ADVISORS: BEYOND CAPITAL
Sports Ownership & Infrastructure Council
Sports may be viewed as an emerging asset class by institutional capital, but the underlying ecosystems — leagues, athlete pathways, governance structures, venues, media, and communities — have existed for generations, and no two are the same. Capital alone does not build or strengthen those systems.
Slice Sports was built differently. Our operator-led platform actively support assets beyond acquisition, aligning capital with global sports fluency to compound long-term value while supporting the healthy growth of the sport itself.
The Sports Ownership & Infrastructure Council extends that model through decades of trusted relationships and operating experience built across the global sports ecosystem — from athlete development pathways to professional ownership and league operations.
Digit Murphy
Women's Sports & Athlete Ecosystem Development
Digit Murphy is a pioneering operator in women’s professional sports with over 35 years of experience building teams, leagues, and athlete development systems across collegiate, professional, and international platforms. A former Ivy League Player of the Year at Cornell University and early leader in the Title IX era, Murphy has been a foundational figure in the growth and professionalization of women’s sports.
She served as Head Coach at Brown University for 24 years, where she became the winningest coach in NCAA Division I women’s hockey history at the time, building one of the premier programs in the country and developing Olympians, national team players, and All-Americans.
Murphy later built and led the Toronto Six as President and Head Coach, scaling the expansion franchise into a league champion while securing landmark commercial partnerships with Athleta and Canadian Tire. She also coached the Boston Blades to multiple Clarkson Cup championships and led international program development across China’s national team and professional system.
Murphy has operated at the league formation level, co-founding the United Women’s Lacrosse League, the first professional women’s lacrosse league in the U.S., and founding United Women’s Sports to advance the commercialization and infrastructure of women’s athletics. She is a member of the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame and the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame (as both a player and coach) and is slated for induction into the Brown University Athletics Hall of Fame. She has also served as a broadcast analyst during the Olympic Games, reflecting her influence across both competitive and commercial dimensions of the sport.
At Slice, Murphy leads category strategy and on-the-ground execution across women’s sports investments, including talent identification, athlete development, coaching and front office build-out, and launch oversight—ensuring successful franchise rollout, competitive performance, and long-term commercial growth.
Norman Wain, esq.
Governance, Compliance & Integrity Oversight
Norman Wain is a globally respected sports and entertainment executive and founder of The Sports Business Consultants, advising organizations on governance, commercial strategy, and transformational growth.
He previously served as Chief of Business & Legal Affairs and General Counsel for USA Track & Field (USATF), the national governing body for Olympic track and field in the United States, where he oversaw all legal, commercial, and governance matters. Prior to USATF, he was Vice President of Corporate Legal Affairs at Finish Line Inc., a publicly traded company later acquired by JD Sports, and held roles across Fox Sports, Writers & Artists Agency, and private legal practice.
Wain serves as a mediator for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the leading global tribunal for international sports disputes, including matters involving international football governance and regulatory frameworks. He also serves in governance roles with World Athletics and Law In Sport and is a board member of the Sports Lawyers Association.
At Slice, Wain advises on governance frameworks, regulatory compliance, and league-facing transaction structures, including franchise rights negotiations, commercial rights frameworks, and acquisition structuring, supporting disciplined underwriting and integrity risk mitigation across portfolio investments.
Douglas moss
League, Ownership & Venue Infrastructure Strategy
Douglas Moss is a senior sports and entertainment executive with over 35 years of experience operating at the ownership and league level across professional hockey, media, and venue infrastructure.
He served as President & CEO of the Buffalo Sabres, where he oversaw full franchise operations and led development of Marine Midland Arena (now KeyBank Center), and as President & COO of the Phoenix Coyotes, directing both team operations and the design and construction of Glendale Arena.
Earlier in his career, Moss was President of Madison Square Garden Network, overseeing one of the largest regional sports networks with media rights across the New York Yankees, Knicks, and Rangers, and held senior roles across the National Hockey League, International Hockey League (as President & CEO), and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim under The Walt Disney Company.
Across his career, Moss has operated within ownership groups and league governance environments, leading franchise turnarounds, overseeing arena development, and structuring major media, sponsorship, and naming rights agreements, including driving substantial revenue expansion at the franchise level and executing multi-million dollar commercial and infrastructure partnerships across teams and venues.
At Slice, Moss brings direct access to ownership groups, venue operators, and league stakeholders, supporting proprietary sourcing, ownership-level engagement, and transaction execution across franchise and infrastructure investments.