Debbie Spander
@DebSpander
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Founder/CEO @InsightSportsLA . Rep sports media, coaches & front office, Teach The NIL Experience @USCAnnenberg , board member.
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Thanks Eric!
Nothing better than seeing good people having success doing what they are passionate about.
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As Jerry Tarkanian famously said “Nine out of 10 schools cheat. The other one’s in last place.”
I’m hoping that this FBI investigation will be the tipping point that finally forces the NCAA to compensate players. Either they’ll have a bunch of ineligible athletes and fired coaches, or they’ll finally do what’s right.
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Huge congrats to
@USC_Athletics
coach
@JHart_1825
named Top men’s basketball asst in Pac-12! well deserved
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<thinks back to the NBA in the 1980s>
Rampant drug issues
NBA finals on tape delay
4,000 fans at NBA games
Then...
NBA owners partner with players (salaries set to revenue, Free Agency)
Marketing of Bird, Magic, MJ etc
Invest in women’s sports and make 💰
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Glad one country can get it right.
New Zealand bans semiautomatic rifles less than 24 hours after the Christchurch mass shooting. Imagine: elected officials putting public safety over gun manufacturers’ profits.
Americans deserve better than lawmakers who are letting gun lobbyists write our nation’s gun laws.
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The NCAA creates the legal fiction that NIL isn’t pay for play, so we end up with player contracts disguised as marketing deals—and then some NIL agents charge the “standard” 15-20% for marketing deals, rather than 3-4%. And once again college athletes get screwed.
This is very true.
No athlete should be working with an “NIL agent” that takes 20% of a collective deal.
In many cases, the “agents” add zero value.
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Some thoughts on NIL and making good decisions. 🧵
1. True NIL for college athletes is too new to understand actual market value. It’s changing quickly…so it’s whatever someone’s willing to pay.
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Congrats to my dad
@artspander
on his 68th
@rosebowlgame
and 5th Anniversary of his induction into
#Rosebowl
Hall of Fame
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thanks so much! honored to be included with this impressive group
Congrats to Wasserman SVP of Broadcasting & Coaching Debbie Spander on being named top 100 most influential people in men’s college basketball in 2020 -
@DebSpander
📸 Caleb Diaz
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Dolly with a masterclass in publishing rights and understanding your market value. 🎶💰🗣️
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Today, my dad
@artspander
will attend his 69th consecutive
@rosebowlgame
in Pasadena‼️ Check out this awesome interview on the game he did with Los Angeles sports legend, Jim Hill 🌹
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CBS Sports honoring
@Ed_OBannon
for leading
@UCLAMBB
to the 1995 National Championship and changing college sports forever with his landmark lawsuit over
#NIL
.
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Love your your school and your profession like my dad
@artspander
loves
@UCLA
and writing about sports. Love u dad!
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thanks so much
@SilverWaveMedia
and
@RyanSilver1
Honored to be included!
Congrats to Wasserman SVP of Broadcasting & Coaching Debbie Spander on being named top 100 most influential people in men’s college basketball in 2020 -
@DebSpander
📸 Caleb Diaz
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Congrats
@KiraDixon
on reporting live from the first of what will be many
@PGATOUR
events!
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FSU football soft and so are the cheerleaders! Duck cheerleaders walked entire
#RoseBowl
Parade route while Seminoles rode the float
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This is awesome! Dad is there in spirit and will be in Pasadena Jan 1 2022!
@artspander
Welcome back for
#RoseBowl
#68
for you,
@artspander
! You may be home in California, but you’re certainly here in spirit
Can’t have a proper press box without you. 🌹
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Tremendous first of 4
#NIL
summer classes with
@uscfootball
Great group of college athletes!
@USCAnnenberg
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Legendary CBS Sports anchor Jim Hill interviews
@artspander
who will be covering his 69th straight
@rosebowlgame
🌹 on January 2, 2023‼️
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Happy Father’s Day to the great
@artspander
‼️ Also, happy 61st wedding anniversary. They make a pretty awesome team. ❤️
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7. Final point…keep NIL in perspective. Get paid what you’re worth but the real prize is a great college experience…in your sport and in school. <END>
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People would pay to hear a voice like that. Of course thanks to NCAA he's prohibited
#amateurism
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@RobertGarcia
and refuses to acknowledge climate change 2 weeks after Lahaina literally burned up
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Thank u
@SeligSLB
for having me speak on your agent panel. Great being back in Phx with your terrific staff.
