More and more NIL deals are being agreed to as time goes by, but the latest one involving Ole Miss Rebels quarterback Jaxson Dart is certainly a notable one.
According to Front Office Sports, Dart has signed an NIL (name/image/likeness) deal with Nicholas Air, a private jet company.
Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart has signed the first private jet NIL deal.
His agreement with Nicholas Air will provide flight hours on a fleet of private jets for travel, training, and philanthropy. pic.twitter.com/NrsDqPppwD
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) February 27, 2024
"Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart has signed the first private jet NIL deal," Front Office Sports reported. "His agreement with Nicholas Air will provide flight hours on a fleet of private jets for travel, training, and philanthropy."
Dart's college career began in 2021 with the USC Trojans. There, he played just six games, completing 117 of 189 passes for nine touchdowns and five interceptions. After that season, he transferred to Ole Miss, where he's played for the past two seasons. In his sophomore season with the team, Dart played 13 games, completing 226 of 362 passes for 2,974 yards, 20 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
This past season, though, Dart showed even more promise. He completed 233 of 358 passes for 3,364 yards (65.1%), 23 touchdowns and a mere five interceptions.
Adding to his passing ability, Dart has shown he's a legitimate dual threat. This past season, he rushed 119 times for 389 yards and eight touchdowns. He had 614 rushing yards as a sophomore but found the end zone just once.
Fans on X reacted to news of the deal with various opinions.
Now THAT'S an NIL deal. https://t.co/QNwlG4Frbl
— Immaculate (@ImmaculateView) February 27, 2024
"Now THAT'S an NIL deal," one user wrote.
From one-third to 50% of US college students go hungry every day. Many work 3 jobs just to pay for tuition. Student loan debt is around $1.8 trillion. Over half of students are in debt at an average of around $30K... What are we doing? https://t.co/Ph6J5x3py4
— NIL vs NLI (@NILvsNLI) February 27, 2024
"From one-third to 50% of US college students go hungry every day," someone else said. "Many work 3 jobs just to pay for tuition. Student loan debt is around $1.8 trillion. Over half of students are in debt at an average of around $30K... What are we doing?"
so is this environmentally irresponsible too or does that only apply to taylor swift? https://t.co/uDMoYGXOm2
— kenz (@mackenzi_dugan) February 27, 2024
"so is this environmentally irresponsible too or does that only apply to taylor swift?" someone else said.
Congrats to him there is a branch in Oxford down the road from my job so it was definitely a sure NIL deal. https://t.co/ht7PvGrYLV
— I mixed up burner accounts (@Zakk2737) February 27, 2024
"Congrats to him there is a branch in Oxford down the road from my job so it was definitely a sure NIL deal," another user said.
There are certainly perks to travel privately as a potential professional athlete. We'll see where this NIL deal takes Dart.
