Why NILProtect Exists
Before NIL, college athletes were barred from earning a single dollar from their name, image, or likeness while the NCAA, schools, and brands made billions off their talent. When NIL finally became legal in 2021, it should have been a win for athletes.
Instead, most athletes found themselves sitting across the table from brand attorneys and agents — people who understood contracts — while the athletes themselves didn't know what they were signing. The exploitation didn't stop. It just got legal paperwork attached to it.
NILProtect was built to change that. We built contract scanning, deal scoring, tax calculation, readiness assessment, and expert guidance — everything an athlete needs to protect themselves — and put it in one platform for less than the cost of a streaming subscription.
What We Actually Believe
Athletes Deserve Equal Access
A five-star recruit and a walk-on both deserve to understand what they're signing. Guidance shouldn't be reserved for those who can afford a sports attorney.
Transparency Over Complexity
Contracts are written to confuse. We translate every clause into plain English so athletes can make informed decisions — not just trusting decisions.
Protection First, Always
We flag problems athletes didn't know to look for. Our tools are built around what can go wrong — not just what looks good in the deal summary.
Fair Price, Real Value
At $9.99/month, a single issue we catch pays for years of the subscription. Guidance at this level shouldn't require an attorney's billable hour.
What's Inside NILProtect
Built by Lanista Sports
NILProtect.io is a product of Lanista Sports LLC. The name "Lanista" comes from Latin — the trainer who prepared gladiators to fight, survive, and win. That's what we do for athletes in the NIL era: give them the tools, knowledge, and preparation to compete on a level playing field in a system that wasn't built in their favor.
We built this platform because we saw what was happening — athletes signing deals without understanding them, getting hit with unexpected tax bills, losing future opportunities to poorly structured exclusivity clauses. The problem wasn't that athletes weren't smart enough. The problem was that the guidance they needed had been kept behind a $500/hour paywall.
NILProtect tears that wall down.
Start Protecting Your NIL Today
Free to start. No credit card required. Scan your first contract, check your readiness score, or ask your first expert question — on us.
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