Meet Mo’ney Roseman | CEO / Founder of Watch Me Work Sports

We had the good fortune of connecting with Mo’ney Roseman and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Mo’ney, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
When developing Watch Me Work Sports, I started to think about how I can help up-and-coming athletes. Working in collegiate sports over the past 4 years, the recruiting game has completely changed. COVID-19 put a huge dent into the in-person recruiting aspect and converted it to online visits and meetings- like many other things.

My brother and I started to throw out numerous ideas on things we could do to stay involved in sports and uplift the youth starting at the beginning of 2020, right before the global pandemic. I wanted to create an online centralized recruiting platform for underexposed athletes to be able to put their talents on display for free. There are so many athletes to notice, our platform finds the hidden gems who do not have access to certain platforms or training camps/clinics.

I wanted to create a universal platform for all athletes within all sports, not only to gain them exposure but to educate them about recruiting the right way. I started building the online platform in the summer of 2021, I would sit in my apartment and watch YouTube videos, click certain tabs just to see what it did, and eventually I developed the recipe and platform I felt was the best and the most user friendly. I got months of feedback and input from colleagues, peers, parents, coaches, and athletes themselves to see if the platform was easy to digest and actually find it to be a useful tool to their world.

One of the hardest challenges was figuring out a universal logo for all sports and athletes. Once the logo was secured, I was able to launch Watch Me Work Sports, on March 1st, 2022.

In just these few months we have developed a free 4-step recruiting guide to point them in the right direction of the process. We are on all social media platforms encouraging athletes and even parents to send us their highlights so we can promote them as much as possible on all of our platforms. We will soon have a podcast coming out that puts the previous generation against the new generation, discussing the challenges of recruiting today and how we can improve athletes’ chances of getting to their dream school. We plan to only grow and develop more tools and even facilities to improve the recruiting world in athletes.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I currently work for the University Athletic Association at The University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. My athletic career began while I was attending the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL, in 2019. I got my first internship with the football team and assisted with recruiting during the season. I soon got a position as a part-time staff with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2019 and worked in the box office and worked with ticketing for the season. I soon ventured from the Bucs and got a full-time internship with the Tampa Bay Rays at the beginning of 2020 as a Ticket Sales & Service Intern. After that internship, I graduated Summer of 2020 and packed my bags. I had gotten a full-time fellowship with Mississippi State University’s athletic department in ticketing. It was a magical experience, I was able to be a part of the university’s first and only NCAA Baseball National Championship. I also would volunteer in the football program whenever I could and assist with their football camps.

After Mississippi State, I landed my current role with the University of Florida. I am most proud of my entire journey, for many of these roles I was the only young African-American female. The journey was not easy, maintaining a career in athletics, being a full-time student, and working two jobs was a lot but it was always worth it. I let my natural love for sports get me through the trials and tribulations of trying to elevate in such a male-dominated work field. I had to be more knowledgeable than expected, I had to maintain a status and could make little to no mistakes. I had to allow myself to be heard, and I let my passion for sports fuel that.

A lesson I learned would be to take that risk. Being born and raised in Florida, I had never lived anywhere else in my entire life. I would travel but come back to Florida, being in Mississippi by myself for a year and a half, 11 hours away from home, I got to develop in every aspect of my life. It was the most wholesome, loving, opportunity for growth in such a small city. I got to make a name for myself with the most amazing people. I developed a different kind of love for a place I knew nothing about and will always call my second home. Mississippi put me and my career in a better position than I could’ve ever imagined.

I would love for the world to know that Watch Me Work Sports was created out of pure love and passion for all sports. We will continue to promote, uplift and guide underexposed athletes in the smaller cities who may never get the opportunity to truly be great. Small cities such as Starkville, MS, and Clearwater, FL, are two of the various cities with so much hidden talent but not all the right resources to display their talents.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I would take them to Tampa, FL. We would go to Busch Gardens, a roller-coaster theme park, MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry), where science meets technology and innovation, and depending on the time of the year, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Lightning, or USF game. We would also go to Downtown Tampa and walk the Riverwalk or bounce around the shops in the city. We would also bop over the Florida Aquarium, Top Golf, Dave & Busters, and the Hard Rock Casino close to the Florida State Fairgrounds.

A hot spot place to eat would be Keke’s Breakfast, a clean and refreshing breakfast place. In the International Mall, there is a Cheesecake Factory and they have an amazing macaroni and cheese cheeseburger. For a nice dinner, we would go to Texas De Brazil for some unlimited salad and a steak buffet.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
The biggest influence and mentor for the Watch Me Work Sports would be my brother Marcus Myers, He and I pitched a few ideas back in the early parts of 2020. He has been nothing but supportive, encouraging, and inspiring throughout the whole process of developing Watch Me Work Sports. He answers business calls, he promotes in the northern region of the US while I promote in the southern region, he is consistent and persistent in every part of the business.

Website: www.watchmeworksports.com

Instagram: @eazymoney_mo (Personal) @Watchmeworksports (Business)

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mo-ney-roseman-2511b0186

Facebook: Watch Me Work Sports

Youtube: WatchMeWorkSports