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Motivation

DeMaurice Smith Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

By Paul Rabil ·

Paul Rabil DeMaurice Smith

Editor’s note Check out Paul Rabil’s new podcast below and be sure to subscribe on iTunes! It’s time to pad up, because Paul is going deep into the NFL and entrepreneurship with DeMaurice Smith. This is one of his best Suiting Up episodes yet!

“Make sure you have the right teammates and trust them to do their job.”

In 2009, DeMaurice Smith was unanimously elected as the NFL Players’ Associations Executive Director. Since then, he’s structured a new league CBA, created a $160M annual marketing division, co-founded ACE Media, and engineered the first athlete-driven accelerator, One Team Collective.

Smith is empowering the modern day athlete and entrepreneur through education, new platforms, and better working conditions. Throughout our conversation, Smith dives deep into the transactional trenches of negotiations with Roger Goodell, but it’s his advice on mentorship and transformational teaching that’s most impressive.

Welcome to Suiting Up, where professional lacrosse player, operator and investor, Paul Rabil, talks to influencers within the world of sports to examine the modern duality of a professional athlete.

Let’s go, it’s time to Suit Up.

Here’s my interview with football pioneer, DeMaurice Smith:


About Suiting Up

Suiting Up is an interview style podcast featuring lacrosse star and entrepreneur, Paul Rabil. Rabil, a 2x Major League Lacrosse MVP, splits his time between the gym and office, where he manages an OTT subscription platform and an event company, directs his foundation focused on learning differences and oversees a lengthy investment portfolio. This balancing act has become the new norm for athletes who seek to strike while the iron is hot both on the field and in the boardroom and it’s a challenge that requires more than just good time management. This podcast will explore the playbook of tools, technologies and strategies that athletes use to succeed.