As I’ve been asking around different sites within the network what their insiders are saying, as well as keeping my ear to the ground on our connections within the program, I did want to mention one interesting tidbit I’ve picked up regarding some potential NIL connections at Oregon.
Harbor recently joined in a deal with Prospex, which seems to work with digital trading cards (NFTs) to allow fans for various schools to buy cards of recruits and put $$ in their pocket. It’s an NIL friendly way for fans to basically put in financial incentive towards recruits as far as I can tell. Here’s a good extended press release on the company.
Harbor tweeted about it in December:
Here’s a brief description from the Prospex Twitter page where they use Harbor’s as an example. It’s a young company but Harbor seems to be one of the early faces of the brand:
Now why does all of this matter? Prospex is a brand that was founded in Oregon, and has folks tied to Oregon and Nike. According to Scott Greene at Rivals’ Maryland site, Terrapin Sports Report, “once players sign with Prospex, these Oregon alums are using the relationships they are creating to push kids to Oregon with massive (sometimes six figure) NIL deals.”
This doesn’t mean that Harbor is necessarily going to just go to the highest bidder, and for what it’s worth, Michigan fans have bought the most cards for Harbor, but it does give a sense to how the infrastructure at Oregon could be advantageous in ways other than simply the University’s relationship with Nike.
As for the visit to Oregon itself, I have feelers out still waiting for those specifics and hope to hear later today or first thing tomorrow on that.
Harbor recently joined in a deal with Prospex, which seems to work with digital trading cards (NFTs) to allow fans for various schools to buy cards of recruits and put $$ in their pocket. It’s an NIL friendly way for fans to basically put in financial incentive towards recruits as far as I can tell. Here’s a good extended press release on the company.
Harbor tweeted about it in December:
Here’s a brief description from the Prospex Twitter page where they use Harbor’s as an example. It’s a young company but Harbor seems to be one of the early faces of the brand:
Now why does all of this matter? Prospex is a brand that was founded in Oregon, and has folks tied to Oregon and Nike. According to Scott Greene at Rivals’ Maryland site, Terrapin Sports Report, “once players sign with Prospex, these Oregon alums are using the relationships they are creating to push kids to Oregon with massive (sometimes six figure) NIL deals.”
This doesn’t mean that Harbor is necessarily going to just go to the highest bidder, and for what it’s worth, Michigan fans have bought the most cards for Harbor, but it does give a sense to how the infrastructure at Oregon could be advantageous in ways other than simply the University’s relationship with Nike.
As for the visit to Oregon itself, I have feelers out still waiting for those specifics and hope to hear later today or first thing tomorrow on that.
