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Message: [QUOTE="sun, post: 4398499, member: 11664"] I completely disagree with your assertion. According to an article from July 13, 2022, Nike has entered a partnership deal with Fanatics which is making NIL deals with NCAA athletes using their school logos and Nike's network of schools. These NIL opportunities are expanding more rapidly than you may be aware of. They're signing more athletes all of the time. They're going to be selling fan merchandise with the names & images of sponsored athletes from Nike schools, and UConn is a Nike school. "Sports commerce platform Fanatics is entering into a long-term partnership with [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/NKE/']Nike[/URL] to manufacture college sports fan apparel. The partnership will involve collaboration with the Fanatics College division, which already partners with most of the Nike-sponsored colleges and universities. Manufacturing is set to begin in summer 2024, according to sources familiar with the matter.... ...Topps [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/09/fanatics-strikes-deal-with-colleges-student-athletes-to-launch-topps-cards-.html']will launch[/URL] a line of trading cards that features college athletes this upcoming fall season, in a deal that parent company Fanatics said will cut some players in on the profits and pair them up with school logos on cards for the first time. The program will include more than 150 schools featuring both current and former athletes. The company also has deals with more than 200 individual student-athletes at those schools to use their names and likenesses. And the plan is to keep adding schools and athletes, Fanatics said...." [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/13/fanatics-is-partnering-with-nike-to-manufacture-college-fan-apparel.html#:~:text=The%20company%20also%20has%20deals,use%20their%20names%20and%20likenesses.[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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