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By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
Each player on UNLV’s men’s basketball team will be receiving a $500 monthly car allowance under a new one-year name/image/likeness deal brokered by a Las Vegas management team that is financed by former tennis star Andrea Agassi.
The management organization is Blueprint Sports, founded in 2020. The Andre Agassi Foundation for Education is a key investor.
The monthly car allowance arrangement for the UNLV basketball players is Blueprint Sports’ first campaign. It will fund car allowances for 13 UNLV basketball players.
“Our priority is the athletes as so many on the BPS team have either been in their shoes or have been engrained in the athletic world for quite some time,” said Cami Levin, Blueprint Sports vice president of recruitment and strategy and a former student-athlete herself at Stanford University. “We are here to support their endeavors as athletes of all sports expand their brand and seek out revenue earning opportunities.”
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Blueprint Sports (BPS) coordinated the NIL deal with Findlay Toyota, Logic Commercial Real Estate and other Southern Nevada supporters. They will provide every member of the UNLV men’s basketball team with a $500 per month car allowance for one year.
BPS is facilitating the program that will allow each member of the team to use the car allowance to finance a vehicle through Findlay Toyota or for other monthly expenses that scholarships and financial aid to do not cover.
“I’m a big believer in empowering our next wave of athletes and I see the incredible potential in what Blueprint Sports is delivering here,” Agassi said. “It’s incredible to see and support this Las Vegas-bred technology. And, I know that Las Vegas is only the beginning.”
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