MarMill Global × The Pivot Podcast × BallParks National
The BPN Pivot Partnership
Broadcasting youth sports, building elite sports resorts across the country, and opening recruiting & NIL doors for young athletes and their families.
The opportunity
Youth sports is a giant industry
Spent each year on US youth sports
Source: Aspen Institute / Wintergreen
Direct sports-tourism spending in the US (2023)
Source: Sports ETA State of the Industry
Avg. family spend per child, per sport (2024) — up 46% since 2019
Source: Aspen Institute Project Play
College NIL market, 2024–25
Source: Opendorse NIL Market Report
Global youth sports market ($B)
Where family dollars go
Illustrative split based on Aspen Project Play spending categories.
Four pillars
Broadcast youth sports
Stream every BPN game with automated cameras, Pivot-hosted showcase shows and championship telecasts.
Elite sports resorts
Replicate the Lake of the Ozarks destination model — fields, indoor courts, lodging, dining — in 9 markets by Year 5.
Recruiting & NIL
Athlete profiles fed by The Lab data, college-coach access, and NIL education and deals for players and families.
Rights pipeline
Grow from owned youth events to college and, eventually, professional sports & games broadcast rights.
Who brings what
The venues
BallParks National
- 8 tournament-grade diamonds at Lake of the Ozarks, MO
- 35K+ athletes each season, 10+ sports hosted
- The Lab player-development tech, Phase 2 indoor complex
- Master plan: 100,000 SF fieldhouse, two hotels, retail village
Proven destination model to copy into new regional resort campuses — and a live content engine every weekend.
The voice
The Pivot Podcast
- Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor & Channing Crowder — former NFL players
- 500+ episodes, nearly 1B views since 2022
- Multi-year Netflix deal (from Sept 8, 2026); Pivot25 first-look
- Investor & adviser Howard Schultz backing Pivot25's expansion
Celebrity reach to sell broadcasts, recruit families and sponsors, and give young athletes a national stage.
The capital & deal engine
MarMill Global
- Lead strategy, structuring and capital partner
- Assembles funding for new facility builds
- Negotiates media, sponsor and rights deals
- [Add MarMill Global track record & figures]
Finances the national roll-out and positions the partnership to bid for youth, college and pro rights.
5-year projection
Modeled scenario growing from 1 to 9 resort campuses, reaching $332M in Year 5 revenue. Assumptions are illustrative and should be replaced with audited figures.
Build a tailored scenario| Stream ($M) | Y1 2027 | Y2 2028 | Y3 2029 | Y4 2030 | Y5 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournaments & facilities | 18 | 32 | 55 | 85 | 120 |
| Resort lodging & hospitality | 6 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 58 |
| Broadcast & streaming | 3 | 9 | 22 | 45 | 80 |
| Sponsorship & naming rights | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 40 |
| Recruiting & NIL platform | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 34 |
| Total | 33 | 69 | 130 | 217 | 332 |
| Campuses | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
Road to broadcast rights
Launch
BPN Pivot Network streaming live from Lake of the Ozarks; recruiting profiles go live.
Expand
Second resort campus; Pivot-branded showcase series; first national sponsors.
Scale
4–6 campuses; multi-sport national championships; NIL marketplace.
Compete for rights
9 campuses; bid for college conference & pro sports and games rights.