Tate Gillespie
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Director of NIL Strategy & University Partnerships @campus_ink x @nil_store - Formerly NIL & Athlete Branding @KUAthletics , @Talkwalker & @mlb China
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A little personal news…
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Fired up to be joining
@KUAthletics
as Director of NIL Strategy!
Rock Chalk Jayhawk! 🔴🔵
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Athletes and families: If somebody claims to be an agent and has any of the following in their bio, run the other direction ASAP!
- “NCAA Certified”
- “(insert conference name here) Certified”
- (insert school name here) Certified”
🚩🚩🚩
Why are these red flags? Bc these
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Love SVP. He is a legend and his impact on the sports industry and fandom is immeasurable.
That said, these are irresponsible and ignorant comments to make, especially if you’ve never sat across the table from a high level recruit and their families and talked about NIL on a
Scott Van Pelt weighs in on Nick Saban's NIL comments.
"It's fantastic that players get to make money now. But every single coach, in every single revenue sport, if you're paying attention, is saying the same thing. This is the only thing that any recruit is asking about now."
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This is what investing in women’s basketball looks like. Couldn’t be prouder of
@KUWBball
! NIT Champs crowned in Allen Fieldhouse 🏆
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I got 3 “Rock Chalk!” greetings at the gym this morning in Phoenix. That’s the Kansas brand 👀
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As some may know, last week marked the end of my time at Kansas. It’s time for a new chapter and opportunity that I couldn’t be more excited for (stay tuned!) but first I wanted to reflect on my time at KU.
Only one word comes to mind when describing my time there:
Grateful.
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That being said… it’s time for me to embark on my next journey, staying in the NIL space of course!
I’m proud to announce that I will now be the Director, Partnerships & NIL Strategy for
@campus_ink
x
@nil_store
.
There will be a lot more to come, but I couldn’t be more
As some may know, last week marked the end of my time at Kansas. It’s time for a new chapter and opportunity that I couldn’t be more excited for (stay tuned!) but first I wanted to reflect on my time at KU.
Only one word comes to mind when describing my time there:
Grateful.
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It’s official!
@Talkwalker
has partnered with
@GoCards
as the first D1 school to utilize our consumer intelligence in NIL, recruiting, digital strategy, and more.
Louisville will be a force in these spaces for YEARS to come! Watch out 🔥🔴
#GoCards
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Fun day today… got to sit back and watch our softball girls get offered a team wide NIL opportunity.
Couldn’t be prouder and happier for this group 🥹
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This is an aspect of what real NIL education looks like!
I love the manner of this. Not someone coming in once every couple months and then gone. 5 straight weeks! Lasting educational resources like this is what will make a difference.
Great job!
@DHarris_45
@MSU_Football
📈
Financial literacy, education + application 💵
First of five straight weeks of
@BankofAmerica
’s Better Money Habits program.
#RELENTLESS
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me trying to explain to people that NIL valuations aren’t real in any way and they most certainly are not “projections”.
Arch Manning is now projected to make $2.9M through NIL this season.
That is more than EVERY player in college football except for Shedeur Sanders.
That is $300k more than Caleb Williams, $1.1M more than Travis Hunter, and $1.5M more than Marvin Harrison Jr.
That is also more
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New stadium, college gameday in town, nationally ranked football team…
Oh and our defending National Champs MBB banner will soon hang from the rafters…
Need I say more?
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Exciting day to see this across the finish line! Can’t wait to see the impact this has on our athletes and campus as a whole 🙌🏼
NEWS: Our new undergraduate Certificate in Name, Image, and Likeness has been officially approved at
@UnivOfKansas
! The certificate is designed for both students interested working in the NIL industry and student-athletes managing their own name, image, and likeness. Rock Chalk!
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Fun fact: The quickest way to reveal you don’t know what you’re talking about is to un-ironically refer to NIL as the “Wild West.”
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This program is truly on a special path- Today being a landmark step in ensuring it stays that way.
Next step begins with kickoff in two weeks 🔴🔵
To The Stars 💫
Introducing the KU Gateway District and a transformed David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
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Thanks to
@Paul_Pierce2
and
@KUBaseball
for organizing an incredible tour of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum today to celebrate MLK day and inviting this washed up ballplayer along.
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Thoughts and prayers for my former colleagues as in-house NIL Directors these past 2 days.
You deserve a Friday happy hour, all of you.
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Another successful
@NILSummit
in the books! A powerful 36 hours of collaboration and brainstorming with the best in the business, many of which I’m lucky enough to call close friends.
