Co-founders Henry Organ and Hector Rivas launch Disruptive Sports Agency
The launch of a new sports agency amid the pandemic
An up-and-coming minority-owned and fully funded sports agency aim to disrupt the NFL industry. In a sport where BIPOC people are usually the players, not the owners, business partners Henry Organ and Hector Rivas aim to change that standard. Helping their clients maximize their financial return on and off the field. This is done by negotiating large contracts, monetizing the athlete’s brand, and creating equity partnerships.
Henry and Hector founded Disruptive Sports during the pandemic in July 2020. They desired to start an agency that focused on helping minority athletes create generational wealth via business opportunities and smart money management. The founders believe in procuring equity deals for their players and cash compensation, which is different from the typical model used by many agencies today. In addition, they are helping their athletes network with professionals from different fortune 500 companies to expose them to business outside of football.
Disruptive Sports, co-founded by Henry Organ and Hector Rivas, is here to stamp on the industry. Organ a Black man and Rivas, who is of Guatemalan heritage, have come across a few challenges as people of color in the business. They have created Disruptive Sports to empower the athlete. Rolling out spoke with Organ and Rivas about some of their challenges, why they started the agency and how athletes have responded so far. www.rollingout.com
Henry Organ is the co-founder of Disruptive Sports Agency and is a certified NFLPA sports agent. He recently negotiated Kendrick Bourne’s second contract with the New England Patriots worth $22.5M over 3 years. He launched his career at Nike in Football Brand Marketing. After working at Nike, he worked at a Seattle sports agency and founded a sports modeling agency for ex-athletes. He attended Portland State University for his bachelor’s and the University of San Francisco for his master’s degree. He is the grandson of Claude Organ, who is a surgeon and the second Black president of the American College of Surgeons.
“I’m not going to tell you what you want to hear but what you need to hear to be the best version of yourself on the field and off the field” ~ Henry Organ, Founder.
“We constantly preach about building generational wealth, so it was important for us to get an equity stake in Zohmo for our players.” — Henry Organ, Founder/NFLPA Certified Agent.
Hector Rivas is the co-founder of Disruptive Sports and the former CEO and founder of Thriftbooks and EcoGoodz. He is the principal investor behind Disruptive Sports. He has founded multiple businesses and successfully sold two in the past 15 years. He is the first member of his family to graduate from college, earning his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University. His family migrated to the United States from Guatemala in the early 1970s.
“This will be the first of many deals that include cash compensation and an equity position for our players. We have multiple partnerships that will be announced soon.” — Hector Rivas, Founder.
Recently, Disruptive Sports Agency emphasized equity deals for its players Kendrick Bourne and Brennan Scarlett (first equity deal with Zohmo — premium iPhone battery case company and more in the pipeline). This deal will involve cash compensation and an equity stake in Zohmo. In return, the athlete becomes a Brand Ambassador/Sponsored Athlete.
- Zohmo — specializes in premium battery cases for the iPhone.
- Zohmo battery case provides a rechargeable battery that protects an iPhone and keeps it charged all day long.
- Work, travel, or play; everyone has experienced a time they needed to recharge without an outlet nearby.
- With a button press, the Zohmo battery case can provide an instant charge to the iPhone.
Disruptive Sports Agency & Zohmo Partnership
According to omnicoreagency.com/digital-marketing-statistics/, “50% of smartphone owners now check mobile devices, first thing in the morning.” With such high demand and extreme usage of all mobile devices, this also leads to the most frustrating results of maintaining battery life. Social media, video streaming, gaming, and many other resource-intensive features will continue to drain users' battery life. “Over the next 5 years, smartphone usage is expected to rise by 28 million users in the US alone.” — statista.com. “Global smartphone shipments are forecasted to reach 1.6 billion units by 2022,” according to — statista.com.