@QuanHernandez
@saj5771
@hannahhartman_
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Ouch! MT
@FitzFox5DC
17 yrs after he was hired as head coach, Pete Carroll delivers a
#SuperBowl
to
#Patriots
#SB49
http://t.co/tH9ZtorHv1"
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We spent last night juggling
@SuperBowl
events and breaking NBA trade news in AZ
@AnnieAgar
@Tomapapa
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College sports will thrive even more once athletic depts partner with its most valuable resource— athletes. 🤔
The NCAA is living in its own nightmare.
3 months into NIL - and after 6 Congressional hearings - there's still no federal NIL law. The NLRB has just cleared another path for athletes to kill amateurism.
The NCAA is losing control fast.
New
@FOS
College:
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11 yr of daughter “they can’t call it thr Rose Bowl if it’s not played at the Rose Bowl. they should call it a Petal”
@artspander
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Terrific photo from '75
@warriors
Media Guide.
@artspander
has covered both Champ runs, still putting out gr8 work!
http://t.co/Sc9Cuwtsl9
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Great 36 hours in Denver! More to come
@AnnieAgar
and
@salaams_from_68
Wonderful nights in Denver finally getting to meet my agent
@DebSpander
and catching up with
@salaams_from_68
♥️ So excited to share with you guys what I’m working on, stay tuned
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it IS a big deal!
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I see Dale Murphy, the snowflake who had me, then a 21-year old reporter, removed from the Braves clubhouse at Candlestick because he thought women didn’t belong there, hasn’t evolved much.👌
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Rihanna was also pregnant while performing, which means her baby has been in more SB's than DakPrescott. Ouch!
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The NCAA lowering its enforcement standards to allow circumstantial evidence will likely disproportionately harm college athletes, mostly in revenue sports, who have so much to lose and typically don’t have the $$ to adequately defend themselves.
@NCAA
@MattBanker27
More from
@NCAA
VP of Enforcement Jon Duncan and his conversation with
@MattBanker27
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Because of NIL,
@CALEBcsw
is allowed
to be the honorary starter for “The Clash at the Coliseum.”
@nascarclash
@FoxSports
NFL promotes a great event and uses a hometown hero. How cool is that?!
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great to have u learning the biz and
@ASUSportsLawBiz
helping find the next gen of sports biz leaders!
Met
@DebSpander
through the
@ASUSportsLawBiz
board retreat last year & have had the chance to intern with her the past couple of semesters.
#Thankful
for the program for introducing me to such an inspirational woman in sports & for Debbie for teaching me about her industry!
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Cool thing about my Dad
@artspander
: He is the only Journo
To cover both Warriors NBA finals in 1975 and 2005.
#lifer
#prouddaughter
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thanks Aarón. love bring an advisor for
@ASUSportsLawBiz
!
Best sports agent in the game.
@DebSpander
is also one of the biggest supporters of
@ASUSportsLawBiz
students (and me). So grateful for her! What a special friend.
#ForksUp
☀️😈🔱🌵
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Great piece by
@SarahSpain
on Turner Sports'
@KGArea21
and what
@Candace_Parker
and other female hoopers bring to the NBA Conversation
@Wasserman
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Welcome aboard Scal! thrilled to have you join us
Welcome NBA veteran
@Scalabrine
to
@InsightSportsLA
🏀 Scal is an NBA insider and Celtics analyst for
@NBCSBoston
and is the co-host of “The Starting Lineup” on
@SiriusXMNBA
and
@Audacy
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Congrats to client
@ArashMarkazi
on becoming a senior writer at ESPN and returning to USC next semester as an adjunct professor.
