The Fantasy Sports Association (FSA) is a trade group that was found in 2006 to advance the interests of the fantasy sports industry.

Mission

The association is charged with promoting the fantasy sports industry; providing consulting services to its members; and strategic advice to organizations interested gaining value from fantasy sports. Like other industry trade associations, the FSA focuses on:

• increasing the economic value of the industry
• growing the number of participants, sponsors, products, and services
• conducting industry research
• operating industry conferences
• lobbying for the industry

The FSA's mission is similar to the mission of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association

Fantasy Sports Trade Association

The Fantasy Sports Trade Association is the largest and oldest trade group representing the fantasy sports industry with over 120 members, including Matt ranging from small startups to large media corporations...

, which was founded in 1999.

Members

The association was founded in 2006 by major fantasy sports industry players including: America Online, CBS Sports

CBS Sports

CBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...

, EA Sports

EA Sports

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, ESPN

ESPN

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, Krause (NFFC), Fanball, World Championship of Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports Ventures, Fox Sports

Fox Sports (USA)

Fox Sports is a division of the Fox Broadcasting Company . It was formed in 1994 with Fox's acquisition of broadcast rights to National Football League games...

 Interactive Media, FS Dashboard, Head2Head, LiveHive Systems, NBA, NBC

NBC

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 Sports Digital, NFL, PGA Tour, PLAYERS INC, Pro Trade, Sporting News, STATS, Inc., and Yahoo!

Yahoo!

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.

Current Board of Directors

Chairman: Clay Walker, Senior Vice President of PLAYERS INC

Additional members of the FSA Board of Directors include:

• Steve Byrd, Executive Vice President, STATS LLC
• Barry Dorf, Producer of EA Sports Fantasy Football, Electronic Arts
• Kenny Gersh, Vice President of Business Development, SportsLine.com, Inc.
• Jeff Gerttula, General Manager of Fantasy Games, The Sporting News
• Josh Goodstadt, Assistant Vice President of Multimedia and Interactive, PLAYERS INC
• Kevin Gralen, President, Head2Head Sports LLC
• Emil Kadlec, President, Fantasy Sports Championships, Inc. (WCOFF)
• David Katz, Head of Sports & Entertainment, Yahoo! Inc
• Mike Kerns, Founder, Pro Trade, Inc.
• Joe Nahra, Staff Counsel, PLAYERS INC
• Craig Peters, Vice President of Business Development, Fox Sports Interactive Media
• Rob Phythian, President, Fanball Acquisitions, LLC
• Ross Schaufelberger, General Manager of AOL Sports, America Online, Inc.