RUBillsFan Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I think it might be useful to have a thread tracking SLU Athletes NIL deals. We should all be liking, retweeting, & sharing these things on social media and supporting financially if you have the means. I'd expect NIL will have a huge impact on recruiting in the future. rgbilliken, Littlebill and Zink like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkielBreakers Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, RUBillsFan said: I think it might be useful to have a thread tracking SLU Athletes NIL deals. We should all be liking, retweeting, & sharing these things on social media and supporting financially if you have the means. I'd expect NIL will have a huge impact on recruiting in the future. Who here thinks the board should pool its money and hire a player? We could get them to wave a “Billikens.com” sandwich board on Grand or something! Lorentson has to go for $15 per hour, right? (Blue font) BilliesBy40 and MattyMo213 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy II Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 -good for TJ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 1 hour ago, RUBillsFan said: I think it might be useful to have a thread tracking SLU Athletes NIL deals. We should all be liking, retweeting, & sharing these things on social media and supporting financially if you have the means. I'd expect NIL will have a huge impact on recruiting in the future. Okay help me. What is DaGuys YouTube? The fact that I’ve never heard of it is irrelevant. billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSLU68 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 We should support the supporters chaifetz should support a player so this board knows who to contact for mental health issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 It is an achievement for TJ and I am happy he got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 3 hours ago, HoosierPal said: Okay help me. What is DaGuys YouTube? The fact that I’ve never heard of it is irrelevant. I found the following with a little googling. It's the brainchild of a couple of Bommarito Automotive heirs: https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/bommarito-sons-step-away-from-dealership-to-build-new-legacy/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I really don't know or understand how it all works in today's social media world. What does a kid get .... so many bucks for so many retweets, likes, and shares? Because advertisers are paying "Da Guys" for space on their platform? This also returns me to the original question of players being able to use school colors and uniforms in these deals. Osunniyi didn't have anything Bonaventure in his 'Shoon Squad' promo yet here TJ is wearing a Billikens uniform. I am neither pro nor con, just asking the question. I also thought we had a Bar Stool Sports gig for Gibson Jimerson on the books. True? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseOfTheBillikens Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 They play basketball. Video pickup games at parks, make highlight videos. There's a big YouTube basketball market right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, Taj79 said: I really don't know or understand how it all works in today's social media world. What does a kid get .... so many bucks for so many retweets, likes, and shares? Because advertisers are paying "Da Guys" for space on their platform? This also returns me to the original question of players being able to use school colors and uniforms in these deals. Osunniyi didn't have anything Bonaventure in his 'Shoon Squad' promo yet here TJ is wearing a Billikens uniform. I am neither pro nor con, just asking the question. I believe it is up to each school to decide if their logos and other marks can be used by their athletes. slufan13 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 4 hours ago, HoosierPal said: Okay help me. What is DaGuys YouTube? The fact that I’ve never heard of it is irrelevant. I don’t know, but I never knew McBroom had a You Tube channel that has made him a bundle. And there’s he couldn’t carry TJ’s jock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 1 hour ago, White Pelican said: I found the following with a little googling. It's the brainchild of a couple of Bommarito Automotive heirs: https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/bommarito-sons-step-away-from-dealership-to-build-new-legacy/ Thanks. That’s a pretty neat thing the brothers are doing. How much coin in TJ’s pockets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills By 40 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 7:35 PM, HoosierPal said: Thanks. That’s a pretty neat thing the brothers are doing. How much coin in TJ’s pockets? I'd imagine it's a % of the revenue each piece of TJ-related content brings in rather than a flat amount. Think commission, royalty deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 There was an interesting recent article on NIL in SI. While it was geared towards football, some of the information easily relates to basketball. Following are some excerpts. The NCAA has released guidelines stating only that schools cannot facilitate NIL ventures for athletes and that athletes cannot strike deals that are built around pay-for play. Everything else is up to interpretation. Some schools are operating under state laws that mandate additional rules. For instances, states like Texas and South Carolina specifically bar athletes from using their school's marks in NIL deals. Other states' laws don't address the issue. Schools operating in states without laws get to make up their own playbooks. And we'll see whether to allow athletes to use those school marks is among the most consequential decisions they face. Creative interpretation