How private equity and the NIL are changing the game for sports with UCLA QB and NIL National Male Athlete of the Year, Chase Griffin

Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets · Nov 9, 2023 · 43m

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.

Today’s show dives into the collision of culture, sports, and finance. We talk with Chase Griffin, a student-athlete and QB at UCLA, who has become a pioneer in the college athletics Name Image Likeness (NIL) movement and is the 2x winner of the NIL Male Athlete of the Year awards from the NIL Summit and Opendorse.

Chase has excelled on and off the field, so he’s no stranger to success. In high school, he was the Texas Gatorade Player of the Year, and he turned down Ivy League offers to commit to UCLA. At UCLA, he’s played behind NFL draft pick…