#TeamWass
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Great point by Mark Hillinksi, father of late WSU QB Tyler Hilinski who committed suicide: We find the time and money for (college) teams to have 12 diff. Uniform combos but we need to find the time and money for student athlete mental health
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Working in sports is all I’ve wanted to do since HS. Thankful to work w so many amazing women and also for the women who encouraged me along the way. Thank u
@AmyTrask
@Andrea_Kremer
@ShelleyESPN
We would like to honor all our female clients on this years National Women & Girl in Sports Day! We are so fortunate to work with some incredible women trailblazers. Also a shout out to our President who leads the internal Insight team with her knowledge and expertise
@DebSpander
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Wouldn't have predicted
@LAClippers
would have a commanding 3-1 lead while
@warriors
would be fighting to stay alive
#NBAPlayoffs2015
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Catch 22 of NIL: athletes rely on promises from collectives but NCAA rules prohibit “signing”inducements.
Pro tip: If a collective makes a promise, get it in writing & make sure its compliant w NCAA rules/state laws.
Helps to have a competent lawyer/agent on your side. 🤔
There are several college football players who were made NIL promises by collectives. Many of those players have received either no money or significantly less than promises made. Always handle your business first. It ain’t no love in the game.
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congrats
@BeckyHammon
! only the first of many
Spurs assistant Becky Hammon filled in for an ejected Gregg Popovich.
She's believed to be the first woman to act as head coach during an NBA regular-season game.
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Thanks
@SFGiants
for creating next gen of fans @ spring training. Players tossing balls 2 kids kids run bases post game
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Cool thing about my dad
@artspander
: He's only journo to cover
@warriors
in 1975 & 2015
#NBAFinals
#Lifer
#prouddaughter
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Yes! Thanks for being a groundbreaker and encouraging us to aspire to a career in sports Amy
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Riley Curry now has competition for cutest sports kid...Brandon, son of client
@justingimelstob
http://t.co/ZUS1kUk7G6
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❤️🙏🥂
The inaugural “SpanderCon” is officially in the books.
Thank you
@DebSpander
for a wonderful night.
@AnnieAgar
we have some content to create ASAP 😉
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Quick trip to Boston for a commercial shoot with
@Scalabrine
and a few other Boston sports legends
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Great time hanging with
@mamadoundiaye14
at the fabulous Pump Foundation gala
@Dana_Pump
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Great piece on client
@AnnieAgar
by
@BSMStaff
--not easy to build a career around sports comedy. keep killing it!
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see--
@AmyTrask
--you were right again! just needed to get 2 sides into a room together to talk reasonably
The
#Raiders
and the Coliseum Authority have reached an agreement for the team to remain in Oakland for the 2019 season at least and the sides are ironing out final nuances and details of the deal, sources say. It could be wrapped up and presented to the board as early as Friday.
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Back to reality: a database for asymmetric NIL deals, esp with private companies not wanting deal terms & language disclosed, won’t lead to athletes signing better deals so it’s a waste imo.
I’d support a database for schools paying athletes directly. Maybe one day!🤞
I’ve got a feeling the NCAA’s narrative on NIL is soon to switch from
“we need to enforce the rules”
to
“we need to empower the athletes”
Here’s why.
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Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge on sports sponsorship and NIL today
@JonesOnTheNBA
!
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pretty great
“You can’t do both, just focus on football” they said.
@MalcolmJenkins
helped deliver equality AND a Super Bowl trophy.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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Woj deserves an apology
Thinking about when they suspended Woj for telling Josh Hawley “fuck you” lol
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Econ 101: Inducements work.
NCAA: Inducements to college athletes are bad and violate Association rules.
NCAA members
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5. Advice to athletes: rely on information that you get firsthand but even then, get everything in writing.
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awesome!
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3. The “pay for play” deals disguised as NIL rely on boosters who talk a big game, but see what happens when you ask to put those promises in writing. (Also, make sure the legal language is specifically not pay for play. 😉)
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Great formula for an NIL campaign ⤵️
Play on unique nickname
@LeakyBlack
✅
Poke fun at rival school ✅
Make it memorable ✅
“No Leaks in This House.” 🤣🤣
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Maui is The Best!
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