SEATTLE, July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- FanWide (http://www.FanWide.com), the group dedicated to helping out-of-market sports fans find a local fan club chapter or game watch party, has just added former NFL star Ryan McNeil to its team as an advisor and investor. Since launching in 2016, Seattle-based FanWide has promoted over a million fan club events for almost 12,500 chapters nationwide. FanWide runs the world's largest fan club database for teams in the NFL, NCAA Football, NBA, WNBA, NCAA Basketball, MLB, NHL, soccer, rugby and dozens of other leagues.
Ryan McNeil is currently the Founder and CEO of SportsID (http://www.sportsid.io), a data driven sports-technology company that provides modern mobile and web based products and services to the sports market through one digital platform. Mr. McNeil also runs OT Enterprises, Inc. a boutique digital media and marketing company that focuses on the business and lifestyle of sports, regularly working with athletes, sports professionals, brands, teams, leagues and affluent sport fans. Previously Mr. McNeil was a football star in the NFL, earning Pro Bowl honors in 2001 while he played for the San Diego Chargers. Over the course of a decade, he also been featured in the defensive backfield for the Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, St. Louis Rams and was drafted by the Detroit Lions in 1993 after an All-American season while attending the University of Miami.
"I've played pro and college football for some of the most popular franchises in the world," said Ryan McNeil. "One challenge that I saw every team face was how to connect with their fans who lived outside the local area. FanWide helps fans from any city find each other and get a gameday experience like they are in their favorite team's stadium. I'm excited to advise this company on their strategy and relationships with professional athletes and sports organizations as well as colleges and universities."
FanWide connects sports fans living in or traveling to any city through in-person meetups organized by local fan club chapters. FanWide.com helps fan club leaders and alumni associations discover other local fans, promote their games, run paperless raffles and measure attendance. The company also helps sports teams and leagues develop new communities and get their games featured on TVs across its network of over 10,000 local sports bars.
"Ryan will be a great asset to FanWide's advisory board as he has over 25 years of experience working with the world's leading football teams and athletes," added Symon Perriman, President and Founder of FanWide. "He also has great off the field knowledge across a variety of media and technologies, so we are thrilled to be working together on several upcoming projects."
FanWide encourages any professional or colleges teams, fan club chapters, and accredited investors to contact the company if they are also interested in learning more about the business. FanWide was recently named "the most disruptive technology likely to shape the future of basketball" by many top sports companies and was accepted into the prestigious Techstars Sports accelerator. For more information on FanWide, please visit http://www.FanWide.com.
About FanWide
FanWide (http://www.FanWide.com) is a free digital platform for fan clubs which helps sports fans find the closest game watch party for their favorite team at a local bar. Fans check in for deals from the venue, to enter contests from sponsors, or to earn rewards. Now sports fans living in any city can feel like they are inside the stadium of their favorite team on gameday. FanWide has promoted over a million events, manages the world's largest database of sports fan clubs, and measures out-of-home TV viewership at over 10,000 sports bars nationwide. FanWide also provides services for professional sports teams and leagues, college athletics, alumni associations, fan clubs, booster clubs, sports brands, athletes, and TV broadcasters.
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