As an Iraqi-American, Audie Attar\u2019s (@AudieAttar) parents saw athletic talent in him and nurtured it through high school and into college. Audie played football at UCLA before a fight got him kicked out of the school and landed him at Idaho State. The racial undercurrents of the fight, grounded in Islamophobia, did not stop Audie\u2019s team at UCLA from working hard to get him back on their side. Shortly after, Audie made his way back to UCLA before graduating and landing a role as an NFL agent. That was the start of Audie\u2019s sports management journey \u2014 and since then, he founded Paradigm Sports (@paradigmsports). Audie is referred to as \u201cone of combat sports most powerful agents\u201d according to an article in a 2017 MMA.com article, in case you are wondering how that\u2019s going. Audie manages a roster of talent across the NFL, MMA, MLB, and beyond - including household names like Conor McGregor, Jozy Altidore, and Rico Verhoeven. \xa0\xa0\xa0
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