When it comes to NCAA basketball players,
sports fans know that sharpshooters Antoine DAVIS and Armaan
Franklin are players that commentators say can “light it up”.
That is basketball language that translates to being able to score
a lot of points, and being able to excite the crowd with excellent
shooting performances.
But now, with their new name, image, and likeness agreements both
of these young players can truly “light up” the basketball scene.
Both Antoine DAVIS and Armaan Franklin have their own customized
glow basketballs, basketballs that light up and glow on the camera
lighting. The glow basketballs have been a huge success in China
once they were brought to the market by former NBA superstar Stephon
Marbury.
The NCAA passed a rule in July 2021 that allows amateur athletes to
benefit from their name image and likeness, and Davis and Franklin
are the first to American Athletes to have their own GlowBall
products
Antoine DAVIS is a 6 foot one point guard that plays basketball at
the University of Detroit Mercy.An excellent three point shooter,
Davis broke all of NBA superstar Stephen Curry’s three point
shooting records for freshman in the NCAA. Davis needs 81
three-pointers this season to become the NCAA’s all-time leading
three point shooter in history, and needs a little over 3000 total
points to become the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, breaking the
record of pistol Pete Maravich.
Davis was the first NCAA athlete to get his own custom glow
basketball through the name image and likeness agreements.His
basketball features his trademarked logo of him shooting a jump
shot.The black leather blend texture ball has his glowing logo
throughout, creating a colorful exciting pattern when used. His
GlowBall is available at chinahoops.net
Armaan Franklin Is a 6 foot 4 inch shooting guard at the University
of Virginia. Franklin transferred to the Virginia Cavaliers after
playing as a starter for the Indiana Hoosiers. Franklin is one of
the most exciting players in the conference, and one of the leading
scorers for the Virginia basketball team. He is always a three point
threat, and his intensity makes him a fierce defender to all of his
opponents.
Franklin’s basketball is a two toned ball, with a white and gray is
rainbow texture. GlowBall has a silhouette logo of himself crossing
a basketball over, with his hair flopping up from the momentum of
the wind. His name “A FRANKLIN” Is across the paneling of the ball
above the logo. The ball is available at armaanfranklinhoops.com
With the players being on teams in different cities, the basketball
will be marketed to the fan bases of each respective team. With the
NCAA basketball season starting soon, sales are expected to peak
between the month of October and April. The name, image, and
likeness Agreements made for these NCAA players has been arranged by
TGBTG Sports, a sports management group with offices in Houston
Texas and Shanghai China. TGBTG Arrange the manufacturing terms with
the factories in China to produce the products, and got the
agreements for the players to get paid to get approved through each
schools NCAA compliance office. According to the NCAA rules, all of
the agreements where amateur players receive compensation have to be
reviewed and approved by a compliance officer at each school
“I am glad to work with Antoine DAVIS and ArmaanFranklin with this
glow basketball project,” said Cyril White, director of TGBTG Sports
management group. “I have known these young men before they were
NCAA players, and it is a privilege to work with them in this
professional way. I hope people will go and support them and buy
their basketball so they can earn as much as possible from this
opportunity.”
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