The NIL Show by Campus Ink

Adam Cook and Tate Gillespie are joined by Former Texas A&M NIL Director and Ohio State football player Jamie Wood, who dropped knowledge on life experiences in the world of NIL. Jamie and Tate, who is the former NIL Director at Kansas, compare notes on their experiences in the role and how they manage so many relationships across athletes, coaches, administrators, boosters, businesses and mor...

Adam & Tate link up to break down the latest house settlement news as it relates to NIL and what that means for the future of college athletics, schools and the athletes themselves. They also address the future of collectives and what role they will have if schools are allowed to pay athletes. And, naturally, the Adam & Tate close the conversation with some great EA College Football chatte...

Michelle Meyer, founder of the NIL Network, rejoined the pod to discuss all the latest happenings in the world of NIL. As former collegiate athletes themselves, Adam, Tate and Michelle break down a wild last few weeks in the NIL industry and give their takes on whether they feel athletes SHOULD be employees or not. The former NIL Coordinator at San Diego State University, Michelle is now the Direc...

Steven, Adam & Tate return from the depths of March Madness to recap their favorite memories from another insane basketball season at Campus Ink's NIL Store. As a March Madness newbie, Tate shared his biggest takeaways, before he and Adam recapped their trip to the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four. The crew then runs through rapid fire topics surrounding all the latest news in the world of NIL...

CEO Steven Farag recaps his recent Forbes interview with Jabari Young, including how it came to fruition and what the experience was like at the Nasdaq building. The crew then chops it up about all of this year's Merch Madness plans, and how the NIL Store plans to capitalize on college basketball players' biggest moments.

The Dartmouth Men's Basketball program officially voted to unionize, sending shockwaves throughout the landscape of college athletics. Podcast veteran and expert NIL commentator Mit Winter, attorney for Kennyhertz Perry, joined the podcast to break down the news and bring some clarity to what this means for the future of college athletics!

Steven, Adam & Sean are joined by Athletes.org COO, Dev Sethi, to discuss all of the latest rumblings in the world of college athletics and how Athletes.org is positioning itself as the players association for college athletes. Dev has an incredible background, having worked for Google, YouTube, and Meta, prior to his time with Athletes.org. Throughout his career, he has been focused on reachi...

The crew unpacks CEO Steven Farag's latest crazy idea - opening a physical pop-up NIL Store on the campus of Purdue University in less than 5 days! Steven explains how the NIL Store partnered with Gameday Spirit to make it happen, and dives into the incredible grand opening which included a line of Boilermaker fans all the way down the block.

The NIL Store's Adam Cook and Tate Gillespie break down the latest NLRB ruling which announced the Dartmouth Men's Basketball team unionize. It's a ruling that could turn college athletics and the employment status of athletes upside down. Adam & Tate dive into exactly what the ruling means, and what happens next.

Steven, Adam and Sean are back from Las Vegas, where they attended the annual Licensing Sports & Tailgate Show with a few other members from the NIL Store team. The crew recapped how much changed since the crew's last trip to Vegas, and the official reveal of the NIL Store Blanks Program with a live demo that wowed retailers.

Steven, Adam & Sean welcomed the New Year by recapping the wild year that was 2023, and making bold predictions for 2024 in the world of NIL. The crew also breaks down its new partnership with OnIt NIL Trading Cards, which are now available in select NIL Stores, in addition to hot market preparations for Washington playing in the CFP National Championship.

Adam & Sean close out the 2023 year by welcoming Tate Gillespie to attempt to unpack ALL of the latest news in the world of NIL. Included in the episode is a breakdown of Charlie Baker's proposed model to pay athletes, the latest on (multi-year) waiver mayhem, and a discussion on where the heck olympic sports factor into all of these many changes. Tate and Adam's perspective is of particular i...

If you were a college basketball player over the last decade, you know Joe Tipton. If you're not, you probably haven't. That's because Joe has built an "Edit" empire. He's the mastermind behind the graphics that raise entire fanbases in triumph, or make them wallow in despair. And they are the most important announcement of that athlete's life up to that point. His graphics are used nationwide by...

Sam Green has established herself as the go-to content creator in the collegiate NIL space, educating athletes on ways to grow their personal brands and gain traction as content creators. She joined the pod with Steven, Adam & Sean to chat about how she found her biggest footing in NIL, her biggest regret (don't hit the delete button!) and trends she's seeing in the athlete creator space. Lear...

Steven, Adam & Sean recap all the latest happenings in the world of NIL, leading with the NIL Store paying athletes more than $100,000 for the month of November for their merch sales. The crew dives into the marketing efforts from Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend, and how the NIL Store team was able to capitalize on buying habits throughout the months to earn athletes as much money as possibl...

Happy Thanksgiving from the NIL Show!

One year later, top legal NIL commentator Mit Winter is back on the pod to make Steven, Adam & Sean significantly smarter ... and hopefully all our listeners, too! Mit breaks down some of the biggest legal happenings around the world of NIL and gives updates on the status of pending student-athlete employment. A former collegiate basketball player, Mit is an attorney at Kennyhertz Perry and ha...

Steven, Adam & Sean dive into the return of college basketball, specifically as it relates to women's basketball continuing to build on the momentum it is carrying from last year's exceptional season. Sean gives insight on how college athletes (and their schools) should best handle social media after a big loss. And the crew also unwraps many of the latest headlines in the NIL space, including...

Ohio State NIL Director, Logan Hittle, joins the podcast to share his incredible career story, which started as a custodial worker in the football facility. It's a story of relationship-building, perseverance and confidence that Logan now shares with current Ohio State student-athletes in his role as the NIL Director for one of college athletics' biggest brands. Listen to how Hittle became a walk-...

Another week, another amazing hire to share with our listeners. This week features Tate Gillespie, who joined our NIL Store family as Director of University Partnerships & NIL Strategy. Gillespie spent the previous year at Kansas University, where was the Director of NIL Strategy and built the foundation for Kansas' entire NIL program. One of the most well-connected and respected individuals i...

Eric Hurbes recently joined our Campus Ink team as the Director of Licensing & Corporate Partnerships and if you've been in the world of collegiate licensing, you've likely heard Eric's name. Eric came to us after previously spending eight years at CLC, one of the nation's preeminent trademark licensing companies. He's a true pro when it comes to knowing the in's-and-out's of the licensing wor...

Steven, Adam & Sean break down the list of billionaire athletes worldwide, and the common elements that led to their transcendent success off the playing surface. The most common element? They were at the top of their game for a sustained period of time. And new deals that came along never changed that. But what else did they do to be successful? Tune in!

 Bill Carter has emerged as one of the top voices in the NIL community, routinely surveying more than 1000 student-athletes across the country to gain real insights into the world of Name, Image and Likeness. Sean & Adam dive into some of Carter greatest findings through his polls, including debunking some of the greatest misconceptions. One of those misconceptions? That very student-athletes...

Collin Stoecker joins Steven & Adam to chat about all the great things that are happening at Western Kentucky in the NIL space, including where they come up with their fun ideas and how they are empowering their athletes on a daily basis. WKU has cooked up a ton of ideas since opening their WKU NIL Store, including a TopsGun marketing campaign featuring their star quarterback and wide receiver...

As the 2023-24 sports calendar heats up, the NIL Show Podcast is officially back for Season 2. And what better place to start than by discussing Deion Sanders aka "Coach Prime" and the immediate impact he has had on the University of Colorado and its football program. Campus Ink CEO Steven Farag, VP of Sports Adam Cook and Director of Marketing Sean Ellenby do a deep-dive into how Coach Prime has...