StubHub Partners With the NFL Players Association To Equip Athletes In The Next Phase Of Their Careers

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- StubHub, the world's largest event marketplace, teamed up with the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) to empower current and former players to realize their career goals after life on the field. As part of the NFLPA's Externship program, Quincy Enunwa of the New York Jets, Ben Koyack of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and recent Super Bowl champion Josh Andrews of the Minnesota Vikings (formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles) will participate in a three-week immersive business experience program at StubHub's headquarters in San Francisco. In addition to and separate from the NFLPA's Externship program, StubHub announced they will pilot a year-long paid Fellowship program with the NFLPA later this year for transitioning NFL players evaluating their next career moves.

"We see both current and former NFL players as extremely valuable individuals," said Scott Jablonski, StubHub's General Manager of NFL, NBA & NHL. "They're one-in-a-million successes who've dedicated their lives to achieving their on-the-field goals. StubHub sees this program not only as a valuable investment for our organization; in concert with the NFLPA, we look forward to providing value to the program participants and helping them find their next passions off-the-field."

In its fifth year, the 2018 NFLPA Externship program pairs 41 athletes with 20 organizations that best fit participants' interests and career development goals. As part of StubHub's NFLPA Externship program, players will learn what it's like to work in a fast-paced Silicon Valley business environment, tasked with solving a real-life business problem and presenting the solution to StubHub's leadership upon completion of the program. Each player will be assigned a mentor and learn every aspect of StubHub's business, from technology and finance to sitting in on customer service calls to helping fans find the perfect seats and tickets at StubHub's Flagship ticket location in New York City.

"I chose StubHub for my NFLPA Externship program because I was looking for a company that blends sports, technology and customer experience," said Quincy Enunwa, New York Jets wide receiver. "It's important to expand my knowledge and explore opportunities outside of football, and I look forward to working with StubHub and the NFLPA to find my career path off the field."  

StubHub's NFLPA Externship program kicks off Tuesday, February 20^th at StubHub's headquarters in San Francisco and will conclude on March 10^th at StubHub's Flagship ticket location in New York City, where players will deliver a seamless fan experience for NCAA's Big East and ACC basketball tournaments.

StubHub and the NFLPA's Fellowship initiative will be a separate program and will kick off later this year.

About StubHub
At StubHub, our mission is simple: help fans find fun. We connect fans with their favorite teams, shows and artists and introduce them to the ones they'll love next. As the largest ticket marketplace in the world, we enable fans to buy and sell tickets to tens of thousands of events, whenever they want, through our desktop and mobile experiences, including our StubHub app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android. Offering a superior fan experience at its core, StubHub reinvented the ticket resale market in 2000 and continues to lead it through innovation. Our industry firsts include the introduction of the first ticketing application, the first interactive seat mapping tool and the first live entertainment rewards program, Fan Rewardstm. Our business partners include more than 130 properties in MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and NCAA, plus AEG, AXS and Spectra Ticketing & Fan Engagement. With the acquisition of Ticketbis in August 2016, throughout the world, StubHub provides the total end-to-end event going experience. StubHub is an eBay company (NASDAQ:  EBAY).  For more information on StubHub, visit StubHub.com or follow @StubHub on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or YouTube.com/StubHub.

About the NFL Players Association
The National Football League Players Association is the union for professional football players in the National Football League. Established in 1956, the NFLPA has a long history of assuring proper recognition and representation of players' interests. The NFLPA has shown that it will do whatever is necessary to assure that the rights of players are protected?including ceasing to be a union, if necessary, as it did in 1989. In 1993, the NFLPA again was officially recognized as the union representing the players, and negotiated a landmark Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL. The current CBA will govern the sport through 2020. Learn more at www.nflpa.com.

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