Preparing student-athletes for scholarships, NIL, careers, wealth, and life after sports. Draft Ready™ equips elite athletes with the tools to compete on and off the field.
Too many athletes prepare for the game but never prepare for the business of opportunity. Draft Ready™ bridges the gap between athletics, education, workforce readiness, NIL opportunities, and long-term success.
Leadership, confidence, academic accountability & discipline.
Brand identity, financial literacy & recruiting preparation.
NIL education, workforce exposure, media training & mentorship.
Scholarship readiness, opportunity preparation & career pathways.
Contracts, disability protection, wealth planning & legacy.
Six pillars. Real education. Real outcomes. Designed to prepare student-athletes for every arena life has to offer.
Help student-athletes prepare for scholarships, NIL, workforce opportunities, and life beyond sports. We partner with school districts, athletic departments, educators, and workforce leaders to deliver scalable programming.
Parents invest thousands in camps, training, and sports travel — but few programs teach athletes how to maximize opportunity, manage money, protect themselves, and prepare for life after sports. Draft Ready™ changes that.
Find out exactly where you stand. Complete the Draft Ready™ Athlete Readiness Assessment and our team will review your responses, then follow up with a personalized readiness snapshot across academics, athletics, NIL & brand, leadership, finances, and career. It takes about 10 minutes — answer as honestly as you can.
Draft Ready Detroit™ serves as the pilot model for a scalable national athlete development movement — built in one of America's most historic athletic communities, designed to expand across America.
Detroit is only the beginning. Next launches:
Our leadership team combines expertise in education, workforce development, finance, athletics, mentorship, and long-term opportunity planning.
Wealth, Risk & Opportunity Strategy. Architect of the Draft Ready vision and national expansion model.
Education, Workforce & Student Development. Driving the academic and community curriculum framework.
Draft Ready changed how I think about my future. I knew how to play the game — now I know how to own it.
We finally have a program that speaks to what our athletes actually need after the final whistle blows.
My son came home talking about NIL deals, investing, and his personal brand. That's the program you want in every school.
Draft Ready has launched the Founding 100 Initiative — an exclusive membership uniting visionary leaders committed to expanding athlete opportunity and shaping the future of sports. Powered by technology from Dr. Philip Hickman and co-founded by global entrepreneur Cimone Casson, Draft Ready is a national sports ecosystem connecting athletes, schools, families, mentors, brands, and communities.
Today's athletes create tremendous value, yet access to opportunity remains uneven. The Founding 100 is for leaders who believe in investing in potential and building pathways for the next generation — turning talent into opportunity, opportunity into leadership, and leadership into ownership.
"The platform exists. The vision is clear. The opportunity is now. The Founding 100 is for leaders who want to help shape what comes next." — Cimone Casson, Co-Founder & Chief Economic Opportunity Officer
Powering the New Sports Economy™
Your investment helps build the infrastructure that turns athlete talent into lasting opportunity, leadership, and ownership.
Prepare student-athletes for the business of opportunity. Scholarships. NIL. Workforce. Wealth. Leadership. Protection.