malaika underwood

• From Little League in Albany CA to World Class baseball player and now also a firefighter in Oakland CA
• Tamara Holmes has led the way for many young women to see a path to the great game of Women's baseball.
• Tamara was on the 2015 USA Women's Baseball team that brought back the Gold from the Pan-Am games. 
• Barnstorming with Coors Colorado Silver Bullets, All-Women Professional Baseball team -
• Getting Cut from the team in High School
• Tamara’s record-breaking in-park Home Run / Grand Slam with the Bullets
• Winning the Gold at the 2015 Pan-Am games in Canada
• Tamara at the All Women’s Baseball Classic (AWBC) in Sarasota (AGB & AAGPBL)
• Tamara shares a humble brag at 50 with the AWBC players
• Business owner at Crossfit
• Women’s National Team manager Veronica Alvarez with Oakland A’s
• Tamara integrating all of her experience and strengths make her a better firefighter and well-rounded person
• Great childhood growing up next to a park helped create Tamara’s athleticism and strength
• "Who runs into a burning building?" 
  Experiences that led Tamara to becoming a firefighter
• Massachusetts Mad Dogs
• Playing golf with a John Daly swing & a 5-year old mentality – not a game of brawn
• Jennifer Ring book
• David Krone – coach and mentor – drafting experience
• Breaking out the old bats for the wood bat league - Louisville Slugger Hillerich & Bradsby, Babe Ruth's Old bat
• Raising children do you encourage sports and how do your kids respond
• Sports and socialization – building friendships from childhood that last
• Encouraging children to play sports
• Sprint cycles with the kids
• What’s next in 2024 for Tamara Holmes
• 30th Anniversary of the Silver Bullets
• 20th Anniversary of the Women’s National team with USA baseball
• Thunder Bay Canada – USA to defend their Gold Medal
• It’s been a great journey with family and friends, Veronica Alvarez, Malaika Underwood, Alexa Oglesby and many more
• Just keep grinding 
• Mentorship and giving back
• What can we do to continue to develop Women’s Baseball
• Where do you go without a league
• Thunder Bay Canada  - World Cup getting ready for 2024

Keep up with Tamara for the latest on Women's Baseball at: https://www.facebook.com/t24onfya

USA Womens Baseball Team:
https://www.usabaseball.com/team-usa/womens-national-team 

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I'm joined this episode by Malaika Underwood, the SVP of Licensing for OneTeam Partners. Malaika has extensive experience in the licensing arena and is a former standout intercollegiate athlete and professional athlete herself.

Malaika recently joined OneTeam from The Brandr Group, where she worked on the forefront of the college NIL issue. She also managed partnerships with player associations to develop business on behalf of athletes in the college licensing and marketing space. Her career stops also include Collegiate Licensing Company where she managed all partnerships with the SEC, ACC and Big East.

Malaika played volleyball at the North Carolina, and is the longest-tenured player on a USA Baseball National Team, male or female, and has earned five Women’s Baseball World Cup medals, as well as two Women’s Baseball World Cup All-Tournament Team selections.

We discussed what group licensing opportunities might exist if legislation allows for group licensing. We also threw around ideas for how those deals might come to be without the need for a players' union. Additionally, we discussed opportunities available for female student athletes in a group licensing context.

You can connect with Malaika on LinkedIn or check out OneTeam Partners on their website.

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You can find more of my analysis on the business of college sports at BusinessofCollegeSports.com and Forbes.

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