Cinderpoint Systems — SportsWorks
Cinderpoint SportsWorks is the governance and structure division for football and sport. We work with leagues, federations, clubs, tournaments, and supporters’ organisations when the problem is not a single match or season, but the shape of the sport itself.
SportsWorks is built around one division-wide framework and several specialised tools and publications:
- Dashframe – the core governance framework, combining BASE, DASH I, DASH II, and STABLE.
- DASH I – sportswashing risk: how political or commercial actors gain entry into a sport.
- DASH II – sportshandling risk: what happens once those actors are inside and start reshaping governance.
- STABLE – a crisis cycle for dealing with conflicts, scandals, and external shocks without losing the calendar or the competition.
- Publications – including Unified Marginal Gains, American Soccer Cartel, and the DASH white papers.
Where SportsWorks sits in a crowded market
SportsWorks is not a performance agency and not a branding shop. We are called when structural questions are on the table:
- Should this ownership or sponsorship deal go ahead on any terms at all?
- What happens to the competition if a state actor or dominant platform becomes essential to its finances?
- How far has governance already drifted from what the statutes say on paper?
- How can a league or club respond to a crisis without deepening dependence or destroying trust?
Who SportsWorks is for
- Leagues and federations facing high-stakes ownership, hosting, or sponsorship decisions.
- Clubs that are being offered money they cannot easily refuse, but which may compromise their future.
- Governing bodies trying to reform structures after scandal or prolonged drift.
- Supporters’ trusts and player organisations that need more than moral language to explain what is happening.
If you are responsible for the integrity and stability of a competition, and you can feel the structure shifting under your feet, SportsWorks is where you come to understand the options with a cold, structural view.