Working Overtime for High School Athletes w/Overtime Elite's Trebor Goodall

Until 2005, elite basketball players could jump immediately from high school graduation to the pros. That system produced standouts like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. The 2006 draft was the first that the NBA instituted an age limit requiring basketball players to be one year removed from their high school graduation before entering the draft. This age limit led to an influx of highly regarded ‘one-and-done’ players who enrolled at a university to play one collegiate season before jumping into the draft the following summer.

While some players spend the year after graduating playing basketball overseas (or in the NBA’s G-League), playing at an NCAA institution is by far the most common route to the NBA. One league, however, is attempting to change that.

Overtime Elite played its inaugural season in 2021-22, and it is positioning itself as an alternative path to the NBA. The Atlanta-based league is owned and operated by Overtime, is for 16- to 20year-old basketball players, and pays players a minimum of $100K per season. Entering its second season, the league has two projected top-10 NBA draft picks in Amen and Ausar Thompson.

One of the keys to longevity for startups like Overtime Elite is to build an army of sponsors and media rights deals, and that’s where today’s guest on the WorkInSports Podcast, Trebor Goodall, comes in. Goodall serves as an Account Manager for Overtime and is in charge of building brand partnerships to grow the league. He joined Overtime shortly after graduating from Notre Dame in 2019, and he chats with Director of Content Marketing Brian Clapp about:

• What the day-to-day work environment is like working at a sports startup like Overtime

• What skills are required for his role

• The value of his internship experience with Creative Artists Agency