For the first time ever, college athletes can get paid for their own highlights. Twitter struck a deal with @opendorse that allows Pac-12 players to share their own highlights.
Those highlights will be sliced with ads, and the $ goes back to the athlete.
Today marks the 1 year anniversary of NIL!
It’s been an exciting year for @opendorse and the industry as a whole.
Here’s everything you need to know about year one and what’s to come ⬇️
https://t.co/Yp2qhYQMp2
.@opendorse is looking to add a Sr. Finance Leader to our leadership team and are interested in ppl w/:
+ executive leadership experience
+ experience in tech or high growth startups
+ e-commerce/marketplace background
Reach out to @taylorasmus or DM me if you know a great fit!
Today we announced a long-term partnership with LEARFIELD to unlock NIL deals for sponsors in hundreds of markets across the country.
Together we will bring hundreds of millions of dollars to student-athletes over the next decade.
5 things to know about the partnership…
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x @opendorse We're excited about the possibilities of working together to benefit our school partners, brands and student-athletes https://t.co/KvusUQrvLD
Introducing the Nebraska Huskers NIL Marketplace, powered by @Opendorse.
Marketplace gives fans, brands and sponsors the ability to browse, book, pitch and pay any Husker student-athlete or alum for NIL activities in one compliant platform.
🌽🤝🚪: https://t.co/QRLJOBYmDe
Delivery service @gopuff signed a name, image and likeness deal with UNC sophomore Puff Johnson. Deal, from start to finish, facilitated by @opendorse, took less than 24 hours.
Watching the Olympics tonight…
It’s beyond unbelievable (to me) that 950+ Team USA members use our tech to monetize NIL.
There have been hundreds of NIL products/services introduced in last year.
Only one has done this for a decade.
It’s @Opendorse.
Proud.
Thankful.
We’re growing and hiring! We’re looking to hire for the following roles:
+ Recruiter
+ Demand Gen Lead
+ Director of NIL Education
+ Head of Customer Growth
+ Sr. Acct. Executive of Brand Sales
+ Software Engineer - React
+ Software Engineer - .NET
https://t.co/dQ8Wr94xox
BREAKING | We are thrilled to announce we have partnered with @opendorse to become our official name, image and likeness (NIL) partner! The FIRST-ever association-wide deal in college athletics! Read more about what it means for our student-athletes: https://t.co/Jxp7n3Vmrw #NIL
A deep dive with major players in this new world of college athletics. How is money generated, and how does it affect recruiting are just two talking points. https://t.co/updzg3g9E0
The world has never been more peaceful, prosperous or healthy.
But if you read the news you'd think the apocalypse just happened.
Here's 10 charts on why it’s never been better to be alive and what it means going forward:
Today, alongside Division Street
(the NIL company formed by Phil Knight and former Nike executives)
we announced the
“Official NIL Marketplace
of the Oregon Ducks”
Article links below, but first…
A thread on why this is such a big deal for student-athletes and the industry: