersfield Giants and Huddersfield Grosvenor Casino for an evening of entertainment and networking on Friday 22nd March. With over 40 already signed up, this is one not to be missed. You can sign up through the link in the comments. #connectingyorkshire #businessnetworking #businessgrowth #grosvenorhuddersfield #huddersfieldgiants #businessleaders