Brad Watters

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Brad Watters (born 1971) is a sports executive who was president of the Toronto Argonauts and Toronto Rock. He ran Ottawa Rebel and the Ottawa Renegades. [1]

Biography

He grew up in Leaside, Toronto, studied at Huron University College part of the University of Western Ontario and is the son of Bill Watters. [2]

He bought the Ontario Raiders in 1999 and moved them to Toronto where they became Toronto Rock. [3] From 2001 to 2003, Brad Watters owned the Ottawa Rebel National Lacrosse League franchise. The team became inactive after the 2003 season and was later purchased by Bruce Urban and moved to Edmonton, Alberta, becoming the Edmonton Rush. Watters also established the Ottawa Renegades of the Canadian Football League in 2001. [4] . Watters sold the team to Bernard Glieberman in 2005. [5] The team suspended operations the following year, before folding in 2008.

Throughout his time in sports management he was in charge of his own company, BJW Sports Inc. [1] From 2007, he was joint team president of the Toronto Argonauts with Pinball Clemons. In 2009, he was succeeded by Bob Nicholson who was previously team president of the Argonauts from 1995 to 1999. He went on to return as president and chief executive officer of Toronto Rock National Lacrosse League team. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Brad Watters from PrimeTimeSport.ca, retrieved April 17, 2014
  2. ↑ Watters the Younger chip off ol' Wilbur's block from Toronto Star retrieved April 17, 2014
  3. ↑ Toronto Rock announce new owner and general manager Archived April 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine from Toronto Rock retrieved April 17, 2014
  4. ↑ CFL returns to Ottawa from CBC retrieved October 10, 2001
  5. ↑ Ottawa RedBlacks president Jeff Hunt speaks to former Ottawa Renegades boss Brad Watters from Ottawa Sun retrieved April 17, 2014
  6. ↑ He has three children, Kaitlyn, Lauryn and Mark, the youngest of which has gone on to play division one lacrosse at St. Joseph's college. Brad Watters back with the Rock as President and CEO Archived April 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine from ILIndoor.com retrieved April 17, 2014
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