relocation
Players are traded, dropped and picked back up again with the same swift, unsentimental nature of moving pawns in a chess match. On top of the pressures of joining a new squad, players are tasked with moving their entire lives — their families, their belongings, their fleets of cars — across the country in a…
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM RELOCATING ATHLETES? Such exacting requirements and small margins for error can help keep RMCs that work with athletes at the top of their game. It forces providers to reconsider what is possible, taking an unvarnished look at unnecessary bureaucracy and pointless procedures that might have taken root over the years…
You already know that pro athletes aren’t like us in lots of ways. But just like regular folks, they need a place to live during the season, and when they get traded or sign with a new team, they face the same headaches we do when we move to a different city: how do I…
The NBA world turned upside down at last Thursday’s trade deadline, with most of the league making moves. When something like that happens, each player involved is dealing with some amount of upheavel — it’s not like executing trades in NBA 2K15. Imagine if you were suddenly told you had 48 hours to move halfway…
WASHINGTON, DC – It’s been weeks since Iman Shumpert found himself headed to the Cavaliers from his longtime home in New York and there’s a few things he still hasn’t figured out. Among the most important for anyone who followed how much it meant to him in New York? His hair. “As far as me…
(Bloomberg) — Nine percent of the National Basketball Association’s 450 players are on the move, which means Chris Dingman is a very busy man. “It’s an opportunity,” Dingman, whose business specializes in professional athlete relocation, said in a telephone interview. A record-setting NBA trade deadline two days ago resulted in 12 transactions involving 17 teams…