The Fantasy Sports Association (FSA) is a trade group that was found in 2006 to advance the interests of the fantasy sports industry. It folded in 2010, leaving the Fantasy Sports Trade Association as the industry's only trade group.
The Fantasy Sports Association (FSA) is a trade group that was found in 2006 to advance the interests of the fantasy sports industry. It folded in 2010, leaving the Fantasy Sports Trade Association as the industry's only trade group.
The association is charged with promoting the fantasy sports industry, providing consulting services to its members, and strategic advice to organizations interested gaining value from fantasy sports. Like other industry trade associations, the FSA focuses on:
The FSA's mission is similar to the mission of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, which was founded in 1999.
The Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association (FSGA), formerly the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, is a Madison, Wisconsin-based trade group representing the fantasy sports and gaming industries, listing more than 200 member companies on its web site as of January 2017. In 2019, the FSTA changed its name to the Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association with the change in U.S. law allowing states to enable sports betting.
The association was founded in 2006 by major fantasy sports industry players including: America Online, CBS Sports, EA Sports, ESPN, Krause (NFFC), Fanball, World Championship of Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports Ventures, Fox Sports Interactive Media, FS Dashboard, Head2Head, LiveHive Systems, NBA, NBC Sports Digital, NFL, PGA Tour, PLAYERS INC, Pro Trade, Sporting News , STATS, Inc., and Yahoo!. [1]
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Chairman: Clay Walker, Senior Vice President of PLAYERS INC
Additional members of the FSA Board of Directors include:
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