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How Leaf Trading Cards & Signables Reach Any Athlete

A case study about how Leaf Trading Card Co. & Signables Memorabilia use OpenSponsorship to work with athletes on any level of their game. 

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Why OpenSponsorship?

In Need of a Team with Connections

Both Leaf and Signables have strong connections to the largest athlete management agencies in the world. However, when working with those agencies, they were limited to the athletes on their roster. With OpenSponsorship, both companies are able to reach nearly any athlete in the world due to OpenSponsorship's connection with managed athletes, self-managed athletes, and athletes that are represented by small agencies. 

You can try to navigate the complicated athlete/agency world, or an OpenSponsorship account manager can do it all for you.

Connecting With Trinity Rodman

Rodman may be a name we all know from the 96 Bulls, but it's not yet synonymous with Women's Soccer. In 2023, Trinity Rodman, daughter of Dennis Rodman, made her debut with Team USA in the WWC. Women's soccer is expanding quickly, but not all the players have received the attention from large agencies they deserve. For this reason, Leaf struggled to connect with Rodman through their existing agency connections to hire her for a trading card signing deal.

Our team of Account Managers made quick work of this problem since Rodman was already signed up for deals on OpenSponsorship. Our team negotiated a deal between Rodman & Leaf in which she signed 1,000 cards.

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The Full Service Advantage

With a Full-Service plan, brands get a dedicated account manager assigned to them. These account managers are experts in athlete influencer marketing. They also maintain relationships with hundreds of sports agents and thousands of athletes. Their personal connection to agencies and athletes leads to better response times from talent, strength in deal negotiation, and management skills to handle all-stars in mid-season.

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Source Athletes

Your Account Manager will find the athletes your team wants to work with.

Negotiate

Your Account Manager will handle all negotiations to ensure you get the terms and price you want.

Manage

Your Account Manager will handle the entire deal and ensure you are satisfied with their work.

Athletes Leaf & Signables Partnered With

Both brands have worked with dozens of athletes - here are few with a link to their OpenSponsorship profiles.
Kendrick Bourne OpenSponsorship

Kendrick Bourne

Kendrick worked with Signables on a live jersey signing. View Kenrick's Profile

Jack Harrison OpenSponsorship

Jack Harrison

Jack worked with Signables on a live jersey signing. View Jack's Profile

tony parker

Tony Parker

Leaf hired Tony to sign 400 limited-edition trading cards. View Tony's Profile

Trinity Rodman

Trinity Rodman

Trinity Rodman - Leaf hired Trinity to sign 1,000 limited edition trading cards. View Trinity's Profile.

Julie ertz opensponsorship

Julie Ertz

Julie Ertz - Leaf hired Julie to sign 750 limited edition trading cards.  View Julie's Profile.

Wan Kuzain

Wan Kuzain

Wan Kuzain - Waz worked with Signables to sign 5 game balls. View Wan's Profile

Teagan Miller

Teagan Miller

Teagan Miller - Teagan worked with Signables to sign 5 golf balls. View Teagan Miller's Profile

An Extension Of Your Team

Account Managers at OpenSponsorship become an extension of your team. Fighting to get better prices for you and making sure talent acts on all the deliverables.

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Client

"Our Account Manager, Staley, has been a huge help to us in finding the best athletes for us to collaborate with!"

Lauren Cecchi

CEO @Signables

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