Tagged: ncaa

Crowdfunding Platform UBooster Launches to Help Collegian Athletes

This week, a group of Clemson University fans launched a crowdfunding platform dedicated to collegian athletes called UBooster. According to the New York Times, UBooster is on a mission to help athletes achieve their dreams by soliciting payments for high school recruits from fans, and delivering the… Read More

New Crowdfunding Platform FanAngel Launches to Help Keep College Athletes in School

Earlier this month, new crowdfunding platform FanAngel debuted for college athletes to receive funds from their biggest supporters – their fans! According to its description, FanAngel enables fans to directly and publicly influence the outcomes of their favorite players and teams by incentivizing them with money. These… Read More

FanPay Launches Crowdfunding Platform For Collegian Athletes Despite Shut Down Attempts From NCAA

Last fall, Crowdfund Insider reported that the National Collegiate Athletic Association, also known as the NCAA was attempting to shut down a for-profit company known as FanPay, which was planning to launch a crowdfunding platform for pay-for-play college athletes. Despite these cease-and-desist letters from several schools and conferences, the… Read More

NCAA Says No to Pay-for-Play Crowdfunding While Attempting to Shut Down FanPay

Last month, reports surfaced that the National Collegiate Athletic Association, also known as the NCAA, was attempting to shut down a for-profit company known as FanPay, which announced it was planning to crowdfund pay-for-play for college athletes. According to Sport’s News, on Thursday (November 6th), NCAA… Read More

Kickstarter Roundup: 5 Projects Making Waves

Kickstarter is used to fund everything from the unimaginable to the completely absurd, and five projects on our radar today pretty much run that gamut. Here are five projects getting a lot of buzz this week… ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone Planetary Resources is… Read More

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