Posted on 07/01/2021 1:43:11 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne, who checks in with over 1.1 million Instagram followers and 3.9 million TikTok followers, might end up being the biggest winner in the Name, Image, Likeness sweepstakes that officially went into law across over a dozen states at midnight Thursday morning.
And Dunne was sitting there, ready to cash in without jeopardizing her college scholarship. “NIL rules change tomorrow… let’s get to work,” Dunne tweeted Wednesday, knowing she was about to make a life-changing fortune when the clock struck midnight.
Sports business reporter Darren Rovell has predicted that Dunne could sign deals this week worth $100k, but that appears to be a very low estimate. Rovell soon corrected his estimate and went up to the million-dollar level for Dunne. We’re talking about an athlete who walked onto campus for the first time with a social media following that was second only to Shaq’s son. What’s all that worth?
Benjamin Oduro, a talent booker with International Talent Agency LLC, tells WBRZ in Baton Rouge the money for athletes like Dunne could pile up fast. “I’ve seen contracts around $150,000 for two tweets a week for a year, but I’ve also seen clients receive around $1,500 per tweet,” Oduro told the station.
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It's all good.
Looks like she’s a natural brunette.
A 17 year old college student who has never won anything? Give me a list of 17 year old college students who have.
I have recently been following Shoshei Ohtani, who is the best thing to happen to baseball in years.
Seriously, if baseball was like it used to be, everybody would know who he is.
It will help to be photogenic or controversial, regardless of your athletic skill. Come to think of it, I think athletic skill would be a secondary factor. Some will get rich, but that doesn’t seem very healthy.
Ummm, *PING*.
What in the world are you talking about? “Leftists love their pie they all want a piece of”. Are you suggesting conservatives don’t want a “piece of the pie?”
Leftists like keeping people down and controlling them. Just like the NCAA. Conservatives are fans of a free market, and letting people profit off of their talents and abilities.
You sure you’re on the right team?
From reading Knewz, “OnlyFans” website seems to be the favored new vehicle for slutty young women to go from rags to riches in short order.
Huh. Legs almost as nice as my wife’s.
What’s her IQ though?
I predict the “hot-commodity” athletes will now gin up more PR for themselves than the athletic department marketing ever could. The schools, through the increased exposure, will also probably reap benefits from the increased exposure. I don’t think the schools will lose at all from this.
Who cares? Millionaires kids get scholarships too. Are you saying rich people shouldn’t be entitled to scholarships? When did this place get infected with Democrat thinking?
We need to just have athletic clubs like the rest of the world does.
We are the only country that makes a big deal out of college athletics.
She has the potential to become the new Anna Kournikova of FR.
So she’s going to become one of endless whores on social media? Sounds about right for 2021.
Football players “identify” as women during field hockey season. Now you have a fully functioning football AND field hockey team. One of each sex. Problem solved.
When will she be targeted for White Privielge.
Yup.
You are BAD! BAD! BAD!
When I was younger that would have made me smile and get aroused...
Now, at 87.6, I had to go ask my wife what you meant...😥
I was watching the women hurdlers at the Oslo games on TV today. I saw a lot of “not guilty” Scandinavian talent.
With looks like that does she need to?
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