Schaffer Navigates a Successful Transition from NFL Team GC to the Auto Racing World

A couple years ago, Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announced the hiring of sports lawyer Eric Schaffer to its leadership team. Having spent almost 20 years in a leadership capacity with Washington’s NFL team, most recently as its Senior Vice President of Football Operations and General Counsel, Schaffer’s qualifications were impeccable. But it was JGR’s familiarity with Schaffer that led the hire to the finish line. Schaffer, who has a JD from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, h