With the new season of National Football League games set to start this week, the New Canaan Men’s Club will hear about the forces that caused the NFL and American Football League to merge in 1966 from this week’s speaker David Shea, a long-time financial industry executive.
The club’s meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in Morrill Hall, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, with Shea’s presentation beginning after the business portion of the meeting around 10:40 a.m.
Today, NFL games are regularly broadcast on Sundays and Mondays, with additional days during the week as the season progresses. With the advent of streaming, games are also being shown on several streaming services and can be seen by subscription to the league. Overall, NFL revenues in 2024 amounted to more than $23 billion in 2024, a more than $2 billion gain from the previous year.
A New Canaan resident for more than 30 years, Shea grew up in Bronxville, New York, and graduated from Fordham University in 1978 with a BS in Accounting. He later received an MBA from Fordham in 1986.
In his career, Shea spent 12 years in Wall Street with Goldman Sachs and Salmon, before joining General Electric and XL Capital in 2004. While officially retired, Shea manages a consulting practice helping owners prepare their businesses for sale and is a business mentor at SCORE, a network of volunteer business mentors.
The New Canaan Men’s Club has openings for new members, men 55-years old and above. For information about joining, email ncmens@ncmens.club.
