Ohio State’s football players got the opportunity to discuss potential jobs and/or NIL deals with representatives from more than 40 organizations at Tuesday’s Career and NIL Expo.
Ryan Day believes the annual event, which was started under the leadership of former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and has continued to be a staple of OSU’s Real Life Wednesdays program, provides a valuable platform for his players to learn about opportunities available to them outside of football – especially now that they can make money off of their name, image and likeness while still playing collegiately.
“So you have to figure out what's coming next in your career, and you never know when football is going to be over. So this is just a part of it. Networking, meeting people, but also just getting exposure to different companies, what's out there. Because our guys kind of know the Woody, they know the classroom, they know their apartment. But getting exposure to people like this is great.”
“I heard someone say, I never thought about it, but you have to have a plan A before your plan B. And it kind of made me think about, you know, football is your plan B but you have to make sure your plan A is set,” Tuimoloau said. “So when plan B is over, you already had your plan A. So coming to something like this, it kind of helps me know, even if I don't have an idea , I kind of have a picture of what I want to do after.
“Getting in front of a marketing executive or a CEO or founder of a company to tell your story, doing something like that at 17 to 22 years old is really empowering. And I think that's something that people don't think about enough,” said Hittle, who was a walk-on linebacker for the Buckeyes in 2018 and 2019. “A lot of our student-athletes are able to mitigate student loan debt through NIL opportunities.
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