Fantasy Sports Association

Logo of the Fantasy Sports Association.

The Fantasy Sports Association (FSA) is a trade group that was found in 2006 to advance the interests of the fantasy sports industry. It folded in 2010, leaving the Fantasy Sports Trade Association as the industry's only trade group.

Mission

The association is charged with promoting the fantasy sports industry, providing consulting services to its members, and strategic advice to organizations interested gaining value from fantasy sports. Like other industry trade associations, the FSA focuses on:

increasing the economic value of the industry
growing the number of participants, sponsors, products, and services
conducting industry research
operating industry conferences
lobbying for the industry

The FSA's mission is similar to the mission of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, which was founded in 1999.

Members

The association was founded in 2006 by major fantasy sports industry players including: America Online, CBS Sports, EA Sports, ESPN, Krause (NFFC), Fanball, World Championship of Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports Ventures, Fox Sports Interactive Media, FS Dashboard, Head2Head, LiveHive Systems, NBA, NBC Sports Digital, NFL, PGA Tour, PLAYERS INC, Pro Trade, Sporting News, STATS, Inc., and Yahoo!.^[1]

Current Board of Directors

Chairman: Clay Walker, Senior Vice President of PLAYERS INC

Additional members of the FSA Board of Directors include:

Steve Byrd, Executive Vice President, STATS LLC
Barry Dorf, Producer of EA Sports Fantasy Football, Electronic Arts
Kenny Gersh, Vice President of Business Development, SportsLine.com, Inc.
Jeff Gerttula, General Manager of Fantasy Games, The Sporting News
Josh Goodstadt, Assistant Vice President of Multimedia and Interactive, PLAYERS INC
Kevin Gralen, President, Head2Head Sports LLC
Emil Kadlec, President, Fantasy Sports Championships, Inc. (WCOFF)
David Katz, Head of Sports & Entertainment, Yahoo! Inc
Mike Kerns, Founder, Pro Trade, Inc.
Joe Nahra, Staff Counsel, PLAYERS INC
Craig Peters, Vice President of Business Development, Fox Sports Interactive Media
Rob Phythian, President, Fanball Acquisitions, LLC
Ross Schaufelberger, General Manager of AOL Sports, America Online, Inc.

References

↑ Online News Article retrieved 19 February 2008

External links

Official FSA Site

Fantasy sports

Sports	Auto racing Formula One Baseball Basketball Cricket Football Australian American Association Golf Ice hockey Politics Congress Wrestling

Formats	Daily fantasy Sports stock simulation Sports pools

Prominent companies	FanDuel DraftKings Yahoo! Fantasy Sports ESPN.com CBSSports.com FantasyGuru.com NFL.com numberFire RotoWire RotoGrinders

Trade associations	Fantasy Sports Trade Association Fantasy Sports Writers Association

People	Matthew Berry Nigel Eccles Jeff Erickson Bill James John Hansen Chris Liss Nate Ravitz Peter Schoenke Ron Shandler John Sickels

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