First Ever Fan-Driven NIL Platform Seeks to Even Playing Field in College Sports

While the NIL deals for top college football and basketball stars dominate the headlines, the majority of student athletes aren’t inking lucrative contracts. Naturally, that correlates with top Power Four schools dominating the resources needed to compete in the landscape while smaller programs struggle to have a seat at the table—particularly in the transfer portal. Rather than accept that bleak outlook, FanStake, a fan-driven NIL platform, is offering fans a chance to change the game. FanStake CEO Greg Glass spoke exclusively with NIL Daily On SI about the first-of-its-kind platform and how it highly resonates with fans of smaller college sports programs who are capitalizing on the chance to fight back. FanStake’s mission is at the heart of many name, image, and likeness debates: how can the landscape be evened? While it can’t achieve true parity, the fan-driven platform allows fans to participate in the recruiting process to make their favorite teams more competitive. Fans can pledge money to a certain at