Good morning,
Two and a half years ago I sent an email to 77 people.
It was the first newsletter I'd ever written. The subject line was "SportsFX launches The Overseas Athlete Podcast." There were drum roll emojis. There was a currency update at the bottom. It was rough around the edges in the best possible way.
73% of you opened it. 🚀
That number has stuck with me ever since. Because it told me something important — people actually want this.
The problem was I didn't fully back it myself at the time. I recorded 17 episodes across 9 countries. Football, rugby, MMA, cricket, golf.
Real conversations with real overseas athletes.
Then I got busy with other things, like selling a house, moving to an apartment, selling that apartment, moving to Thailand, and setting up business in Dubai. Just a few things, and let it sit.
That changes this week.
The Overseas Athlete is relaunching.
Not a soft reset. A proper relaunch with a clear purpose — to become the best resource in the world for professional athletes living or chasing an overseas career.
The podcast. The guides. The newsletter. All of it, built out properly this time.
Here's what's coming.
The first batch of episodes goes live on YouTube this week, starting with Episode 1. Michael Glassock. Central Coast kid. Mariners academy for 10 years. COVID hits, the A-League door never opens. Two years of uncertainty. Then Malaysia calls.
Watch it here:
Over the next few weeks I'll release all 17 original episodes, remastered with proper thumbnails and descriptions. One by one.
Then the new ones start.
The guest list is already over 100 people deep.
International footballers currently playing across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Socceroos. Players from basketball, rugby, cricket, and combat sports. Every major sport with an overseas pathway is covered.
Alongside the athletes, we are bringing in the specialists. Tax accountants who work exclusively with overseas athletes. Financial planners who understand what life on a foreign contract actually looks like. Media and sponsorship professionals. Legal experts. Agents who build pathways into leagues most people don't even know exist.
Every angle of the overseas career. Not just the athlete stories.
A lot has changed since that first email.
When I wrote it, this newsletter had 77 subscribers. It now has over 500, with a 57% all-time open rate across three years.
LinkedIn was at 1,800 followers. Now 5,200.
Instagram was at 200. Now 1,300.
Which means around 90% of the people reading this have never seen a single episode of The Overseas Athlete. You have been here for the currency side, the business side, the life on the road side.
This is the other side. And I think you will find it just as useful.
If you know an athlete, agent, coach, or anyone connected to professional sport who is living or thinking about an overseas career, forward this to them.
This newsletter is free. It always will be.
The full episode library is here:
See you next week with Episode 2.
Chris
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About the host
I'm Chris Broadfoot — former A-League professional and founder of The Overseas Athlete, Athlete Newsletter & SportsFX, the only currency consultancy built exclusively for professional athletes, agents, and sports organisations.
SportsFX is trusted by FIFPRO Asia/Oceania, the PFA, the RLPA, collectively representing over 7,000 professional athletes globally.
Over 11 years and $1B+ in athlete transfers managed, one thing stays consistent: currency swings cost athletes 10–20% of their contract value.
Most never see it coming.
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