SPM Sports

Sports Professional Management was founded in 1987. Lewis S. Gross, a practicing CPA holding a Masters Degree in Taxation, started the firm with just one player, Denis Potvin, Hall of Fame defenseman of the New York Islanders. Over the following two years, Mr. Gross structured a plan that allowed Denis financial independence. Through deferred compensation, contract restructuring, retirement funding and debt free purchases, Mr. Gross set up a plan that would give Denis financial security as he entered retirement. In addition, he taught Denis how to take control of his own finances. Denis subsequently retired from hockey with the knowledge that he was prepared and financially secure for life after hockey.