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Photo Gallery: Dear Old Clemson Baseball Event

Clemson collective Dear Old Clemson hosted a NIL event for 29 members of the baseball team Friday night. New head coach Eric Bakich spoke at the event. The weather turned out great and a sunset was even a highlight of the night. It was the biggest …

Clemson collective Dear Old Clemson hosted a NIL event for 29 members of the baseball team Friday night.  New head coach Eric Bakich spoke at the event.

The weather turned out great and a sunset was even a highlight of the night.  It was the biggest turnout yet for a Dear Old Clemson event.

Check out some great pictures from the event in Bart Boatwright’s Photo Gallery.

Dear Old Clemson is excited to announce limited edition signed cards from the freshmen football players are now in our online store.  There are only 100 of each signed.

Now there is a new way you can support Clemson student-athletes. Purchase collectibles from Dear Old Clemson and the proceeds with go to support Clemson student-athletes. Visit Dear Old Clemson to find out how you can help!

Dear Old Clemson signs 68 NIL deals with 61 student-athletes

Clemson, South Carolina – August 23, 2022 – Dear Old Clemson has now signed 68 Name, Image and Likeness deals with 61 Clemson student-athletes. Student-athletes from football, baseball, softball and basketball have all benefited. Our event for the …

Clemson, South Carolina – August 23, 2022 – Dear Old Clemson has now signed 68 Name, Image and Likeness deals with 61 Clemson student-athletes. Student-athletes from football, baseball, softball and basketball have all benefited.

Our event for the softball team will be held August 27 in the Grand Ballroom at the Madren Conference Center from 1-3 p.m. This meet-and-greet autograph session will allow fans to see the returning players from the first-ever regional championship team and the new faces that will help the Tigers field one of the top teams in the nation next season. Coach John Rittman is scheduled to speak to those in attendance. The Stuart McWhorter family is the title sponsor for the event. All 24 members scholarship freshmen will be on hand to meet the best fans in the nation.

Dear Old Clemson’s first baseball event is scheduled for September 30 in the Pavilion at the Madren Conference Center from 7-9 p.m. Coach Erik Bakich is scheduled to speak at the event that will include at least 30 members of the 2023 team. The NIL deals for this event are not included in the 68 announced in this release.

Tickets for Dear Old Clemson events can be purchased at dearoldclemson.com/events or at the event if tickets are still available. By joining Dear Old Clemson’s Tiger Club at the orange level or higher, members receive free access to all events.

We expect to have signed deals with more than 100 Clemson student-athletes by the end of September.

About Dear Old Clemson

Dear Old Clemson, LLC was established in April 2022. The collective compensates Clemson student-athletes for attending events, promoting businesses, signing collectibles, sales of collectibles and social media posts. Dear Old Clemson is fully compliant. The only athletes compensated for use of their name, image and likeness are ones that are currently enrolled at Clemson University.

Clemson fans and businesses are encouraged to visit DearOldClemson.com for more information.

Bart Boatwright’s Photo Gallery: Dear Old Clemson Welcome Freshmen Event

Clemson, SC – Dear Old Clemson hosted an event for the 2022 freshmen Sunday afternoon at the Pavilion at the Madren Conference Center. Fans and members of Dear Old Clemson’s Tiger Club came out to support the Tigers. All 20 members of the 2022 class …

Clemson, SC — Dear Old Clemson hosted an event for the 2022 freshmen Sunday afternoon at the Pavilion at the Madren Conference Center.  Fans and members of Dear Old Clemson’s Tiger Club came out to support the Tigers.

All 20 members of the 2022 class were in attendance.

Check out some great pictures from the event in Bart Boatwright’s Photo Gallery.

Clemson NIL collective holds first event

Less than two months after launching in the name, image and likeness space, Dear Old Clemson’s first public event is complete One of two NIL collectives created to pay Clemson student-athletes through partnerships, Dear Old Clemson welcomed members …

Less than two months after launching in the name, image and likeness space, Dear Old Clemson’s first public event is complete

One of two NIL collectives created to pay Clemson student-athletes through partnerships, Dear Old Clemson welcomed members and fans to the pavilion at the Madren Conference Center on Sunday afternoon for a meet-and-greet with the freshmen football players. All 20 members of the Tigers’ freshman class, including five-star quarterback signee Cade Klubnik, were on hand to sign footballs, posters and other collectibles for roughly three hours.