Looking forward to seeing a lot of familiar faces in Orlando this weekend as well! ✈️
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Directors of NIL Strategy unite 🫡🤝
Crazy where time and this crazy life have taken the two of us since we first met last spring. Congratulations my guy!!
@BenGChase
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One year ago today 💍
Can’t believe I get to marry this girl in two months 🥂
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we are pretty good at this whole NIL merch thing.
NEWS: Oakland's Jack Gohlke dropped 32 points on 10 3-pointers en route to beating No. 3 seed Kentucky last night.
He's now released limited edition merchandise with The NIL Store. He will receive a share of the profit from sales.
via
@PeteNakos_
:
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I’m not gonna get sentimental on here again, but it can’t be said enough how proud I am of
@BenGChase
.
What started from an intro sales call (which went hilariously bad btw) at our previous roles, has blossomed into a genuine friendship as we have moved into our two new roles
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Name, image, likeness 🔴🔵
Be the first to try the JD Sixer from QB Jalon Daniels!🔵🔴🏈
Available at all Minsky’s locations.
#minskys
#kcpizza
#rockchalk
#lawrencepizza
#lfk
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To all of new Kansas followers:
i actually went to school here. pretty cool huh?
Showing everyone who THE Island University is today🌴😤
Yes, this is actually our campus and yes,
@Islanders_MBB
is ready to play today🏀
#ShakasUp
#LutzGo
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I’ve seen the ins and outs of the NIL industry from every side, and I will say this. There are only a handful of companies in the entire space who produce this kind of real revenue for athletes in an entire year. You can count them on one hand. We at
@campus_ink
/
@nil_store
did
We are proud to celebrate our NIL Store athletes who earned more than $100,000 this Cyber Weekend Season, and the fans, friends and family who purchased their merchandise in support along the way.
Every purchase from the NIL Store is truly The Gift That Gives Back.
#nil
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it was quite charitable of these coaches to work for free all these years and make sure their support staff was paid properly.
Nick Saban said his wife, Terry, came to him before his retirement and told him, “Why are we doing this?" She told him that the players now only care about how much money they are making.
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En route to the
@NILSummit
with some incredible
@KUAthletics
athletes! See you soon on the red carpet 👀
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New era 🔥🔥🔥
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Pete indirectly brings up a great point here regarding today’s witnesses. I don’t know Gino, but as Pete points out here, he has had zero involvement in NIL.
He has no idea what it actually looks like and what the experiences of athletes, coaches, or administrators look like in
Just breezing through Gino Torretta's testimony before this legislative hearing begins.
The former Miami QB does not outline any involvement he's had in NIL in the last two years and change.
He does have thoughts on what should be changed:
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oh no, NIL has killed the industry and product, nobody will want to watch, etc…
NEWS: ESPN and the College Football Playoff have reached a 6-year, $7.8 BILLION media rights extension for the expanded playoffs,
@AndrewMarchand
reports🤯
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.
@GoCards
🤝
@Talkwalker
Incredible brainstorming session with
@McKay8503
as we welcome Louisville as our first partner.
The future of the NIL space is bright because of people like Zack! Can’t wait to see the impact he makes for the Cardinals and their athletes 🔴
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Special thanks to
@PlayersHealth
&
@opendorse
for putting on an A+ event in Orlando this weekend.
Speaking alongside and hearing from the best minds in the industry representing top collectives, brands, and partners in the space was an awesome experience. Events like this do
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This was a fun one!
@JeramiahDickey
has consistently laid the foundation for maximizing NIL resources on campus. Have long been an appreciator across the way but fun to now be a partner to Boise State.
Boise State Launches Online Apparel Store for Student-Athletes! Funds generated from sales will be deposited directly in the pockets of student-athletes.
Support your favorite Broncos ⤵️
🛒
#BleedBlue
|
#WhatsNext
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Successful collectives are a vital piece to a robust NIL ecosystem. Proud to partner with
@BulldogNIL
on this exciting drop to benefit Miss St athletes!
@On3NIL
𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄
Show love to the
@Coach_Leb
era - every purchase directly benefits
@BulldogNIL
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Can’t wait to see our athletes on the speedway!
@Mass_StNIL
Innovation 🔴🔵
🏁 NIL at 200mph. 🏁
BeONE Sports is proud to announce the fastest collaboration on the planet!
Working with Mass St. Collective, University of Kansas and JD Motorsports, we’re driving NIL innovation (literally).
#performancetraining
#morewithNIL
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Let me also add:
I’ve had the pleasure of working with a ton of agents in my various roles. The professional ones are a ton of fun to work with, and really do make the brand, school, and athletes lives easier.
