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Alabama signs joint venture with Learfield to build 1st of its kind NIL Center

Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:17 pm
Posted by secuniversity
Member since May 2015
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Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:17 pm





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Learfield and Alabama plan to collaborate on the development of the center to provide both a physical home and a staff to educate athletes on NIL opportunities and showcase successful local and national NIL-related relationships.

In renderings provided to Sports Illustrated, the Advantage Center is expected to include a host of NIL-related features: a digital ticker announcing the latest news in athlete deals; a studio with a green screen to provide athletes a place to shoot NIL-related videos; a wall dedicated to Alabama player NIL deals and opportunities; and meeting space to possibly help facilitate brand-and-athlete relationships.




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As part of a new 15-year agreement with Alabama that it announced Tuesday, Learfield, in conjunction with the university, is creating a dedicated hub for name, image and likeness (NIL) called The Advantage Center, an epicenter for Crimson Tide athletes’ NIL endeavors that the company believes is a first nationally. The Advantage Center, with a goal of opening this calendar year, will be located inside Bryant Denny Stadium and will double as the agency’s local office.

Posted by Gifman
by the mountains
Member since Jan 2021
9266 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:18 pm to
Well the pictures clearly show you cannot buy taste.
This post was edited on 1/24/23 at 1:19 pm
Posted by _Hurricane_
Somewhere
Member since Feb 2016
4451 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:23 pm to
“I don’t know if Bama can adapt to this new NIL landscape”

- fan of a team that will copy this like everything else Alabama has done first for the past 15 years.
This post was edited on 1/24/23 at 1:24 pm
Posted by TheCheshireHog
Cashew Chicken Country
Member since Oct 2010
40875 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:23 pm to
Yeah sitting in a room surrounded by red glass would be a little eerie in my opinion. I’m sure that doesn’t actually get put in place.
This post was edited on 1/24/23 at 1:24 pm
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86459 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:26 pm to
kinda sad that college sports has to build a massive state of the art facility simply to house the staff that's in charge of paying the players and providing them endorsement deals.
Posted by JayAg
Member since Jun 2021
10282 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:28 pm to
You guys should give that money to the kids instead of wasting it on this crap. They made you guys that money.
Posted by Broyota2
Member since Nov 2010
13040 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:29 pm to
I’m sure it will be state of the art, but that doesn’t look like the most inviting space to be in.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90549 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:31 pm to
Cool idea

Based on pics poor execution, those walls make me feel nauseous
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90549 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:31 pm to
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kinda sad that college sports has to build a massive state of the art facility simply to house the staff that's in charge of paying the players and providing them endorsement deals


It just means more
Posted by Rhino5
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2014
28898 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:32 pm to
Do they really a new facility to tell recruits parents they’re going to pay them a million dollars?
Posted by ukraine_rebel
North Mississippi
Member since Oct 2012
2178 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:32 pm to
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The Advantage Center, with a goal of opening this calendar year, will be located inside Bryant Denny Stadium and will double as the agency’s local office.


Universities cannot be associated with NIL, this might be a no-no.
Posted by harmonics
Mars Hotel
Member since Jan 2010
18616 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:35 pm to
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fan of a team that will copy this like everything else Alabama has done first for the past 15 years.


My thoughts exactly. People will give Alabama shite for this, them basically every top program will do it.
Posted by mpwilging
Punta Gorda Isles, Florida
Member since Jan 2011
6946 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:36 pm to
Looks a bit like pergatory. Which is appropriate with Nicky about to move on...
Posted by jsmoove
Member since Oct 2010
12627 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:40 pm to
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- fan of a team that will copy this like everything else Alabama has done first for the past 15 years.



You just copied A&M with your latest class. Oh yeah, you've been doing that for the past 15 years. Forgot.
Posted by CBandits82
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Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:47 pm to
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Posted by robbykidd
Tulsa
Member since May 2011
1379 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:52 pm to
Bagman movin up in the world!
Posted by bamameister
Right here, right now
Member since May 2016
14027 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:56 pm to
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Well the pictures clearly show you cannot buy taste.



We're not pipping in more cowbells if that's what you mean.
Posted by secuniversity
Member since May 2015
5682 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:57 pm to
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Universities cannot be associated with NIL, this might be a no-no.


Yes they can.
Posted by Slackaveli
Fayetteville
Member since Jul 2017
15163 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:57 pm to
seems gay and woke
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 1:58 pm to
Kirby will be doing this soon.
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