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NFL ALL DAY

HIATUS — Renegotiation Updated Apr 10
$6.3M/yr FY25 Revenue — 29% of portfolio, 5.8x seasonal swing
TOP PRIORITY NFLPA contract renegotiation — opt-out exercised
NEXT MILESTONE 120-day marketplace extension confirmation · May 1 imagery blackout deadline
BLOCKER NFLPA deal unresolved — Q2 revenue could be zero

NFL video collectibles for gambler-collectors and tribal fans. Team-loyalty-first identity, Sunday ritual engagement, 17-game season cadence. One of three products in the Dapper Collectibles portfolio (NBA Top Shot, NFL ALL DAY, Disney Pinnacle) on a shared identity.


Product Identity

Target profiles: Tribal Fan (primary) + Gambler-Collector (secondary).

  • Tribal Fan: Team-first loyalty, communal weekly ritual, identity expressed through group belonging. Fantasy league group chats, tailgate culture, 32 distinct fanbases with geographic identity. Team loyalty > player loyalty. Every NFL game carries weight (17-game season).
  • Gambler-Collector: DFS overlap, information-edge speculation, challenge completion as skill game. Treats collecting as a financial sport. Comfortable with complexity.
  • Anti-customer: Casual fans who download once, physical card purists, passive crypto investors.

Core mechanics: Packs, marketplace, challenges, sets, predictions. Challenge participation is the highest-ROI engagement lever across the portfolio — participants spend 20x more than non-participants ($5,449 avg vs ~$270).

Portfolio role: NFL fills the September-February calendar when NBA is ramping and Disney runs year-round. NFLAD whales migrate to NBA Top Shot during off-season (F009), validating the three-universe portfolio thesis.


Current State

Status: Hiatus. NFLPA opt-out exercised. NFL league amendment under negotiation. Product on hold pending contract resolution.

May 1 blackout: Player imagery must be removed from existing moments post-May 1 if NFLPA deal not resolved. Internal legal review with Naeem Bawla required.

Q2 revenue outlook: TBD, could be zero depending on NFLPA resolution. Q1 NFL contribution was within the $5.1M total portfolio result ($5.1M vs $5.3M budget).

Active buyer count: Product is between seasons. Off-season population decay typical: NFL L tier dropped from 479 (Nov 2025) to 281 (Mar 2026), -41% in 4 months. NFL XL tier: 114 to 70, -39%.


Key Metrics

Seasonality (F008)

5-8x revenue swing between in-season peak and off-season trough. 80%+ revenue concentrated in September-February.

Period Revenue YoY
Jan 2024 (Playoffs) $2.48M
Jan 2025 (Playoffs) $1.92M -23%
Jan 2026 (Playoffs) $1.32M -31%
Jul 2024 (Off-season) $371K
Jul 2025 (Off-season) $294K -21%
Mar 2026 (Off-season start) $306K

Playoff peaks declining YoY: $2.48M to $1.92M to $1.32M. The product contracts within the seasonal envelope each year.

Whale Cross-Product Migration (F009)

NFLAD $5K+ lifetime whales spend MORE on NBA Top Shot during NFL off-season than they spend on NFLAD during NFL season.

  • Jul 2025: NFLAD whales spent $254K on NFLAD vs $2.1M on NBATS (8x)
  • Sep 2025: Pattern reverses — $1.38M NFLAD vs $894K NBATS
  • Mar 2026: $267K NFLAD vs $1.36M NBATS

The off-season is a PRODUCT problem, not a CUSTOMER problem. Whales don't leave the ecosystem — they migrate. Off-season engagement content would retain the L/XL population that currently craters every March.

Off-Season Whale Retention

Challenges are the survival mechanism: 93% off-season whale survival with challenge participation vs 64% without (F012). Current off-season challenge coverage is minimal.

Partnership Economics

The product historically paid significant minimum guarantees above earned royalties. The renegotiation aims to align partnership costs with actual product economics.


Team

Role Person Notes
Overall lead Matt Schorr Executive Producer, Collectibles
NFL + Disney product lead Jordan Wagner PROMOTED. Owns NFL and Disney product.
NFL operations Spencer Bogad External Marketing lead. NFL partner relations. Disney campaign lead. First deposit match executed Apr 14.
Negotiations Ridhima Ahuja VP BD. NFL amendment + NFLPA proposal.
Legal Naeem Bawla VP Legal. Non-NIL research, player imagery post-May 1.
Outside counsel Steve Krause NFLPA contract review
Studio ops Prapanch Checklist owner for NFL hiatus readiness

Active Risks

1. Contract Renewal (CRITICAL)

NFLPA opt-out has been exercised. Proposals sent to both parties. Negotiations ongoing.

Resolution expected before season start. Timeline: weeks to months.

2. 120-Day Extension (EXISTENTIAL)

NFL must opt-in to 120-day marketplace extension or the site goes dark. This is in Waiting For (PRIORITIES.md item #8): Ridhima + Matt must confirm. Without this, existing moments lose marketplace access.

3. Off-Season Engagement Gap

The defining structural constraint. Each off-season cycle permanently loses whales who don't fully return when the season restarts. L tier halved: 1,136 (Mar 2024) to 518 (Mar 2026) across the portfolio. NFL-specific L tier: 479 to 281 in 4 months.

Without off-season content (draft picks, historical moments, cross-product challenges, prediction games), the seasonal contraction compounds into permanent decline.

4. May 1 Player Imagery Blackout

If NFLPA deal not resolved by May 1, player imagery must be removed from existing moments. Requires internal legal discussion.

5. Plan B: Non-NIL Product

Backup: team-moments-only product without player NIL. "Rams moments" not "Mahomes moments." Legal viability under review. Strategic value as negotiation leverage is HIGH. Outside counsel opinion commissioned.


Contract Status Summary

Party Status Next Step
NFL (league) Amendment near-agreed Ridhima to propose pro rata Year 1
NFLPA/OneTeam Opt-out exercised Contract renegotiation in progress. Terms confidential.