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Corral signs NIL deal
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IRVING, Texas (From staff and wire reports) – Panini America, the world’s largest licensed sports and entertainment collectibles company and the exclusive trading card manufacturer for more than 250 colleges as well as the NFL, NFLPA and NBA/NBPA, has announced that is has signed its first NIL college athletes to exclusive memorabilia deals under the new NIL rules that took effect on July 1, 2020.
The NIL athletes include: D’Eriq King, Quarterback/University of Miami; Graham Mertz, Quarterback/Wisconsin and Matt Corral, Quarterback/Ole Miss.Terms of the contract between Panini and the three players were not released.Panini also has announced that it will introduce NIL trading cards with more details to follow.Under the agreement, Panini will work with its NIL athletes to maximize the athletes’ individual autographed memorabilia through public memorabilia signings on products including footballs, helmets, custom prints as well as mail-in memorabilia signings.
Details on public memorabilia signings for each athlete will be released in the near future and memorabilia will be available at www.paniniamerica.net.Panini, through its Panini Authentic division, also has exclusive autograph memorabilia deals with athletes including Luka Doncic, Trae Young, Ja Morant, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, Kobe Bryant, Charles Barkley, David Beckham and Christian Pulisic.“NIL has created an opportunity for us to work with college student athletes in a new way. We are committed to working with these athletes under the new guidelines, ensuring they are compliant and maintaining the integrity of the college student athlete,” said Panini America CEO Mark Warsop.“We are excited to partner with these great players to grow their personal brands and connect them to their fans through autograph memorabilia and trading cards. Starting our relationship with these athletes under NIL is just the first step in what will be a very long partnership with us as these players compete on the collegiate football field and make their way to becoming athletes that play at the professional level.
”ABOUT PANINI: The Panini Group, established 60 years ago in Modena, Italy, has subsidiaries throughout Europe, Latin America and the United States. Panini is the world leader in officially licensed collectibles and is the most significant publisher of collectibles in the U.S., with official licenses for NFL, NFLPA, NBA, NBPA, FIFA, UFC, MLBPA, NASCAR, College, Disney, Epic Games and other key properties from many other licensors. Panini is also the exclusive trading card and sticker partner of the Pro Football Hall
of Fame, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc.
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Re: Corral signs NIL deal
Good for Matt - everyone is making money, better make his.
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Last month, Corral agreed to terms with Panini America, the world’s largest licensed sports and entertainment collectibles company and the exclusive trading card manufacturer for more than 250 colleges as well as the NFL, NFLPA and NBA/NBPA. Under that agreement, Panini will work with its NIL athletes to maximize the athletes’ individual autographed memorabilia through public memorabilia signings on products including footballs, helmets, custom prints as well as mail-in memorabilia signings. Details on public memorabilia signings for each athlete will be released in the near future and memorabilia will be available at www.paniniamerica.net.Manifest and Conquer or "MAC" which appears on some of the T-shirts, appears to be an acronym for Matt Anthony Corral, the quarterback's given name. A slogan printed on the Manifest and Conquer website reads: "Mentality dictates reality.""Excited to announce that my very own brand is launching today. @ 12 pm PST @manifestandconquer . It’s much deeper than just the words on the shirt. Keep going in the face of adversity.. Never forget, your mentality dictates reality. Thank you guys for all the love & support. ??see you soon," Corral posed on his Instagram account on Friday.Corral is coming off a season in which he threw for 3,337 yards and 29 touchdowns in just 10 games, helping the Rebels to four SEC wins and a victory over Indiana in the Outback Bowl. He was named to the media's first-team All-SEC squad a few weeks ago and is even the subject of some early conversation surrounding the Heisman Trophy.
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How will the NIL and getting paid for autographs affect the fans, especially young children, going to games and seeking autographs? Will the players simply tell them no, they have to either pay for an autograph or buy them on the open market?
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catfishboy wrote:
How will the NIL and getting paid for autographs affect the fans, especially young children, going to games and seeking autographs? Will the players simply tell them no, they have to either pay for an autograph or buy them on the open market?
I would think most players would sign an autograph here and there for a kid. The problem would be if there was a clause in their NIL contract stating they couldn’t sign autographs besides what can be sold by their company. How do professional athletes handle these situations?