NBPA Sportscaster U. In 10th Year At Syracuse
6/4/2017 4:45:00 PM | General
As Cavaliers and Warriors players undertake their most extensive assignment of the season out west, out east in Syracuse, N.Y., at Syracuse University, seven current and former NBA players are underway in their own comprehensive environment—but it's not on the court.
Current players Langston Galloway, Danny Green, Gerald Henderson (pictured above right), Steve Novak and Willie Reed, and former players Earl Barron (pitcutred above right) and Loren Woods are embarking on their first professional training ground in on-air broadcasting at the NBPA's 10th annual Sportscaster U, in partnership with Syracuse University, with the program director being Matt Park, the voice of the Orange.
During the course of the next four days at Syracuse, this year's seven players will go through the program's core components: appear on multiple TV and radio segments; learn about and then lead production meetings; understand the business side of the industry; and hear from guest speakers, including former player Antonio Daniels, who's a FOX Sports Oklahoma analyst for Thunder games, and Gerry Matalon of Matalon Media, one of the sports industry's top evaluators and coaches of media talent.
"My two promises on the first night are one, you're never going to watch sports the same way again," Park said. "And two, you'll leave knowing whether you care to pursue this further. The Players Association created something that doesn't exist. It's a reasonable laboratory for the real world. I've kept in touch with a handful of guys and they felt it was an appropriate warmup of what they got in the industry."
Fans interested in reading more about NBPA Sportscaster U. can do so at:Â nbpa.com/on-court-to-on-air-how-nba-players-become-broadcasters-at-sportscaster-u-now-in-its-10th-year