Dear Old Clemson launched on June 1 and has already announced NIL deals with 29 athletes across multiple sports at Clemson. The collective’s next public event will be an autograph session with members of the 2023 Clemson softball team scheduled for Aug. 27 at the Madren Conference Center.

Events with the baseball and men’s basketball teams are also in the works. Tickets for Dear Old Clemson events can be purchased at dearoldclemson.com/events or at the event if tickets pending availability.

Release: Dear Old Clemson signs NIL deals with 29 student-athletes

Clemson, South Carolina – July 18, 2022 – After launching Dear Old Clemson on June 1, we are excited to announce that we have already done Name, Image and Likeness deals with 29 student-athletes. We expect that number to more than double over the …

Clemson, South Carolina – July 18, 2022 – After launching Dear Old Clemson on June 1, we are excited to announce that we have already done Name, Image and Likeness deals with 29 student-athletes. We expect that number to more than double over the next month. Tiger athletes from football, softball, baseball are already on board, and we have a pending contract for basketball.

Our first event is scheduled for July 24 at the Pavilion at the Madren Conference Center. Fans and Tiger Club members of certain levels are invited to come out that day for a meet-and-greet autograph session with the 2022 freshman football class. All 20 scholarship freshmen will be on hand to meet the best fans in the nation.

A second event is scheduled for Aug. 27 in the Grand Ballroom at the Madren Conference Center for next year’s softball team. This meet-and-greet autograph session will allow fans to see the returning players from the first-ever regional championship team and the new faces that will help the Tigers field one of the nation’s top teams next season.

Tickets for Dear Old Clemson events can be purchased at dearoldclemson.com/events or at the event if tickets are still available. Planning for similar events for baseball and basketball are underway.

About Dear Old Clemson

Dear Old Clemson LLC was established in April 2022. The collective compensates Clemson student-athletes for attending events, promoting businesses, signing collectibles, sales of collectibles and interacting with members in person and virtually. Dear Old Clemson is fully compliant. The only athletes compensated for use of their name, image and likeness are ones that are currently enrolled at Clemson University.

Clemson fans and businesses are encouraged to visit DearOldClemson.com for more information.

Bakich weighs in on NIL, conference realignment

Erik Bakich switched schools just as the shifting landscape within college athletics began heating up. Clemson hired Bakich away from Michigan as its head baseball coach last month. A couple of weeks prior to his introductory press conference, Dear …

Erik Bakich switched schools just as the shifting landscape within college athletics began heating up.

Clemson hired Bakich away from Michigan as its head baseball coach last month. A couple of weeks prior to his introductory press conference, Dear Old Clemson, another collective aimed at financially supporting Tiger student-athletes’ name, image and likeness opportunities, was launched. Two weeks later, the latest dominos in the conference realignment game fell when Southern Cal and UCLA bolted for the Big Ten beginning in 2024.

Bakich may have been even busier than usual over the last month, but having been a coach at the Division I level for the last two decades, he’s far from oblivious to what’s going on around him. During a wide-ranging interview with The Clemson Insider this week, Bakich said having NIL opportunities for athletes at Clemson is “much-needed,” particularly in baseball where most if not all players are attending school on partial scholarships due to the sport’s 11.7-scholarship limit.

“I’m a huge fan of NIL because I’m a firm believer that college baseball is the most underfunded sport of all the major sports,” Bakich said. “11.7 scholarships for 35 or 40 players means you have a lot of kids walking out of school accumulating a lot of student-loan debt. If I could waive the magic wand of NIL, it would be that every player on the roster didn’t have a bill or didn’t have any debt and had their full cost of attendance covered. For me personally, that’s what I would love to see. I would love to see NIL subsidize our 11.7 so every player had as few out-of-pocket costs as possible.

“And then NIL is a great opportunity for guys that want to capitalize on their name, image and likeness to create some financial freedom for themselves. I think that’s fantastic.”

With multiple collectives in place at Clemson in addition to construction being underway on an on-campus facility dedicated solely to the development of NIL activity, Bakich said he feels like there’s enough in place to attract prospective baseball athletes and to help bridge that gap between the amount of their scholarship and the full cost of attendance once they’re enrolled.

