Draft Day Advisors A Division of Razzano Consulting
Tax-Led Advisory for Professional Athletes

The Game Plan Starts Before the Contract

Draft Day Advisors delivers tax strategy, contract advisory, and wealth architecture for NFL players, draft prospects, and NIL athletes. Led by a CPA, MST, and Registered Investment Advisor who understands that a career in professional sports is a compressed wealth-building window — and every dollar needs a strategy before it arrives.

CPA, MST Registered Investment Advisor Fee-Based Sports Agent Wiley Published Author
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The Legacy

Built on a Family Name Earned in the NFL

Draft Day Advisors carries a legacy rooted in professional football. The Razzano name is known in NFL circles through decades of scouting, player development, and the relationships that come from a lifetime inside the game.

Anthony J. Razzano, CPA, MST, brings a different dimension to athlete advisory. He is not a financial advisor who learned about sports. He is a tax strategist, investment advisor, and fee-based sports agent who grew up in the NFL ecosystem and built his practice around the specific financial complexity that professional athletes face.

At twelve years old, Anthony survived a catastrophic burn that took his left hand. He returned to the athletic field, rebuilt his career, and documented the philosophy in his Wiley-published memoir, Against All Odds. Resilience is not a talking point. It is the operating system.

Most agents negotiate the contract.
We architect the financial life around it.
Capabilities

From Draft Day Through Retirement

01
Pre-Draft Strategy
Tax projections, entity structuring, and financial foundation work that begins before the first contract is signed. Combine preparation meets financial preparation.
02
Contract Advisory
Fee-based contract analysis and negotiation support — no commission conflicts. Guaranteed money structures, incentive analysis, signing bonus allocation, and the tax implications embedded in every line of the deal. Your agent negotiates the terms. We make sure every dollar is structured right.
03
Tax Strategy
Multi-state filing management, jock tax optimization, entity structuring for endorsement income, estimated tax planning, and year-round compliance discipline. Tax is the foundation of every decision.
04
Investment Advisory
Registered Investment Advisor. Asset allocation matched to career length and risk profile. Fixed insurance products for guaranteed positioning. No variable products. Discipline over speculation.
05
NIL & Endorsement
Entity structuring for Name, Image, and Likeness income. Tax planning for endorsement contracts. Brand protection and revenue architecture for collegiate and professional athletes.
06
Post-Career Architecture
Career transition planning, retirement fund positioning, business acquisition advisory, and the long-term wealth strategy that keeps the financial trajectory climbing after the last snap.
The Approach

Tax-Led Advisory

Every engagement begins with tax strategy. Tax is the lens through which every financial decision gets evaluated — contract structure, investment allocation, entity selection, insurance positioning, estate planning. Tax gets you in the room. The conversation opens everything else.

This is not a referral network where different advisors operate in silos. One team, one methodology, one governing standard across tax, investment, insurance, and contract advisory.

Phase 1
Fact Pattern & Strategy Design
Comprehensive intake of the athlete's financial position. Income sources, contract terms, entity structure, state residency, endorsement deals, existing investments. Everything mapped before a single recommendation is made.
Phase 2
Tax Architecture
Multi-year tax projections, entity optimization, estimated tax management, and the compliance infrastructure that prevents surprises. The tax strategy governs every subsequent decision.
Phase 3
Wealth Positioning
Investment advisory, insurance coordination, retirement planning, and the long-term asset allocation that turns a compressed earning window into generational stability.
Phase 4
Ongoing Advisory
Quarterly reviews. Contract renegotiation strategy. Life event planning. Career transition architecture. The relationship doesn't end when the season does.
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Whether you are a draft prospect, a current player, a family member managing the financial decisions, or an NIL athlete building your first entity — the approach is the same. Strategy first. Always.

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