A trio of Green Bay alums will be leading the effort to help current Phoenix athletes take advantage of new name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals now available to them.
The Fly With The Phoenix Collective Group will allow Green Bay supporters, alumni, and fans donate to a fund designated to support NIL deals for current student-athletes.
Former UW-Green Bay alumni Jeff Nordgaard, Jen Wellnitz and Erich Quidzinski are joining several area business people as advisors in the collective, which is being led by Executive Director Jess Miller.
In last week's release, Miller said, “as the landscape of college athletics continues to evolve, we are extremely excited to announce this collective that will not only benefit the student-athletes but the community as a whole. We are a third-party organization that has no affiliation with UW-Green Bay.”
Nordgaard added that “as Wisconsin’s only Division One University north of Madison, the student-athletes at UW-Green Bay are uniquely positioned to impact this region of the state in numerous ways. We feel the collective is the conduit that can make that happen more quickly and is something we’ll be focusing on.”
The collective is still looking to form partnerships with area businesses and non-profit groups as well as individual donors.
