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Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Austin Ekeler to headline esports event

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Green Bay Packers wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler will be among the guests of the inaugural Players Symposium, an invitation-only conference and esports event launched by entertainment company Subnation Media.

The Players Symposium will host more than 50 NFL players July 6-9 at Resorts World Las Vegas I, a property on the Las Vegas strip. Valdes-Scantling and Ekeler will be featured speakers on the business of esports.

Valdes-Scantling started Trench Made Gaming, an esports team and lifestyle brand, earlier this year. Ekeler is the founder of Gridiron Gaming Group, which Esports Observer described as "a streaming collective for sports personalities.