Elite women’s sports are predicted to generate US$1 billion in revenue in 2021.

In this episode of Beyond the Scoreboard, Marcel Reece, former NFL All Pro and current Senior Advisor to the Las Vegas Raiders, provides some insights into the Raiders' recently announced Al Davis-Eddie Robinson Leadership Academy. The Academy is being created to prepare minority candidates for leaderships in the NFL and across sports in general.

Despite record-setting momentum, the sports industry has continued to ignore the economic viability of women’s sports.

Elite women’s sports are predicted to generate US$1 billion in revenue in 2021.

Elite women’s sports are predicted to generate US$1 billion in revenue in 2021.

The authors’ thought leadership is shared through the efforts of The Collective Think Tank. The Collective, Wasserman’s women-focused division, has assembled this global consortium of some of today’s greatest academic minds and industry leaders focused on gender parity and improvement.

Now that Allegiant Stadium is built and hosting games, the Raiders are on to their next project, one with a much larger social impact.

The Collective, a division focused on women within Wasserman, is launching The Collective Think Tank this week to research multiple aspects of women and sports, including female fandom, purchasing power and gender inequities within the industry.