“I have no money, I have no way to finance myself”a phrase that has been heard for many years, both in the world of Tennis as in the Golf. Sports that have been popularized and practiced at a professional level for a long time, but that always come back to the problem of money. However, everything is changing thanks to a brilliant initiative…
The most valuable talent is not the one who knows the most, but the one who collaborates the most. This is how they put it Mariano Zabaletaflaming former tennis player from the golden generation of Argentine tennis, and his fellow digital entrepreneur Angel Lombardi to develop Slice Token.
What is Slice Token?
It is the first digital platform that combines these two great sports, allowing anyone to invest and be part of the career of the selected athlete. For this, a system is used blockchain and of asset tokenization so that different investors can make various profits.
“You are buying being part of the player’s career, investing in the player, but also having a much closer relationship,” explains the CEO of the company, Angel Lombardi.
“It is the first tool worldwide that helps players so that they have the possibility of financing and end with the speech that I got tired of hearing for thousands of years: ‘I couldn’t try because I didn’t have money and I couldn’t finance myself’. With this you can try it and it is a valid resource that gives you the possibility of making an effort and being able to do what you like and what you love,” he points out. spread.
business system
Business is simple, Athletes issue a certain amount of tokens for which they give up 30% of their future prizes in the circuit. Each player issues up to 20 thousand tokens on the platform and anyone can acquire themhaving a base price from 20 dollars.
“All contracts are exactly the same, each of the tokens represents 0.0015% of all the player’s future prize money. The players define at what price to sell it, how many to sell and when to sell them,” he comments. Lombardi.
The website is designed so that all its users can manage it in the best possible way, that is why it has your own transactions. When you register, your own wallet is automatically created. Slice Token where you can buy the site’s currency, which is necessary to obtain the player tokens that the consumer wants.
The currency of the page is cataloged as USDCwhich you can acquire via credit or debit card, bank transfers or even using the cryptocurrency balance transferred from any exchange.
“What really makes it more profitable for the person who is investing is that this asset that is divided into different tokens or shares, Just as you buy them on the platform, you will also be able to sell them on the platform at the price you deem appropriate.. As player expectation increases, one should be able to sell those tokens at a much higher value,” he reasons. Lombardi in relation to profits.
Your players and how to be part of each one’s life
In just one year since its official launch, Slice Token already included among its ranks more than 50 athletes from fourteen different countriesmost of them are from the Spanish-speaking region, but there are also some from places like India, Swiss it is included Belarus.
Among the most resounding names are: Tomás Etcheverry, Diego Little Schwartzmanthe golfer Stanislaus Tano Goyaamong other interesting and renowned youth players.
Any athlete is free to access the page and self-financebut first a contract must be signed to commit the percentage of the funds.
“Anyone who believes that they have a community behind them, willing to support them and that they are dedicating themselves 100% to the sport, we are going to issue the tokens to them. Then, the market will determine who sells and who does not sell,” he says. Lombardi.
The main idea of Slice Token is that all profits go to finance the respective sports careers.
“If they are under 18 years old and raise money, as is happening with many players, they have to present a system of one expense per month for a coach, physical trainer or travel expenses.. Obviously I and other people check this and I think it is the best. The same thing happens in golf, after the age of 18 they are free, professional and older so that each one can depend on their assets,” reports the former tennis player. winner of three ATP 250 titles.
On the other hand, Slice Token offers its users the possibility of following the players they support, obtaining different extra advantages that the player decides to provide to his community. However, these benefits will only be available to people who exclusively buy tokens from a golfer or tennis player.
“We have certain guidelines, but Each athlete defines their own experience and it is something that will change over time and will mutate according to what we believe people want.. For example, tomorrow we have a training day with Juan Pablo Varillasif you bought a token from him, you can go and have a day of training with him, explaining some shots, throwing out tips and then he leaves to Australia and you will be able to watch his games, in the main draw, having a beer and seeing how he is playing. If he wins and passes the round, the following week you will get money in your own wallet,” describes the executive director of the company between small laughs.
Sponsors and their various issues
The truth is that, the Private sponsorship is something unattainable for a young player trying to fulfill his dreams in sport.. For example, a tennis player, in order to pay his expenses at the beginning of his career, must have available $30,000 and $60,000 dollars annually.
“It is a very big problem. Anyone who wants to invest in tennis is welcome. Sponsorship is needed for all players who want to develop. It is not a cheap sport in the first years when facing the path towards professionalism”, declares broadwho also suffered these difficulties as a tennis player.
Furthermore, the vice president of the Argentine Tennis Association He thinks that with this new initiative this obstacle can be eliminated, and declared: “I think that with the platform we are creating a new way of sponsoring, a new way of creating, a new way for players to receive assets from fans and Make it a much more democratic sponsorship and much healthier. We are solving a problem that, as vice president of the federation, did not give me much happiness.”.
Large entities
In this great year that has passed since its founding, attention towards Slice Token It doesn’t just come from athletes and fans but also from the institutions themselves that are important within sport..
“With whom we are reaching a very good port is the PTPA, we had several meetings, there is nothing we can announce yet, but we are in very advanced conversations with them to generate some type of link,” announces Lombardi.
Dreams to fulfill
“One is to be in the pipeline to solve a global problem in the sport that I love and carry in my blood.” It gives me a lot of satisfaction and a lot of pride and I am not going to stop until I keep trying to make it the solution for the entire planet.. Having already put it on the table, this is working and that there are 50 players within the platform, 10 signed that we still cannot upload them because we have a funnel that you cannot upload every ten minutes, players, but you must do it professionally, with a video, explaining the entire situation. Opening a market in India, China, is exploiting our hand and that gives me a lot of satisfaction and it is already a dream come true.. I want it to be installed again, to work and to solve a problem, to end with that phrase of: ‘I couldn’t try it because I had no way to finance myself.’ That would be the pride of my life“, expresses Mariano Zabaleta.
“I really want to change both sports forever. I want there to be a before and after of Slice Token. I want Mariano, with the career he made, I would like him to be remembered more for this than for the career and the impact he had“, concludes Angel Lombardi.
FMZ
2024-01-09 02:12:59
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