INTRODUCTION

When looking for professionals to reach out to I thought it would be a fun challenge to reach out to ones in the NFL and NBA. I wanted to reach out to teams in the New York area being that I was born and raised in New York. I also decided to reach out to some near Virgina. That led me to find Chris Brannon with the North Carolina Panthers. Chris is the communications coordinator. Regarding his experience as an intern and assistant in other NFL teams and including the New York Yankees. With his communications experience he focused time on media and public relations. I thought this could be a good connection with there being some natural common ground. I decided to contact Chris via a message on LinkedIn.