“Sportfolio” on Bloomberg TV Spends NBA Draft Week On The Business of Trey Burke

NEW YORK - June 26, 2013 - PRLog -- The NBA Draft is Thursday night, and “Sportfolio” will dedicate this week’s show to outlining the preparation  and dedication former University of Michigan star Trey Burke has taken to set himself up for success on and off the court after NBA Commissioner David Stern calls his name as one of the projected top five picks at The Barclays Center Thursday night.

Rick Horrow  discusses the business aspects of going from college to the pros in a 1-on-1 interview with  Burke from the Bloomberg studios. Horrow also interviews Burke in a roundtable format with his financial team, Compass Management Group, which is setting up a long- and short-term strategy to maintain his wealth through his career and into retirement, and discusses his potential endorsement value and future that will be negotiated out by The Legacy Agency.

Joining Horrow and Burke in the show are Daniel Sillman, Principal, Compass Management Group  and Jordan Dumars, Principal, Compass Management Group . Dumars is also the son of NBA great and current Detroit Pistons President of Basketball  Operations Joe Dumars.  The show will also feature  Dr. Richard Chaifetz, Founder/Chairman, ComPsych Corporation, to  discuss the psychological transition of college athletes into the professional workplace, with particular attention to this week's NFL Rookie Symposium.

This week’s show debuts Wednesday night at 9:30 PM and 12:30 AM ET Thursday on Bloomberg TV (DirecTV 353, check your local cable systems for the channel near you). The show reaches more than 270 million households through first-run and syndicated airings.

Sportfolio premiered on September 27, 2011 and has now produced over 50 original episodes, all of which can be viewed at bloomberg.com/video/sportfolio. The guest list has already included: NBA Commissioner David Stern, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, MLS Commissioner Don Garber,  MLB Executive Vice President for Business Tim Brosnan, Pac 12 Commissioner Larry Scott, Ivy League President Robin Harris, Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette McGlade, Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross,  Dodgers and Warriors co-owner Peter Guber, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan, Arizona Diamondbacks CEO Derrick Hall, IWasserman Media Group CEO Casey Wasserman, Boston Red Sox President and CEO Larry Lucchino, Atlanta Braves general manager Frank Wren,  Atlanta Falcons GM Rich McKay, Cubs general manager Theo Epstein and owner Tom Ricketts, Brewers owner Mark Attanasio, 49ers president Jed York, Los Angeles Angels GM Jerry DiPoto, San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer, Brooklyn Nets CEO Brett Yormark, NASCAR’s Brian France, Carl Edwards and  Jeff Gordon, the L.A. Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, NBA Hall of Famer Earl Monroe, Masters Champion Bubba Watson, Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey, golf hall of famers Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus, and many, many others.

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