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Message: [QUOTE="Consigliere, post: 5740637, member: 559"] They cannot. There are two options. Have an independent group of donors, alums and business leaders set up an organization, or contract with a commercial entity. SU did the latter with OrangeUnited but when their parent SANIL closed down they found the new group, BluePrint Sports to have t’s & c’s that were unacceptable. There simply aren’t many options out there. The former option is the approach SU Football NIL follows but up until now they support only that sport. The University can assist informally with publicity and athlete access but cannot broker NIL deals. And this has become much more complex with legal issues, contract authoring, tax ramifications and clearinghouse reviews. It’s not like a small group of delusional fans can pull something together to pay an athlete for the use of his name to rebrand their tailgate! [/QUOTE]