Clemson Tigers News: NIL bill, Baseball jerseys, new sports app
By John Chancey
Scoreboard
Clemson Men’s Basketball 80, North Carolina Tar Heels 7: the Tigers never trailed on their way to a road victory over the No. 3 team in the nation. Read the recap here.
Clemson Men’s Golf wins the Battle at Briar’s Creek: The Tigers win their first tournament of the spring season by two strokes over Chattanooga. The John’s Island, South Carolina event had fourteen teams participating, seven of which were from power conferences.
College coaches explain challenges with NIL to South Carolina state government
Dabo Swinney joined his counterpart from South Carolina, Shane Beamer, along with several other coaches from throughout the state to speak at the South Carolina State House to explain why a proposed NIL bill is important.
Dabo Swinney testifying now to SC State House committee on NIL bill. Calls NIL "vital" and a resource Clemson offers to athletes, just like nutrition, academics. "We've been limited in our NIL resources ... if permitted, we're equipped to provide them with real resources" pic.twitter.com/UuiofyRago
— Chapel Fowler (@chapelfowler) February 6, 2024
This bill will give the school the ability to broker NIL deals on behalf of the athletes.
Phrasing: "An institution of higher learning or any officer, trustee, director, or employee, may directly or through an agreement with a third party, identify, create, solicit, facilitate, and otherwise enable opportunities for a currently enrolled ... athlete to earn (NIL) ... " https://t.co/BPRTggWeab
— Jon Blau (@Jon_Blau) February 6, 2024
This bill would catch South Carolina up with many other states that already allow schools to create deals for their athletes.
New jerseys debut for Clemson Baseball
Clemson Baseball starts its 2024 season soon, and we have learned that the Tigers will have some updated threads.
🚨 NEW UNIFORMS
— Austin Pendergist (@apthirteen) February 6, 2024
Clemson baseball will get a substantial uniform update for the first time in a decade this season.
- New Military Appreciation Day jersey
- A new purple jersey with script Tigers (orange expected as well)
- Tiger paw moved to right sleeve, American flag on left pic.twitter.com/Gv4MRoANY0
There are four new jerseys. It is unknown if any of the previous jerseys will still be used.
New 2024 Clemson baseball jerseys.
— Will (@WillTalksBa11) February 6, 2024
My guess is these will be the new Orange and Purple home jerseys with “Tigers” script across the front and the “Clemson” script will remain as the away uniforms.
Also, kinda digging the new military appreciation jersey. pic.twitter.com/HWmHLDcr4T
Another preseason baseball poll has arrived, and the Tigers are top 10 again.
📈 👀 9️⃣@usatodaysports pic.twitter.com/Rkm9NuWKNL
— Clemson Baseball (@ClemsonBaseball) February 6, 2024
Clemson Gymnastics has been a hot ticket for Tiger fans. The program will be competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina on March 23rd. Tickets are available now.
Championship season is right around the corner, and we need YOUR help to turn Greensboro ORANGE 🧡
— Clemson Gymnastics (@ClemsonGym) February 6, 2024
Clemson fan sections are 106, 107, 108!
Get your tickets now!
🎟️ https://t.co/ypWtTcsx0F#TeamOne pic.twitter.com/IeiS6ut52w
The Tigers are 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the ACC in their inaugural season.
Multiple sources are posting that ESPN, Fox, and Warner Brothers are working to create an app that will allow consumers to view sports from their properties. TNT is under the Warner Brothers umbrella.
BREAKING: ESPN, Fox, and Warner Brothers are combining their sports rights to launch a new sports streaming service, per @WSJ.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) February 6, 2024
The service will be available to all ESPN+, Hulu, and Max subscribers, and each company will own one-third of the product. pic.twitter.com/Rop5ApX13r
This would be fantastic for fans of college sports and the NBA specifically.
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