Former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn is spearheading the new NIL collective for the school.
The collective already has some Fighting Irish players signed up for it. FUND (Friends of the University of Notre Dame) started up back in January and it anticipates working with more than a half-dozen Notre Dame football players this spring.
The board for it includes Tom Mendoza, Pat Eilers, and Jason Sapp.
Per Pete Sampson of The Athletic, the board will interview players to determine the best possible fit and charitable interests. After that, it matches the charities with the players.
Quinn is really excited about getting this going.
“Notre Dame is very much in this in the NIL space,” Quinn said. “The goal is to provide these student-athletes with the opportunity to be able to take a portion of their time and receive compensation for it, but really falling under the guidelines of God, Country, Notre Dame, causes that are bigger than yourself. And that’s what this is all about.”
The Notre Dame fanbase is pretty excited about this new endeavor.
Glad to see this. Hopefully this will get the message board to calm down about it. 🙃 https://t.co/Gldi8XHmLk
— aonethelp (@aonethelp) April 18, 2022
Big! Nice work here from Pete https://t.co/BKGW4ityOO
— NotreDameTalk (@NotreDameTalk) April 18, 2022
“Anyone out there that thinks the student athletes or Marcus Freeman don’t have the resources to win a national championship is dead wrong.” https://t.co/E0lETJy5FB
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) April 18, 2022
My guy @Brady_Quinn always giving back! #NotreDame https://t.co/SV4oIMa3m7
— Zig Fracassi (@ZigFracassi) April 18, 2022
One of the wealthiest, most generous alumni bases in the country will now have a fully direct way to support the Notre Dame football team with NIL.
For context purposes, Notre Dame has the 8th largest endowment in the country, while having only 9,000 undergraduates on campus. https://t.co/8NzKuXwgec
— Notre Dame Recruiting (@NDrecruiting01) April 18, 2022
Thank you @Brady_Quinn @TomMendozaTalks for getting this started. You give @Marcus_Freeman1 this to help recruit, we will win a championship in the next 5 years
— Ty Connors (@TyConnors1) April 18, 2022
Thank you @TomMendozaTalks. Your presence in and dedication to the @NotreDame family makes us stronger.
— JAM (@JAMeko703) April 18, 2022
All the fans need to stop claiming we’re not ready for NIL. Notre Dame has always had top notch business connections.
— NDfan1988 (@NDfan2pac) April 18, 2022
It will be fascinating to see how this is used to try and get recruits to come to South Bend, too.
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