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Texas All-American Safety Michael Taaffe chats all things NIL and startups

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Michael Taaffe

Episode Description

University of Texas All-American Safety, Michael Taaffe, sits down to chat about his football journey at Texas, the locker room dynamic with NIL, the current state of NIL, the relationship between athletes and startups, and more!

Episode Breakdown

00:00- Intro

00:32- Lambo

01:39- Friday Night Lights  

02:32- Bleed UT

06:47- Playing early on

08:10- Milk Check

09:12- Walk-On vs NIL

15:15- Locker room dynamic with NIL

20:59- Current State of NIL

26:00- Transfer Portal

28:26- Quin Ewers

30:45- Culture over money

33:15- Commitment graphics

34:00- Personal NIL deals

37:49- Vayner

39:22- Equity Deals

45:38- Audience question 1

48:08- Audience question 249:03- Outro

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