Cris Collinsworth’s old business plunges into | Sports News

Pro Football Focus has undergone vital restructuring following its acquisition by Teamworks in a reported nine-figure deal, triggering widespread layoffs throughout the business.

After Cris Collinsworth acquired a majority stake within the company in 2014 with ambitions of turning it into a main analytics platform for the NFL, PFF continued to face financial pressures regardless of outdoors investment.

Among these confirming their departures from PFF following the layoffs had been podcast host Trevor Sikkema, editor John Owning, social media producers Mike Kennedy and Beckett Mesko, and fantasy soccer analyst Jon Macri, all of whom introduced on social media that they’d been let go.

“Like too many others, today was my last day with PFF,” Sikkema wrote on Monday evening. “Working in sports is awesome, but it’s who you work with that makes a job a dream job. I had a dream job for the last five years. Thank you to anyone and everyone who has supported us.”

“Unfortunately, I was a part of the PFF layoffs today,” Owning mentioned. “Really enjoyed my time there, where I met and worked with so many kind, hard-working and incredibly talented people. Excited to see what’s next. Appreciate y’all.”

Founded twenty years in the past, Pro Football Focus constructed its status on participant grading systems and later gained mainstream publicity by means of options on NBC’s Sunday Night Football after Collinsworth acquired a majority stake.

The company operated throughout each content material and knowledge divisions, with its enterprise knowledge set subscribed to by all 32 NFL groups. However, following the current restructuring, most retained employees are understood to be within the info unit, in accordance with sources.

In current years, PFF has confronted rising scrutiny over its place within the quickly evolving player-tracking and efficiency analytics space, as opponents launched new applied sciences and providers. The exit of a number of distinguished workers has additionally added to inside instability.

Collinsworth is predicted to stay concerned with PFF as a shareholder by means of Teamworks, whereas the consumer-facing aspect of the business was not included within the acquisition and will bear vital adjustments following the layoffs.

“Winning football organizations have to excel both in the front office and on the field,” Collinsworth mentioned. “Integrating PFF’s trusted game data with Teamworks’ AI-driven operating system gives football executives a single source for performance, game day strategy, personnel strategy, and long-term planning. That level of alignment across coaches, scouting, and executive leadership is not just exciting, but how championship organizations are built.”