XPX Dallas: Playing the Long Game: What Representing Professional Athletes Teaches Us About Trust, Negotiation and Life After the Spotlight

Professional sports may look different from the lower middle market, but the highest-stakes situations have familiar ingredients: talent, money, ego, reputation, timing, trusted advisors, and a career that will not last forever. Join XPX Dallas for a candid fireside chat with a professional who has represented athletes through contracts, business ventures, personal-brand decisions, and major life transitions.

We will explore how elite performers select advisors, how trust is earned when the stakes are high, what great negotiators do before they enter the room, and how a coordinated advisory team protects both value and reputation. We will also examine a challenge athletes and founders share: preparing for the day when the identity-defining career ends. This is not simply a sports conversation. It is a practical discussion about performance, negotiation, risk, wealth, identity, and reinvention - with lessons that apply to every owner and advisor in the room.

Registration Fees: 

XPX Dallas Members in Good Standing: Free.  Registration is required for food order purposes.  Please be sure to sign up.

XPX Chapter Network Members: $45.00
XPX Chapter Network Members Same Day/Walk-in Fee: $55.00

Non-Members: $55.00
Non-Members Same Day/Walk-in Fee: $65.00

Registration includes a full buffet breakfast plus coffee and juice.

First time guest. (Member referral is required- members (NOT GUEST) must email angie@exitplanningexchange.com to sign up their guest) 

Regular Monthly Educational Events Cancellation Policy: You may request a full refund for your event registration up to 72 hours before the scheduled date and time. After that deadline, the sale is final and no refunds or credits will be issued. The registration fee is non-transferable, non-substitutable and no replacements are offered.