of the NCAA guidelines is not only expected, but it is also already happening. For now football is king. Big-money deals from the top percentiles are inflating averages. For example, in July, the average transaction in INFLCR, one of the largest NIL platforms, was $923. Yet the median deal was a mere $25. On Opendorse, the average Division I athlete on the platform in July made $471, and the monthly median figure was just $35. On Opendorse, the most used avenue for NIL is social media promotions, accounting for 88.5% of all transaction activity but just 46% of total money. Football players made up 79% of the NIL market shares, followed by men's basketball (9.6%) and women's volleyball (5.5%). Barstool Sports offered $100 of free apparel for any athlete who added the company's name to their social media bio. According to Lawrence, more than 130,000 athletes have participated. (I believe Jimerson is one of those who has done this.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 From the above it doesn’t sound much like the gold rush we expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 1 hour ago, slu72 said: From the above it doesn’t sound much like the gold rush we expected. Yeah, it may take a while for this to get moving. And most, or nearly all, of that SI data is football related. We know that football drives TV money and donor money, so it will be interesting to see how basketball fleshes out. We've read about the few 7 figure deals in football. I haven't seen or heard anything about substantial dollars for any basketball player, but perhaps it is too early. All I've seen for the Billikens is Thatch's camp and Jimerson's Barstool advertisement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 18 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: Yeah, it may take a while for this to get moving. And most, or nearly all, of that SI data is football related. We know that football drives TV money and donor money, so it will be interesting to see how basketball fleshes out. We've read about the few 7 figure deals in football. I haven't seen or heard anything about substantial dollars for any basketball player, but perhaps it is too early. All I've seen for the Billikens is Thatch's camp and Jimerson's Barstool advertisement. Yuri selling t shirts on social media, as well as TJ working with those youtubers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 All of it just gives my the creeps......... billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgeldmacher Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Does anyone know how to get in touch with any of the players if one were to be interested in discussing an NIL deal? If so, please IM me. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 43 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said: Does anyone know how to get in touch with any of the players if one were to be interested in discussing an NIL deal? If so, please IM me. Thanks. You could reach out to them directly via Twitter. Everyone on the board should be following these guys on Twitter if they aren't already, more followers looks better for potential NIL deals. Yuri Collins - @smoovYC1 - DMs open Markhi Strickland - @MARKHIXV - DMs open Javonte Perkins - @javontep - DMs open Francis Okoro - @chibestfrank88 - DMs open Rashad Williams - @snipashad - DMs open Marten Linssen - ??? Andre Lorentsson - @andrelorentsson - DMs closed Jordan Nesbitt - @jneszz - DMs open Fred Thatch Jr - @FredThatchJr - DMs closed Terrence Hargrove Jr - @TerrenceHargro1 - DMs closed Lassina Traore - @LassinaJunior - DMs closed Gibson Jimerson - @JimersonGibson - DMs open DeAndre Jones - @deandrefrfr - DMs closed You can message any of the guys with open DMs privately. For the other guys, you'd have to tweet at them publicly and/or ask them to follow you to allow you to DM them. Alternatively, if reaching out to teenagers/early 20s guys on social media seems a little creepy, you could reach out to someone in the athletic department. Here is the staff directory: https://slubillikens.com/staff-directory. Someone in the compliance department would probably be best I'd guess. wgstl, slufanskip, NoCoBillsFan and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Littlebill said: Yuri selling t shirts on social media, as well as TJ working with those youtubers YURIMANIA I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinert310 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 2 hours ago, slu72 said: YURIMANIA I hope. His brand is “unknown” like his Instagram handle. I’ve seen a few of his shirt designs and think they look really cool. The question mark features prominently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 20 hours ago, cgeldmacher said: Does anyone know how to get in touch with any of the players if one were to be interested in discussing an NIL deal? If so, please IM me. Thanks. @SLUMedBilliken15 pointed out the SLU People Finder in another thread. Another option would be to use that people finder to get the player's SLU email addresses and shoot them an email. Go to this website (https://ws.slu.edu/peoplefinder/index.php) and type in their name to find their email. cgeldmacher likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgbilliken Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 18 hours ago, Reinert310 said: His brand is “unknown” like his Instagram handle. I’ve seen a few of his shirt designs and think they look really cool. The question mark features prominently. OH my God I feel like such an idiot. I never paid that much attention and have been reading his ig handle as "u know NYC" and thought it was super weird he had NYC in his handle. Unknown yc makes a lot more sense lol BuiltFordBills, SLU_Lax and Reinert310 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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