re: Grove Collective NIL link

Oh man I didn’t even realize that. Looking at the stories now.

Woof

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know they can't be legally tied to the school, but idk if I trust this to be done responsibly otherwise

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They are tied to the school. This is allowed by state law as well as the NCAA now.

They can’t. These are for profit corporations formed by boosters. The school has no say over who gets paid and how much (though the school can veto any NIL agreement an athlete signs).

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So we donate $21 a month and maybe a player gets $15 of it.

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I wonder if they’ll do some exclusive grove collective meet up/open bars in Atlanta and Jackson and Nashville

Bio's from the founders

Lawrence Deas

ETA: This website doesn't like direct links. Go here and find him under the "Our Attorneys" tab.

Paul Hurst

William Liston

Matthew McDonald

David Nutt

Crymes Pittman


Not really a fan of having a guy by the name of Crymes handling money but I didn't see anything about someone connected with Adidas. Looks like they're pretty much all big-name attorneys from jackson.

he isn't listed as any of the founders.


Also....this article makes it seem like Jones might have been a sacrificial lamb...

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Mr. Jones, who joined Under Armour about a decade ago, left the company in 2014 after questions about his spending, according to people familiar with the matter. He left to work as a sports agent at Creative Artists Agency. Two years later, Mr. Plank lobbied executives to let Mr. Jones return, prompting his rehiring in 2016, these people said.

The company has for years given a long leash to the sports-marketing department, with Mr. Plank himself holding lavish corporate events for athletes and VIP guests and often telling executives to give in to the demands of athletes, even those who are no longer useful to the company, these people said.

The sports-marketing staff were among the employees who sometimes attended strip clubs with athletes and expensed the visits to the company, the people said. Under Armour stopped the practice in February, The Wall Street Journal reported last month.

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He’s not a founder. He was appointed as CEO last month.

He didn’t voluntarily resign and take a huge pay cut for nothing.

At least 2/3rds of it

They could be trying harder. There should be tables to sign up at every sporting event. They could be cold calling every business in the state. I've seen them push credit card offers harder at our events.