Big announcement this week: Kristi has a new co-host, Jeff Schemmel! Jeff is the President and CEO of College Sports Solutions, a consultancy focused on helping athletic departments maximize their efficiency, leverage their resources and increase revenue.

Kristi and Jeff are joined this week by Cole Gahagan, CEO of Learfield—a leading media and technology services company in intercollegiate athletics. 

They discuss: 

• Recent changes at Learfield and how they help Learfield be better positioned for the future 
• The current state of the college sports multimedia rights landscape 
• The Learfield Allied NIL program 
• Conference realignment 
• With Colorado as a Learfield partner, what “The Prime Effect” has been like this season 

Visit Learfield.com to learn more about the many services they offer within intercollegiate athletics. 

You can follow Kristi on Twitter and Instagram to discuss further, ask additional questions or suggest future episodes.

You can find more of her analysis on the business of college sports at BusinessofCollegeSports.com and Forbes.

Need data and real-world experts to help you make decisions in your athletic department? Check out College Sports Solutions and connect with Jeff on LinkedIn.

Thomas Thomas Jr. is the co-founder and CEO of Basepath, whose software is used by student athletes, collectives, and universities to automate name, image, and likeness operations. 

Thomas joins the show to discuss: 

• How Basepath started, the work they currently do, and how they work with collectives 
• The first steps they take when onboarding a collective and its athletes 
• The ways they help partner with universities to bring clarity to the financial complexities of student athletes 
• How Basepath’s services differ between for-profit collectives and nonprofit collectives 
• The NIL Collectives Consortium - what it is, who it’s for, and how it has benefited collectives 
• . . . and much more! 

For more information about Basepath, visit basepath.co.

You can follow Kristi on Twitter and Instagram to discuss further, ask additional questions or suggest future episodes.

You can find more of her analysis on the business of college sports at BusinessofCollegeSports.com and Forbes.

Need data and real-world experts to help you make decisions in your athletic department? Check out College Sports Solutions and connect with Jeff on LinkedIn.

In this episode, I’m joined by Ksenia Maiorova and Amy Maldonado. Ksenia and Amy are very accomplished immigration attorneys who work with international athletes seeking to take advantage of NIL. They've been able to secure O-1 visas for several athletes and are sharing with us both their successes and the challenges.

Topics we covered include:

• The limitations on a student visa and how it complicates an international student’s NIL possibilities
• The types of visas that are available to international student athletes beyond student visas, including O-1 Visas
• When a student athlete might consider pursuing an O-1 visa
• Why some sports are easier than others for getting other types of visas
• Potential passive income opportunities for international student athletes
• Completing NIL activities out of the country
• The potential consequences of failing to adhere to visa requirements/guidelines

Ksenia Maiorova can be reached on Instagram at @sportsvisalawyer.

Amy Maldonado can be reached on her website at amaldonadolaw.com. 

You can follow Kristi on Twitter and Instagram to discuss further, ask additional questions or suggest future episodes.

You can find more of her analysis on the business of college sports at BusinessofCollegeSports.com and Forbes.

Need data and real-world experts to help you make decisions in your athletic department? Check out College Sports Solutions and connect with Jeff on LinkedIn.