How do you turn your passion for sports into a career? What does it take to advise pro athletes and celebrities on investments and deals? And how can you start to angel invest yourself? Sunjay Mathews, investor, advisor, and dealmaker in the sports and media sector, was able to make the leap from in-house counsel at FanDuel and DAZN, the biggest names in sports betting and streaming, into a legal and business consulting powerhouse. With his deep understanding of the complex (and often outdated) regulations surrounding sports betting, he began leading at the intersection of crypto and athletics, advising on sports partnerships with FTX and investing in blockchain-reliant companies like BetDex, and joining the board of tixbase. Listen as Sunjay shares lessons from his career at the cutting edge of burgeoning industries, dealmaking with pro athletes, getting started as an angel investor, and more. Read detailed summary:  https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-5 [https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-58]9 Topics: Introduction: 0:00 Transitioning from law associate to sports legal advisor at FanDuel: 3:40 Dealing with anachronistic regulations in the sports betting industry: 6:47 Moving into streaming at DAZN: 10:39 Getting a start as an independent advisor: 21:47 Dealmaking with pro athletes and celebrities: 26:08 Getting started as an angel investor: 34:12 Consulting on sports marketing with FTX and getting involved with crypto: 38:06 Investing and advising companies like BetDEX, tixbase, and Just Women's Sports: 42:20 Uplifting Just Women's Sports: 49:35 What you wish you'd known as a young lawyer: 57:11 Connect with us: Sunjay Mathews: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunjay-mathews-b227a723/ Tyler Finn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn SpotDraft: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft SpotDraft is a leading CLM platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues. Visit https://www.spotdraft.com [https://www.spotdraft.com/] to learn more.