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- kmandude92
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College Athlete Funko Pops???
There are plenty of athletes who are already enshrined with Funko Pop status, but how cool would it be to have athletes representing their colleges in Pop form??? As a huge USC fan, I'd love to have Funko Pops of my favorite players repping their schools (Troy Polamalu, DeMar Derozan, Reggie Bush, etc.). Even current players might be able to do it as part of an NIL deal with Funko.
Any chance Funko could license with the schools and the players to get this done? I love that we have mascots, so let's keep it going and get the players, too!
Any chance Funko could license with the schools and the players to get this done? I love that we have mascots, so let's keep it going and get the players, too!
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Man a Reggie bush with the reinstated Heisman would be sick
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Re: College Athlete Funko Pops???
kmandude92 wrote:There are plenty of athletes who are already enshrined with Funko Pop status, but how cool would it be to have athletes representing their colleges in Pop form??? As a huge USC fan, I'd love to have Funko Pops of my favorite players repping their schools (Troy Polamalu, DeMar Derozan, Reggie Bush, etc.). Even current players might be able to do it as part of an NIL deal with Funko.
Any chance Funko could license with the schools and the players to get this done? I love that we have mascots, so let's keep it going and get the players, too!
Individual players will be tougher to get agreements to as you need sign-offs per player - and would be a hard sell as it will become very niche.
For the big leagues like the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL as licenses and agreements are done through the player’s association.
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Re: College Athlete Funko Pops???
kmandude92 wrote:There are plenty of athletes who are already enshrined with Funko Pop status, but how cool would it be to have athletes representing their colleges in Pop form??? As a huge USC fan, I'd love to have Funko Pops of my favorite players repping their schools (Troy Polamalu, DeMar Derozan, Reggie Bush, etc.). Even current players might be able to do it as part of an NIL deal with Funko.
Any chance Funko could license with the schools and the players to get this done? I love that we have mascots, so let's keep it going and get the players, too!
Would love to see Heisman line, it be fun to see the college athletes like Caitlin Clark or Zach eddy, I would like to see fab five from Michigan that be awesome with baggy shorts
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Re: College Athlete Funko Pops???
renardchua wrote:kmandude92 wrote:There are plenty of athletes who are already enshrined with Funko Pop status, but how cool would it be to have athletes representing their colleges in Pop form??? As a huge USC fan, I'd love to have Funko Pops of my favorite players repping their schools (Troy Polamalu, DeMar Derozan, Reggie Bush, etc.). Even current players might be able to do it as part of an NIL deal with Funko.
Any chance Funko could license with the schools and the players to get this done? I love that we have mascots, so let's keep it going and get the players, too!
Individual players will be tougher to get agreements to as you need sign-offs per player - and would be a hard sell as it will become very niche.
For the big leagues like the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL as licenses and agreements are done through the player’s association.
Oh, interesting!
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Re: College Athlete Funko Pops???
Jalapenopete wrote:kmandude92 wrote:There are plenty of athletes who are already enshrined with Funko Pop status, but how cool would it be to have athletes representing their colleges in Pop form??? As a huge USC fan, I'd love to have Funko Pops of my favorite players repping their schools (Troy Polamalu, DeMar Derozan, Reggie Bush, etc.). Even current players might be able to do it as part of an NIL deal with Funko.
Any chance Funko could license with the schools and the players to get this done? I love that we have mascots, so let's keep it going and get the players, too!
Would love to see Heisman line, it be fun to see the college athletes like Caitlin Clark or Zach eddy, I would like to see fab five from Michigan that be awesome with baggy shorts
Yo! Fab Five would be wild.
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As long as those athletes that are still in college get some sort of compensation since their schools don't even pay them, I'd be down for that! Getting college mascots was enough for me, although my school never got one (Go Aztecs, baby!)
But yeah I get the feeling there is a lot of red tape that Funko would have to navigate through in order to get that done
But yeah I get the feeling there is a lot of red tape that Funko would have to navigate through in order to get that done
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LakerSpartan117 wrote:As long as those athletes that are still in college get some sort of compensation since their schools don't even pay them, I'd be down for that! Getting college mascots was enough for me, although my school never got one (Go Aztecs, baby!)
