Eric Winston is the Chief Partnerships Officer at OneTeam Partners, a firm maximizing the commercial value of intellectual property rights holders in the sports world. At OneTeam, Mr. Winston works with existing rights holders to maximize their commercial value and leads the effort to grow the business by adding additional rights holders to OneTeam. Since inception, OneTeam has changed the way its partners, and its members, participate in business of sports. Prior to OneTeam, Mr. Winston played in the NFL for 12 years. A third-round pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, the University of Miami alum started 127 games for the Texans, Chiefs, Cardinals and Bengals. During his playing career, Winston was elected to three terms as the NFL Players Association (“NFLPA”) president, serving for six years in that capacity. During his tenure at the NFLPA, Mr. Winston helped improve the day-to-day lives of the players by helping them better prepare for life after football, in terms of both finances and health. Widely respected by his peers, Mr. Winston is known as being an outspoken voice for player’s rights. In 2020, Mr. Winston successfully led an effort to renegotiate the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, which was ratified by the board of representatives in March of 2020. Since his retirement from the NFL, Mr. Winston graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with an MBA.