SPS Podcast Episode 6- Maggie Ntim — Shirtless Plantain Show

We had to honor and privilege to speak with Maggie Ntim, known to many as the ‘Connector’ from Queens, New York has built her brand as a Sports and Entertainment Sponsorship and Partnership Maven. We spoke about her career which has included successfully navigating sponsorship and partnership deals for sports, entertainment, and technology companies including working with such talent as 50 Cent, Nas, Kylian Mbappe, and the Late Nipsey Hussle.

She spoke about her time working for Universal Music Group, G-Unit Records, Madison Square Garden and Coca-Cola and having worked on both 2018 and 2019 FIFA Men’s and Women World Cup.

She continues her success as an entrepreneur by serving as Founder/FIFA Agent in her own marketing, management, soccer/football player representation, and experiential events company, Trinity 3 Agency. Trinity 3 Agency’s roster of work includes working with clients in NWSL,English Premier League,French Ligue 1, USL Championship, and Bundesliga leagues as well as FIFA, and MLS.

As one of the first African American female soccer/football agents, she’s on a mission to recruit more minority women agents, and continue to advocate for more minorities in sports.

0-10:00 Intro/ who is Maggie Ntim

10:50- 13:30- Marketing agencies, creative agencies, creating your own lane

13:36- 16:10- NY Knicks, being a fan working for MSG, John Starks and Reggie Miller

16:11-17:10- Growing up playing soccer, basketball

17:11- 23:00- Soccer and sports synergy, growing soccer in America from a marketing and agent perspective

23:20- 27:00 Sending kids to play soccer, best countries to sending kid to play soccer, development, agent advice for players

27:50-33:33 Women’s soccer

33:34-42:50- Music career

42:51- 45:00- Marketing world

45:01-50:00- Maggie as an agent and trinity3 agency/ giving back/ Jordan’s and back footballers helping their communities

50:23- 52:28- Brand synergy, Jordan and soccer, soccer growing in America

52:29- 55:27 Steve Stoute and advertising

55:28-1:16 Rapid-fire questions