Endeavor Takes Stake In BDA Sports Management, Names Founder Bill Duffy A Strategic Advisor To WME Sports

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WME parent company Endeavor, led by president Mark Shapiro, has made a strategic investment in BDA Sports Management that will see basketball agent Bill Duffy become a strategic advisor to WME Sports. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Hollywood agency is understood to have made a "meaningful" investment in the Black-owned sports agency.

Courtney Braun has been elevated to General Counsel of Endeavor’s client representation group while Michelle Walter has been promoted to CFO of WME, effective immediately.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorEndeavor has made an investment in BDA Sports Management, a deal that will bring BDA chief Bill Duffy into the WME Sports fold as a strategic advisor.Duffy will remain chairman-CEO of BDA and continue to run the company that specializes in representing active and retired basketball players. Duffy is a notable figure in the sports world as the of the few longstanding Black owners of a sizable talent rep firm.

The Trotters head to Whaddon Road tomorrow evening to take on the high flying Robins who sit second in the table.