US EditionThree-time NBA All-Star & Former No. 1 Overall NBA Draft Pick Ben Simmons Leads Ownership Group of South Florida Sails Angling Club
Ben Simmons leads an ownership group including entrepreneurs and athletes in expanding the South Florida Sails team, part of a 16-club offshore sportfishing league.
- Dec. 23, 2025: Ben Simmons, Three-time NBA All-Star and former No. 1 overall pick, purchased a majority stake in the South Florida Sails Angling Club, Sport Fishing Championship announced.
- While rehabbing and unsigned, Ben Simmons joined the South Florida Sails Angling Club after SFC opened the club to a competitive bidding process announced by CEO Mark Neifeld.
- Among new partners are Brad Adam, founder of Xotic Outdoors with over 25 years' real estate experience and angling pedigree, and investor Hunter Huddleston, who managed more than $94 billion in assets.
- The club had already competed in SFC's 2025 Atlantic Division stops, and SFC said the addition of Simmons underscores the league's momentum and its push to grow offshore sportfishing.
- Simmons said, `I have always believed that investing in what you love means you have a responsibility to help move it forward,' and he continues two-a-day basketball and strength workouts, six days a week, eyeing a comeback this year and expanding Reel One Fishing Club.
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NBA bust purchases stake in competitive fishing club amid basketball struggles
An NBA prodigy-turned-bust has another career on his mind.Ben Simmons was named to three All-Star Games in his first five NBA seasons and was a defensive stalwart, but suddenly became a travesty.Simmons, still just 29 years old, has not played this season but has been active elsewhere, purchasing an ownership stake in the Sports Fishing Championship's South Florida Sails Angling Club. Simmons grew up in Australia, where fishing was a regular act…
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The former Clipper has parked a return to the NBA this term and will instead focus his energy on running the South Florida Sails in the Sport Fishing Championship (SFC)
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