“The TimerImpact program and Dear Old Clemson,” Bakich said. “The guys that are taking the lead on this and some (of the) initiatives, I think it’s all fantastic. It’s much-needed, it’s very helpful, and it’s critical for Clemson to continue to be a leader in this space.”

As for conference realignment, Bakich said he doesn’t have a preference on a landing spot for Clemson should the school leave the ACC in the future. But there are two leagues that he holds in high regard when it comes to the sport with which he’s involved.

“I think everyone is reacting to the news cycle and no one knows what’s going to happen and where people go,” Bakich said. “Personally, we’ll play anyone you put in front of us, and we’re going to prepare to win a national championship regardless of whether we’re in the ACC or the SEC or anywhere.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen, and I try not to spend too much time thinking about it just because I have no control over any of it. But I know ACC baseball and SEC baseball, just having spent a long time in both of those conferences, those are the top two college baseball conferences by a landslide.”

Dear Old Clemson’s first event is July 24. Now there is a new way to support Clemson student-athletes. Come out and meet the freshmen football players at this meet and greet autograph session. If you sign up for certain club levels you get free access to all Dear Old Clemson events. Purchase your tickets today at Dear Old Clemson.

Newest Clemson collective signs first two NIL deals

Clemson continues to make progress in the NIL game, with a new collective signing its first two deals since officially launching one week ago.

The Clemson community seems to be progressively adapting to the new ways of college athletics day by day.

According to its Twitter account, Dear Old Clemson has signed its first two NIL deals with Clemson softball pitcher Mille Thompson and shortstop Alia Logoleo. The pair helped lead the Tigers to their first super regionals appearance in program history this year before they ultimately fell to Oklahoma State in two games.

Founded by two Clemson alumni, Dear Old Clemson serves as a collective aiming to do NIL “the Clemson way” while benefitting student-athletes. According to its initial press release on June 2, “The collective compensates Clemson student-athletes for attending events, promoting businesses, signing collectibles, sales of collectibles and interacting with members in person and virtually.”

Both Logoleo and Thompson had impressive postseason performances for the Tigers, with Logoleo batting 6-for-10 in the ACC Championship while Thompson pitched a five-inning no-hitter in the Clemson Regional. With the initial success of Clemson’s softball program, which has only had two full seasons, the athletes seem to be now benefiting financially off of the field.

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Dear Old Clemson launches NIL collective

Dear Old Clemson launches NIL collective

Clemson, South Carolina – June 2, 2022 – Two Clemson graduates and area business owners have launched Dear Old Clemson, a name, image and likeness collective to bring Tiger fans, businesses and student-athletes together to make sure they all win together.

Robert MacRae, a 1987 Clemson graduate, and Jason Beaty, who graduated from Clemson with a bachelor’s degree in 1997 and an MBA in 2002, founded Dear Old Clemson, LLC. Jay Courie, a lawyer and longtime Clemson supporter, serves as the legal counsel and advisor for Dear Old Clemson.

“Our mission is to do NIL the ‘Clemson way’,” MacRae said. “Dear Old Clemson was created to benefit the student-athletes, the Clemson business community, and the best fans in the nation.”

For businesses and fans that just want to contribute to football, they can hop on the Roy Bus and have their contributions dedicated to football. Two club options will be available: the Clemson Athletic Club and the Lady Tiger Club. Contributions from subscriptions to the Lady Tiger Club will go exclusively to support the athletes of Clemson’s women’s sports. The Clemson Athletic Club will support football and other sports with a majority of the funds going to football.

Club members will have access to exclusive events with student-athletes, receive early access and discounts on collectibles and other exciting benefits. Dear Old Clemson has a road map of new benefits planned for club members in order to continue to add value to the memberships.

“Dear Old Clemson’s initial focus will be on football, baseball, softball and basketball but will extend to other sports in the future,” said MacRae, CEO of MacRae Consulting Corporation and owner of The Clemson Insider Media Group. “We believe we can be a game changer for the partial scholarship sports of baseball and softball.”

One of the goals of Dear Old Clemson is to help the Clemson business community. Some of the funds raised will be used to compensate student-athletes in exchange for appearances at Clemson area businesses. Dear Old Clemson will match portions of funds from local businesses that pay student-athletes to help promote their businesses.

“When the Tigers are successful on the field, it certainly helps the local business community. We plan to do our part to help,” said Beaty, owner of Clemson Variety & Frame in downtown Clemson.

