New technologies have changed the way we engage in and watch sports. Sensors, Wearable Tech, Video Assistant Referees (VAR), and Instant Replay, are examples of new technologies that have changed the way we play and watch sports. In this interview series called, “The Future of Sports; New Emerging Technologies That Are Disrupting The World Of Sports,” we are talking to sports leaders, athletes, sports tech experts, and sports equipment companies who can talk about the new technologies that are reshaping the sports world.
Enter in disruptors – Aris Persidis of GridNewsBureau (GNB) and Tobi Lufadeju of NextPlayerON. GNB and NPO announced their collaboration deal in esports engagement in 2021 as well as a pledge to help counteract a rise in trolls and hate into the esport gaming experience.
Aris Persidis is a tech entrepreneur with multiple start-ups, growths and exits and chairs the Board of GNB. He focuses on AI and its applications in different areas, including media/entertainment. In 2020, he was included as one of the world’s top 50 futurists by the Abundant World Institute, in collaboration with Alvin Toffler’s Estate (author of the now-classic Future Shock).
Tobi Lufadeju is a serial entrepreneur and an accomplished information technology leader with over 18 years of experience developing innovative technical solutions, leading tech teams, and creating strategies to drive business and technology alignment. His focus has since transitioned to product, business, and marketing strategy as the COO of NextPlayerON.
“As a co-founder and COO of NextPlayerON – we focus on leveraging esports to create an ecosystem that empowers communities, educates students, and offers a path to generating income as a professional gamer. And our strategic partnership with GNB allows this vision to come full blossom” , states Tobi Lufadeju.
Through NextPlayerON, the opportunity to impact the world is real. Providing students with scholarships, schools with better student engagement, children with better life choices, and new revenue sources serves as true impact.
“This idea of innovation in how we experience sports is what drives me. It is also what drives our powerful deal with the great folks at NPO.” , states Aris Persidis.
GNB has announced a wonderful deal with NexPlayerON in the esports vertical. Based on the idea of innovation in how we experience sports is what drives this partnership. Especially the NPO angle that shows how esports properly done can be the great equalizer among young people who may not be physically gifted for a live sport.
“The specific focus of our work with NPO is to use GNB’s content engagement platform to bring actual real-time engagement to the e-sport platform. Viewers and participants in esports only have old-style social media to engage/comment. This brings trolls and hate into the experience. We want to change all that. Showcasing the emotional angle and intensity of taking part in top flight esports is as much part of the narrative as the outcome. We are very excited about that.” states Persidis.
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