What Is Pro Players Business?

Pro Players Business was founded in 2015 by Brad Leggett — a center at USC, an NFL player with the New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions, and half of the first father-son duo in Saints franchise history.

The other half was his father, Earl Leggett — a 1957 first-round pick of the Chicago Bears who played twelve years in the NFL, won the 1963 NFL championship, finished his career as an original New Orleans Saint, and then coached for another 25 years, including two Super Bowl wins as the Raiders' defensive line coach. Brad didn't learn football as a job. He learned it as the family business.

Which made what happened after football harder to accept.

He'd make an introduction that turned into real business for somebody else and then find himself written out of it. Talking to other former players, he learned it wasn't just him — it was the pattern. Guys who spent careers building relationships in their hometowns, on their college campuses, and in the businesses, they moved into after the game were handing those relationships away for free.

The second thing he saw was bigger. Former pro athletes collectively hold one of the most valuable networks in the country, spread across every market in America, and nobody had ever organized it.

Today, Pro Players Business is a private, word-of-mouth referral network of former professional athletes and high-level connectors. Members introduce the medical professionals and business owners they already know to vetted partner companies in our active verticals.

The part that makes it different is the paperwork. Before you make a single introduction, you sign a free, no-obligation agreement that documents the relationship in writing. Compensation terms are defined in that agreement before you introduce anyone. That contract exists for one reason: it's the thing Brad didn't have.