A number of former Clemson athletes have already agreed to serve as advisors to Dear Old Clemson. These former Tigers will help determine the best way to raise and distribute funds for the sports they starred in at Clemson. Kyle Parker, Shaq Lawson, Adam Humphries and Sam Russ have all agreed to help in this capacity and several others will be announced in the near future.

“The Clemson community has always raised to the occasion to help the Tigers compete at the highest level,” MacRae said. “It will take a grassroots effort for the Tigers to compete in NIL. Dear Old Clemson will provide a platform to allow all fans to do their part and enjoy an experience that is sustainable and repeatable.”

About Dear Old Clemson

Dear Old Clemson, LLC was established in April 2022. The collective compensates Clemson student-athletes for attending events, promoting businesses, signing collectibles, sales of collectibles and interacting with members in person and virtually. Dear Old Clemson is fully compliant. The only athletes compensated for use of their name, image and likeness are ones that are currently enrolled at Clemson University.

Clemson fans and businesses are encouraged to visit DearOldClemson.com for more information.

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Dear Old Clemson launches NIL collective

Clemson, South Carolina – June 2, 2022 – Two Clemson graduates and area business owners have launched Dear Old Clemson, a name, image and likeness collective to bring Tiger fans, businesses and student-athletes together to make sure they all win …

Clemson, South Carolina – June 2, 2022 – Two Clemson graduates and area business owners have launched Dear Old Clemson, a name, image and likeness collective to bring Tiger fans, businesses and student-athletes together to make sure they all win together.

Robert MacRae, a 1987 Clemson graduate, and Jason Beaty, who graduated from Clemson with a bachelor’s degree in 1997 and an MBA in 2002, founded Dear Old Clemson, LLC. Jay Courie, a lawyer and longtime Clemson supporter, serves as the legal counsel and advisor for Dear Old Clemson.

“Our mission is to do NIL the ‘Clemson way’,” MacRae said. “Dear Old Clemson was created to benefit the student-athletes, the Clemson business community, and the best fans in the nation.”

For businesses and fans that just want to contribute to football, they can hop on the Roy Bus and have their contributions dedicated to football. Two club options will be available: the Clemson Athletic Club and the Lady Tiger Club. Contributions from subscriptions to the Lady Tiger Club will go exclusively to support the athletes of Clemson’s women’s sports. The Clemson Athletic Club will support football and other sports with a majority of the funds going to football.

Club members will have access to exclusive events with student-athletes, receive early access and discounts on collectibles and other exciting benefits. Dear Old Clemson has a road map of new benefits planned for club members in order to continue to add value to the memberships.

“Dear Old Clemson’s initial focus will be on football, baseball, softball and basketball but will extend to other sports in the future,” said MacRae, CEO of MacRae Consulting Corporation and owner of The Clemson Insider Media Group. “We believe we can be a game changer for the partial scholarship sports of baseball and softball.”

One of the goals of Dear Old Clemson is to help the Clemson business community. Some of the funds raised will be used to compensate student-athletes in exchange for appearances at Clemson area businesses. Dear Old Clemson will match portions of funds from local businesses that pay student-athletes to help promote their businesses.

“When the Tigers are successful on the field, it certainly helps the local business community. We plan to do our part to help,” said Beaty, owner of Clemson Variety & Frame in downtown Clemson.

A number of former Clemson athletes have already agreed to serve as advisors to Dear Old Clemson. These former Tigers will help determine the best way to raise and distribute funds for the sports they starred in at Clemson. Kyle Parker, Shaq Lawson, Adam Humphries and Sam Russ have all agreed to help in this capacity and several others will be announced in the near future.

“The Clemson community has always raised to the occasion to help the Tigers compete at the highest level,” MacRae said. “It will take a grassroots effort for the Tigers to compete in NIL. Dear Old Clemson will provide a platform to allow all fans to do their part and enjoy an experience that is sustainable and repeatable.”

About Dear Old Clemson

Dear Old Clemson, LLC was established in April 2022. The collective compensates Clemson student-athletes for attending events, promoting businesses, signing collectibles, sales of collectibles and interacting with members in person and virtually. Dear Old Clemson is fully compliant. The only athletes compensated for use of their name, image and likeness are ones that are currently enrolled at Clemson University.

Clemson fans and businesses are encouraged to visit DearOldClemson.com for more information.