NIL $ for Horned Frog athletes

[Lyle Lanley III]

I know there's been some talk on here about how to shove some (legal) money into the pockets of TCU student-athletes under the new name, image, likeness (NIL) rules the NCAA implemented last year.

I just had this fly across my radar: The Flying T Club. Looks like they're more or less paying athletes to come to their parties. Cool T-shirts, too.

[Lyle Lanley III]

There's also Riff Ram Vintage, which is a marketplace for buying/selling old TCU gear. They've got some cool stuff, too!

They've signed NIL deals with a variety of Horned Frog student-athletes, including:

-Luke Savage & John Kodros (Baseball)
-Messiah Bright, Gracie Brian and Lauren Kellett (Soccer)
-Kenzie Nichols (Volleyball)

[Lyle Lanley III]

The Flying T Club. Looks like they're more or less paying athletes to come to their parties. Cool T-shirts, too.

Got an email blast from the Flying T Club today announcing that Damion Baugh is now officially on their payroll. Word is they're paying athletes $2k/month to be "ambassadors" for their club, show up at parties and interact with members online in some capacity. Apparently have raised over a quarter million already.

[Boston Frog]

$250k is pretty impressive

[Lyle Lanley III]

Apparently Eddie Lampkin is now part of the Flying T Club's roster of TCU athletes with NIL deals.

[Boston Frog]

College football was fun while it lasted

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[Friskyfrog]

I see no way that TCU can ultimately remain a part of BTCF in this environment. Fanbase just can’t be near big enough.

[MercenaryLibrarian]

Between COVID, NIL, Transfer Portal, our coaching debacle, and our recent meh-ness, my excitement for cfb is practically nil (yes, that was intended).

[Lyle Lanley III]

Newest Flying T Club newsletter says they've added six new TCU athletes to their payroll:

• Andrew Coker & Mark Perry from the football team
• Micah Peavy, Chuck O'Bannon, Xavier Cork & Jakobe Coles from the basketball team

[Lyle Lanley III]

Interesting story from Fort Worth Inc about TCU volleyball player Madilyn Cole getting a $10k NIL deal with a Chicago-based car insurance company called ClearCover.

[Lyle Lanley III]

Sounds like the Flying T Club has branched out from the football/baseball/men's basketball path they'd been on previously, and added 4 TCU beach volleyball players to their roster of paid "ambassadors"

[Lyle Lanley III]

Eddie Lampkin, via his Instagram account, is teasing a July 8th unveiling of something called either "B4E" or "B4G"

[Lyle Lanley III]

Looks like Hooks Lincoln hosted an event last night with Luke Savage and his non-profit organization, Blessed Feet. Not sure how much (if any) money Savage made on the deal, but it's good to see a local business putting on a promotion alongside a TCU athlete.

[Lyle Lanley III]

Just saw the news that the Flying T Club has obtained 501(c)(3) status, meaning that all of their donations ($2 million + to date) are now tax-deductible.

Elsewhere, another TCU NIL collective called "Think NIL" (which looks like it's a partnership between a sports marketing company called The Marketing Jersey and an app called Fan Jolt) just announced the addition of eight new TCU athletes to their program.

[pcf]

All this crap just seems like the Kardashians type of stuff. Turn off.

[weklfrog]

I agree. In what way should these payments be tax deductible? It is in no way equivalent to contributing to a charity and the ability to deduct contributions just means that the government is paying a share of the contribution.

[Lyle Lanley III]

On the other hand, I'd rather my money go to TCU athletes than the government.

[MercenaryLibrarian]

I feel dirty for having clicked on this, but Mac Engel has another extremely debatable opinion:

[Lyle Lanley III]

Big fundraising dinner at Joe T's last night for the Flying T Club. Word on the street is that they pulled in over a million dollars of donations at it.

[Boston Frog]

That'll cover part of the salary for a 4-star QB.

[Duquesne Frog]

Not TCU related but NIL related, came across this story in my news feed. A gymnast at LSU is basically selling bikini pics and sexy pictures under the guise of NIL fundraising.

Definitely of two minds on this ... on the one hand, why shouldn't she profit from the "male gaze" if she can. OTOH, definitely something really sad about female athletes selling their looks rather than their athletic ability ... definitely a testament to the sexism in our society.

And of course, the story has some of the pictures of the woman, no doubt so that you can make an informed decision about it and NOT as clickbait to lure you into clicking the link. I mean obviously I just clicked on it due to my sincere interest in college gymnastics and women's rights ...

[pcf]

On the question of Duq's news feed...

"Since you have an interest in bikini pics and sexy pics, here are some stories you may enjoy..."

[Duquesne Frog]

I just look at the internet for the articles ...

[RSK]

Duq, I would have believed you if you said you were getting costume design ideas...

[pcf]

Not TCU related but NIL related, came across this story in my news feed. A gymnast at LSU is basically selling bikini pics and sexy pictures under the guise of NIL fundraising.

Definitely of two minds on this ... on the one hand, why shouldn't she profit from the "male gaze" if she can. OTOH, definitely something really sad about female athletes selling their looks rather than their athletic ability ... definitely a testament to the sexism in our society.

And of course, the story has some of the pictures of the woman, no doubt so that you can make an informed decision about it and NOT as clickbait to lure you into clicking the link. I mean obviously I just clicked on it due to my sincere interest in college gymnastics and women's rights ...

Are there still rules about outside jobs for athletes? In that case, wouldn't she have to funnel this activity through NIL just to stay in good graces?

Herbstreit was up in arms over NIL. He argued it was designed for the top names to make some money and not to professionalize the whole thing down to recruiting. Well Herbie, playing with matches is all fun and games til you burn the house down.

[weklfrog]

I don't believe it would have to funnel thru NIL. The whole NIL thing is that athletes can profit from use of their NIL and she seems to be doing just that.