Speaker series: Oliver Luck, CEO of the XFL

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2019-04-25 17:00:00 2019-04-25 19:00:00 Speaker series: Oliver Luck, CEO of the XFL The DFW Private Equity Forum proudly presents The Business of Sports: An Evening with Oliver Luck, CEO of the XFL Oliver Luck is an American business executive and former football quarterback. He is currently the CEO and Commissioner of the XFL. The XFL is a professional American football league owned by Vince McMahon's Alpha Entertainment, and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. It is a successor to the previous XFL, which was controlled by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and NBC, and ran for a single season in 2001. Prior to that, he was Director of Intercollegiate Athletes at West Virginia University (WVU), his alma mater, and an executive with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in charge of the organization's regulatory functions. Luck is a retired American football player who spent five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a quarterback for the Houston Oilers (1982–1986). He was also the first president and general manager of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer (MLS). Under his watch, the Dynamo won the MLS Cup in 2006 and 2007. Fun fact: On October 14, 2013, Luck was one of 13 members unanimously chosen by the College Football Playoff Management Committee to select the four teams to compete in the first College Football Playoff to be held in 2015. Dallas Forth Worth Private Equity Forum dfwpeforum@ey.com America/New_York public -

The DFW Private Equity Forum proudly presents

The Business of Sports: An Evening with Oliver Luck, CEO of the XFL

Oliver Luck is an American business executive and former football quarterback. He is currently the CEO and Commissioner of the XFL. The XFL is a professional American football league owned by Vince McMahon's Alpha Entertainment, and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. It is a successor to the previous XFL, which was controlled by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and NBC, and ran for a single season in 2001.

Prior to that, he was Director of Intercollegiate Athletes at West Virginia University (WVU), his alma mater, and an executive with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in charge of the organization's regulatory functions. Luck is a retired American football player who spent five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a quarterback for the Houston Oilers (1982–1986). He was also the first president and general manager of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer (MLS). Under his watch, the Dynamo won the MLS Cup in 2006 and 2007.

Fun fact: On October 14, 2013, Luck was one of 13 members unanimously chosen by the College Football Playoff Management Committee to select the four teams to compete in the first College Football Playoff to be held in 2015.