By Gary Symons TLL Editor in Chief Panini America has the ambitious goal of creating a trading card for every college athlete who wants one. Panini is a top player in the sports and entertainment collectibles category, but even for them this is a tall order. The idea is to create a new platform to engage and benefit NCAA athletes with a dedicated platform for Name … [Read more...] about Panini Aims to Give All College Athletes Their Own Trading Card
Colleges and Universities
Panini America Signs New NIL Partnership With Volleyball Star Lexi Rodriguez
By Allison WatkinsonTLL ReporterPanini America has signed a new NIL licensing partnership with All-America volleyball player Lexi Rodriguez from the University of Nebraska.The new partnership with Rodriguez represents Panini’s first name, image, and likeness (NIL) partnership with a female collegiate athlete.Rodriguez will be featured in a line of limited-edition collectible … [Read more...] about Panini America Signs New NIL Partnership With Volleyball Star Lexi Rodriguez
MANSCAPED Designated Preferred Grooming Partner of Sac State Athletics
By Allison WatkinsonTLL ReporterMANSCAPED has signed an agreement with Sacramento State University's athletics division as the preferred grooming partner for Sac State's sports teams. The promotional collaboration kicks off with this season's Big Sky Conference NCAA Championships with the Sacramento State Hornet's football team."MANSCAPED and Sac State are a perfect pair, in … [Read more...] about MANSCAPED Designated Preferred Grooming Partner of Sac State Athletics
Collegiate Sports Management Inks Sports Licensing Deal With BrandR
By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter Collegiate Sports Management Group (CSMG) and The BrandR Group (TBG) have announced a multi-year brand partnership in the NIL and group licensing spaces. The agreement will focus on combining personnel resources and university network connections for mutual benefit. Collectively, CSMG and TBG represent more than 250 athletic conferences, … [Read more...] about Collegiate Sports Management Inks Sports Licensing Deal With BrandR
Collegiate Licensing: USC Goes Global With Wildbrain Licensing Partnership
As one of the world's leading universities, USC plans to take its brand global with the help of the Wildbrain CPLG agency. One of the world’s leading entertainment, sport and brand licensing agencies, Wildbrain CPLG has been appointed to represent the University of Southern California (USC) across Europe, the UK, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, Australia and New … [Read more...] about Collegiate Licensing: USC Goes Global With Wildbrain Licensing Partnership
Wildbrain Signs Deals For Big Brains at Yale and Harvard
WildBrain CPLG has signed a virtual tsunami of licensing deals globally for Yale and Harvard universities. For Yale University, which WildBrain CPLG represents in EMEA, Russia, Australia and North America, a deal has been signed with Australian retailer Cotton On for a Spring/Summer 2021 range of adult and kids’ apparel, accessories, stationery, wall art and homewares, now … [Read more...] about Wildbrain Signs Deals For Big Brains at Yale and Harvard
Wildbrain Signs Deals For Big Brains at Yale and Harvard
WildBrain CPLG has signed a virtual tsunami of licensing deals globally for Yale and Harvard universities. For Yale University, which WildBrain CPLG represents in EMEA, Russia, Australia and North America, a deal has been signed with Australian retailer Cotton On for a Spring/Summer 2021 range of adult and kids’ apparel, accessories, stationery, wall art and homewares, now … [Read more...] about Wildbrain Signs Deals For Big Brains at Yale and Harvard
Panini and OneTeam To Include NCAA Athletes On Trading Cards
By Gary Symons TLL Editor in Chief Recent rule changes at the NCAA are sparking a boom in licensing opportunities, among them a new deal that will allow Panini America to issue trading cards featuring college athletes. The NCAA announced on July 1 that it would allow college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness, or NIL. As a result, Panini America says it has … [Read more...] about Panini and OneTeam To Include NCAA Athletes On Trading Cards
NCAA Will Allow Athletes To Earn Money On Name, Image and Likeness
For the first time, the NCAA will allow athletes to earn money from their involvement in collegiate sports. The NCAA has reversed its stance on athlete compensation, opening the door to athletes—and licensing companies—making money from their name, image, and likeness. The changes took place on July 1 this year. The decision, which breaks with a long-held tradition, came just … [Read more...] about NCAA Will Allow Athletes To Earn Money On Name, Image and Likeness
Fanatics & Lids Reach Long-Term Deal With BNED
The sports merchandise company Fanatics has added to its long list of critical deals in 2020 with a long-term merchandising partnership with Barnes & Noble Education Inc. (BNED), the campus store division of the Barnes & Noble parent company. Fanatics will offer BNED campus stores an expanded product selection and a direct-to-consumer platform. Fanatics' partly-owned … [Read more...] about Fanatics & Lids Reach Long-Term Deal With BNED