Submission
PayerAssociated party
Beneficiary[ redacted ]
Amount[ amount ]
Business purposeStated
Fair market valueUnder review
StatusNot cleared
For boosters

You wanted to help. Now you are the suspect.

Every unit of money you move is reviewed against a database you are not permitted to see. And when it comes back rejected, you are not the one who pays for it.

See what you are up against
The gate

Two continents. The same three questions. The same locked drawer.

College
Any deal over six hundred dollars goes to a clearinghouse in five business days
Are you an associated entity?
Is there a valid business purpose?
Is the money in the right range?
Fifty thousand to the school and you are associated forever
The club
Any transaction with anyone holding a significant interest must be at fair market value
Are you an associated party?
Is it arm's length?
Is the money in the right range?
Submit to a board. Ten working days. They can force it down.

And in both of them you are judged against a database of comparable deals you are not allowed to look at. One is a twelve-point analysis kept secret on purpose. The other is called the Databank, and a tribunal in London ruled that not letting you see it was procedurally unfair and unlawful.

70%
Not cleared
Money from people connected to the club
90%
Cleared
Money from real companies

Same money. Opposite outcome. One of those deals was a business buying something it actually wanted. The other was a payment with a photo shoot stapled to the front of it.

Reported preliminary testing figures. Not a KaNeXT finding.

When a deal is rejected in college sport, the athlete loses his eligibility. You lose a deal. He loses his career. On the other side of the ocean, the club eats it. You have been the only person in this arrangement who cannot lose, which is exactly why nobody has ever built you a tool.

What you get

Give, fund, and get closer. In one place.

When somebody asks you to prove where a dollar went, you are not going looking. You already have it.

The file on the deal

Know what it is worth before you write it.

Sample fit, ranked by fit and not fame
AthleteSideTheir audienceFit
Low-profile forwardReserve sideLocal families, the supporters club94%
Veteran full-backFirst teamWorking men, the metro90%
Academy captainUnder-21sYouth setup, coaches, parents84%
New wingerFirst teamStudents and young followers57%
The marquee nameFirst teamNational, casual, out of market46%
The low-profile forward outranks the marquee name, because his audience is your customers. Illustrative composite.
Why the real ones clear

A real company gets approved because it is buying something real.

When a business signs an athlete, it is buying an audience it actually wants to reach, at a price that makes sense, for work the athlete actually does. There is nothing to explain, because nothing is being disguised. That is why nine in ten of them go through.

Both systems use the same test and it has a name. Arm's length. Treating family like strangers when it comes to money.

You own a business. You have customers. There are athletes at that club whose audience is your customers, and you have never had any way of knowing which ones.

You do not need a better lawyer. You need a deal that is actually a deal.

Submission
PayerReal business, valid purpose
BeneficiaryAudience matches the market
AmountInside a defensible range
Business purposeReal, and documented
Fair market valueEvidence attached
StatusDefensible

Back the club without putting somebody else's career on the table.

Know what he is worth before you offer. Know what he is worth to you, which is a different number. Build a deal that is actually real. Show your work. And back the player who actually wins.

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