Similar to collectives, let’s not let the worst of the bunch
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Had a great time speaking on this panel at the
@NILSummit
! It’s always an honor to represent
@KUAthletics
on the national stage and collaborate with other thought leaders in the space! Rock Chalk 🔴🔵
Colleagues sharing best practices for operating an elite NIL program - great panel!
• Education, education, education!
• Internal alignment is crucial
• Strategic initiatives = increased engagement
#nilsummit23
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what I wouldn’t give to join the NIL/ transfer portal conversation with the fellas
my dad goes to a bar with his friends every friday and he makes a list of discussion topics pt 52
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Rock Chalk! 🔴🔵📈
Kansas Athletics has announced the hiring of Tate Gillespie and Casey Seberger as Directors of Name, Image, and Likeness.
#RockChalk
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Awesome step for
@opendorse
in bringing some clarity to the NIL landscape! Numbers and information will always win in the end. Can’t wait to dive in to these 📖
📓NIL Books have arrived.
Last week, dozens of colleges and collectives received physical books containing annual earnings expectations for student-athletes based on 100,000+ Opendorse transactions.
🚨Why it matters
The industry deserves to know what’s real.
🧵Dive deeper
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You’re probably sick of hearing me talk about NIL at KU. Hear it from
@JalonDaniels6
himself ahead of his award nomination at the
@NILSummit
! 🔥🔥🔥
A New Era 💫
@JalonDaniels6
JD6 is maximizing NIL for himself, his family, and the next generation through his platform at Kansas.
#RockChalk
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yeah, we did that
@nil_store
NEW: Paige Bueckers Throwback High School Jersey 🌟
- All-Time Leader Points, Assists, Steals
- No. 1 Recruit in the Nation
- National Player of the Year
Shop the Legend:
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When you get to play baseball for a living it’s hard not to smile 🤷🏼♂️
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This was a lot of fun. Welcoming incredible partners to campus such as
@instagram
,
@opendorse
,
@adidas
,
@AltiusPartners
, &
@Mass_StNIL
shows the INCREDIBLE power of the
@KUAthletics
brand. Check out this thread for some of our highlights from the night! 🔴🔵
This week we hosted the first Jayhawks Ascend NIL Forum 🔴🔵
Thank you to all of our partners who came out to continue educating and creating opportunities for our Jayhawk student-athletes!
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glad to see administrators already making 7 figures receiving bonuses for the academic achievements of 18-22 year olds!
Not like that money should go towards the academic staff (who is already underpaid) or god forbid… to the actual athletes who performed in the classroom 🤯
Arizona State football coach Herm Edwards is set for $390,000 in bonuses and Arizona State AD Ray Anderson is set for at least $494,000 in bonuses, based on new APR figures published today by NCAA
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Was a pleasure to partner with
@RisingSpearNIL
and
@RealWillCowen
to pull this off in less than 24 hours.
Full team activation, officially licensed National Champion merchandise, all supporting NIL to benefit
@FSUSoccer
athletes.
Proud of the
@nil_store
team.
Celebrate your 2023 National Champion Florida State Seminoles soccer team! Every purchase supports the Rising Spear Collective, which directly benefits FSU Soccer players.
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1 year ago tomorrow I got married. On that same day me and the fellas gathered around in the groomsmen suite and watched John Wall, Tavon Austin, and Dansby Swanson highlight tapes to prepare for the biggest day of my life.
Guys being dudes.
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“I was really hoping we would go the night, the whole night, without talking about conference realignment” - My wife at dinner
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17 days til I am on a plane to begin my next adventure living and playing ball in Prague ✈️🏰🌃
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“Is there anything more non-threatening than a Dan Dakich double team” 😭😭
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Absolute clown show by everyone involved with this
So this was interesting. During Big 12 pregame, the video board had an ad and a QR code that sends you to a website to send a message to your member of Congress supporting a federal NIL law.
It's from the Coalition for the Future of College Athletics, the D1 lobbying org.
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NIL has truly become the ultimate scapegoat for many poor-performing coaches and AD’s alike looking for an easy excuse they thing the general public will accept. It’s pathetic and should absolutely be called out.
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if you want to know how NIL really works, would recommend giving this a listen ⬇️⬇️
@nil_store
Another week, another amazing hire to share with our listeners. This week features Tate Gillespie, who joined our NIL Store family as Director of University Partnerships & NIL Strategy.
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After over a year of working at
@opendorse
, today is officially my last day with this great company.
Excited to say that I’m headed back to the University of Kansas to start my new role as Director of NIL, Athlete Brand Development & Partnerships!
