There are deals being flung left and right after the official start date of Name, Image, Likeness has allowed collegiate athletes to earn a wage. SkullSparks just released their newest data regarding impressions among the college football teams and the Irish finished inside the top-ten, at seventh.
Programs across the country will be using NIL as a recruiting tool and rightfully so. With the Notre Dame social media sites comprised of Instagram, Twitter and Facebook totaling over 266,000 interactions, Irish players are getting in front of plenty of viewers. This only helps the Notre Dame staff to show to perspective athletes that if they play in South Bend, they’ll be plenty of eyes on them and opportunities with NIL.
College football programs generating the most interactions on official team social accounts (IG+TW+FB) in June 2021. https://t.co/VIP8mcorJ6 pic.twitter.com/dEoaz8gI6S
— SkullSparks (@SkullSparks) July 2, 2021
The legislature is so new that we really don’t know where it will take athletes, but opportunities are popping up everywhere.
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How the players use this opportunity with be up to themselves, but we have already seen some of the Irish players starting to sign with companies.
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It’s an exciting time for collegiate athletes and with data that supports the Notre Dame brand is an extremely strong one, it will only help the Irish going forward.