FOX BUSINESS: MLB’s Mark Melancon Enjoying Fanatics’ Immersion Program with Fellow Athletes Focused on Business After Sports

Mark Melancon went straight from the World Series to the classroom.

The former Arizona Diamondbacks reliever joined other professional athletes in what he described as an "exciting" one-week immersion program in Los Angeles to learn about every aspect of Fanatics. 

Fanatics brought in 11 athletes — six from the WNBA and five from MLB — to give them hands-on experience of what it's like to work in different sectors of the business, including collectibles, Fanatics Live, Mitchell & Ness, VIP & loyalty programming and many more. 

Fanatics also teamed with USC's Marshall School of Business and the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism to design lessons for the athletes, giving them business tools in the classroom they could apply outside of it…