#RCJH
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this is why we do what we do
The LANCE DANCE 🕺🏾
You asked, we delivered! Get your exclusive Lance Jones merch now!
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Yeah we did that 🚀
Couldn’t be more excited to partner with
@onitathlete
and continue to provide fans, athletes, collectives, and schools with the best offerings in the market!
Campus Ink 🤝 OnIt Athlete
The NIL Store network of schools is set to carry OnIt Athlete trading cards!
More:
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name, image, likeness
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Understanding the conversational data around a student-athlete is often an overlooked piece of the
#NIL
puzzle. Follower counts matter – but the conversation around a player holds valuable, actionable information. Welcome to the new arms race in college athletics. A THREAD. 1/14
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Thanks to
@HyVee
for having our guys out to the store to sign some autographs today!
It’s game week, Jayhawks!
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The most vital aspect to a school’s NIL ecosystem is their collective(s).
The most vital piece to sustainability and success for a collective is new revenue streams.
We are excited to continue to officially launch and grow our relationships with partner collectives. Stay
NEW: Campus Ink has launched its NIL Store Collectives program, collaborating with
@retrobrand
to provide innovative solutions, exciting products and member programming that keeps student-athletes at the forefront.
More:
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It’s all about our incredible
@KUAthletics
athletes! So proud of not just this group that we brought with us, but all who have taken that step forward in NIL this year. Excited to keep building something special for them! 📈
Jayhawks showed out at the 2023
@NILSummit
🤩📈
What a great experience networking and growing the NIL platform at Kansas!
#RockChalk
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Funny that the people who say this nonsense were never athletic enough to actually be given the chance.
Lots of people would pay for the chance to be a Senator and it’s perks. He should feel more than free to do that.
“I would have paid to play [college sports].”
Sen. Manchin says that NIL has destroyed what college athletes is and what it is “supposed to be.”
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KU fans- my guy Ben here is chasing the world record for most college FB games attended in a season! He is grinding and driving the whole country on this quest, and after much lobbying from yours truly, has chosen to put
@KU_Football
on his list! Let’s show him a good time!
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The
@JalonDaniels6
brand keeps growing! Awesome partnership to see come together from a great corporate partner. 🔥
Meritrust Credit Union Announces NIL Partnership with University of Kansas Quarterback Jalon Daniels
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Happy birthday
@BenGChase
Hope you enjoy your day as much as you enjoyed Potter Lake 🫡
@KUAthletics
🤝
@FloridaGators
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A lot can change in a year… Always appreciate your mentorship and helping me grow!
@TheTimStephens
Had a little Talkwalker alum reunion with my guy
@TC_Gillespie32
here at
#NACDA
… he’s doing BIG things in
#NIL
with the Kansas Jayhawks…
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ESPN social media continues to be run by people who never played anything
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Newest addition to the office decor. Crazy to think of how relevant some of these principles are to NIL.
For those who aren’t aware, these are the principles Phil Knight used to build Nike, and ultimately revolutionize the sports branding industry. That’s what we have a chance
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I feel like this was just a test for
@BralyKeller
to make sure I read these. Well played, sir. 🤝
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A real pleasure to gather some of our best partners and business leaders in one room and talk NIL!
And a major shoutout to our coaches and whole administration for being fully bought in to educating our stakeholders… Rock Chalk! 🔴🔵
Creating new NIL opportunities 🤝
Last week, we hosted a luncheon for KU corporate partners and local business leaders. Our coaching panel helped educate the value of working with Jayhawk student-athletes, and how businesses can get involved!
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Alright here we go: 20 hour drive ahead of me.
NEED podcast recommendations ⬇️⬇️⬇️ See you soon Kansas 🔴🔵
#RCJH
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👀
On the come up 💪📈
@Kennylogan23
is ranked
#42
on
@PFN365
's Top 100 College Football Players of 2022.
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Huge hire. The growing trend continues. In-house NIL leaders are some of the most innovative and knowledgeable minds in this entire industry, and glad to see they are being valued as such.
Excited to continue to grow our partnership with
@onitathlete
and be in the trenches with
ONIT Athlete Taps Boise State’s Mike Walsh to Lead NIL Partnerships and Strategy
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I got asked a lot what went in to me making the move to
@nil_store
. This tells the story better than anything.
$1 Million directly in athletes pockets. Aside from collectives and marketplaces, hardly any brand or provider is doing that in the space. It’s a true rarity.
Paying
JUST IN: The NIL Store powered by Campus Ink has officially surpassed $1 million in athlete payouts 🚀
We’re just getting started.
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