CASEY SCHWAB, NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION

Casey Schwab is a leading up-and-coming executive in the sports media business, known as an innovative corporate and operational strategist skilled in aligning and executing successful strategy with anticipated changes in the sports, entertainment, media and technology landscape.

Schwab currently serves as the Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for the NFL Players Association. In that role, Schwab leads negotiations on complex commercial transactions with partners in licensing, sponsorship, media, strategic investments and joint ventures in venture capital and private equity. He is also the union’s lead to the NFL on the commercial front, overseeing the development of the business side of professional football with the League.

A zealous advocate of athletes’ rights, Schwab represents NFL players on issues of national importance. He is a founding board member of REP Worldwide, a group licensing agency owned by the athlete unions from the NFL, US Women’s National Team and WNBA. Internationally, Schwab represents US-based athletes on the Commercial Sub-Committee of the World Players Association, the leading voice of organized players in the governance of world sport which represents +85,000 players in +100 countries.

Prior to joining the NFLPA, Schwab began his career at NFL Media, representing the League’s media business. Between his time at the NFL and the NFLPA, he served as Director of Business and Legal Affairs for FOX Sports. He is a sought-after public speaker and has keynoted topics including the impact of legalized sports wagering on athletes and integration of blockchain technology in sport.  

A native of rural Wisconsin, Schwab proudly mentors dozens of young professionals. After teaching at USC Gould School of Law in 2017, he now teaches at Howard Law School in Washington, D.C., where he and his wife Emilie reside. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Juris Doctor degree from the USC Gould School of Law.