SyraCRUZ Tailgate NIL Update

[Consigliere]

We had a core team get together with Mark Hayes of Orange United over the weekend and took the opportunity to debrief a bit. Mark has been thrilled to work with us and I have greatly valued his partnership and the administrative support OUC has provided as this initiative has grown well beyond the capabilities of one old guy with a bunch of home grown spreadsheets.

I've shared this data at tailgates but for those who haven't been in attendance, or missed the announcements we have now completed three years with this project. In that time, you have contributed in excess of $65,000, mostly through grass roots level donations of relatively modest value. These funds have gone to 41 different athletes in eight different sports and have ranged from high profile tailgate guests to walk on football players. Mark shared the story of starting soccer goalie Tomas Hut, who is not on scholarship and was able to use his appearance fees to cover books and supplies for the semester.

We will be meeting later this spring to discuss our 2025 plans and look forward to bigger and better things as we move forward.

If you have not yet contributed to Orange United you have the option of a monthly membership starting at $10.99 a month or a one time gift. Donations can be earmarked for any sport or can be general to go to the entire portfolio.

For more information, message me or consult the website:

www.orangeunited.com

Full roster of athletes we have worked with:

Football	M Bball	W Bball	M Lax	W Lax	M Soccer	W Soccer	Volleyball
Enrique Cruz	Bennie Williams	Dyaisha Fair	Riley Figueiras	Emma Ward	Jeorgio Kocevski	Maya McDermott	Zharia Harris-Waddy
Chris Elmore	Joe Girard	Olivia Owens	Michael Leo	Gracie Britton	Antonino Pagano
LeQuint Allen	Justin Tucker	Kyra Wood	Saam Olexo	Natalie Smith	Francesco Pagano
Josh Kubala	Chris Bell	Lexi McNabb	Tucker Kellogg		Thomas Hutt
Donovan Brown			John Mullen		Gavin Wigg
Jacob Bradford					Nick Kaloukian
Josh Ilaoa
Denis Jaquez
Dan Villari
Justin Barron
Caleb Okechukwu
Joe Cruz
Cornell Perry
Joe More
Chris Bleich
Josh Miller
Mark Petry

 

[dan7800]

Thanks for the update and the fantastic work that you do.

 

[ToothDoc]

Great read and an insightful update. Thank you

 

[Consigliere]

Forgot to mention, I provided Mark with our donor list from the first two plus years - donations that were sent directly to me. He cross references the names and/or email addresses from that list to credit our initiative.
If you are a first time donor, or if you have contributed to Orange United but had NOT previously contributed via funds sent to me, and would like to have your donation credited to the SyraCRUZ Tailgate NIL Initiative, send me a PM with the name and email address you use on Orange United. Alternatively you can email me at dfl.consiglieres@gmail.com.

Thank you for your interest and support.