But yeah I get the feeling there is a lot of red tape that Funko would have to navigate through in order to get that done
You are from SDSU? Not sure if you seen it, but Funko did release a generic basketball player in Aztecs gear!
See picture below (from the interwebs):
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NIL deals for this, plus more college mascots please!
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renardchua wrote:LakerSpartan117 wrote:As long as those athletes that are still in college get some sort of compensation since their schools don't even pay them, I'd be down for that! Getting college mascots was enough for me, although my school never got one (Go Aztecs, baby!)
But yeah I get the feeling there is a lot of red tape that Funko would have to navigate through in order to get that done
You are from SDSU? Not sure if you seen it, but Funko did release a generic basketball player in Aztecs gear!
See picture below (from the interwebs):
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I had no idea this was a thing? After doing some research it was an exclusive Pop given away during Brian's speaker event at SDSU a couple years back. Super limited.
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Re: College Athlete Funko Pops???
renardchua wrote:LakerSpartan117 wrote:As long as those athletes that are still in college get some sort of compensation since their schools don't even pay them, I'd be down for that! Getting college mascots was enough for me, although my school never got one (Go Aztecs, baby!)
But yeah I get the feeling there is a lot of red tape that Funko would have to navigate through in order to get that done
You are from SDSU? Not sure if you seen it, but Funko did release a generic basketball player in Aztecs gear!
See picture below (from the interwebs):
Did they ever release that one?
- kmandude92
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Re: College Athlete Funko Pops???
renardchua wrote:kmandude92 wrote:There are plenty of athletes who are already enshrined with Funko Pop status, but how cool would it be to have athletes representing their colleges in Pop form??? As a huge USC fan, I'd love to have Funko Pops of my favorite players repping their schools (Troy Polamalu, DeMar Derozan, Reggie Bush, etc.). Even current players might be able to do it as part of an NIL deal with Funko.
Any chance Funko could license with the schools and the players to get this done? I love that we have mascots, so let's keep it going and get the players, too!
Individual players will be tougher to get agreements to as you need sign-offs per player - and would be a hard sell as it will become very niche.
For the big leagues like the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL as licenses and agreements are done through the player’s association.
I know it's easier getting the player's association license, but we're seeing EA go through this kind of individual process for current players to be in the College Football 2025 video game so it's not completely impossible. Whatever gets me closer to a Reggie Bush Funko Pop is all I'm looking for
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- DJR
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Some great ones out there for sure, but how many are truly remembered for their College careers vs what they did at pros. I know we can rattle them off, but just saying in the grander scheme of things. Plus whats the market. I'd LOVE to see like a Michael Irvin back in The U colors... but what would the market for that be?
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As someone who'd be totally onboard with this, I have to agree with many that the logistics of pulling this off would be hard.
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Especially with the NIL landscape these days, it would be cool to see some college athletes in the spotlight or even some coaches from big programs.
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Re: College Athlete Funko Pops???
kmandude92 wrote:There are plenty of athletes who are already enshrined with Funko Pop status, but how cool would it be to have athletes representing their colleges in Pop form??? As a huge USC fan, I'd love to have Funko Pops of my favorite players repping their schools (Troy Polamalu, DeMar Derozan, Reggie Bush, etc.). Even current players might be able to do it as part of an NIL deal with Funko.
Any chance Funko could license with the schools and the players to get this done? I love that we have mascots, so let's keep it going and get the players, too!
I feel like the people who would chase those will be the ones who are die hard fans of the teams
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LegendOfAsgard wrote:Especially with the NIL landscape these days, it would be cool to see some college athletes in the spotlight or even some coaches from big programs.
I agree with NIL I think we will see a ton of merch from companies
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If they make a Benny the bull pop, that would be awesome
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I’m a CSU Fresno alumni and would love to have a pop with the mascot. But those guys don’t like licensing anything . It would be pretty awesome though.
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The University of Arizona football players all have the “Edgar” hairstyle. Not sure how well they’d do. They’d all look exactly alike. LOL
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It's a great idea as there are many players who would be popular pops with their college uniforms but I wonder about the $$ to get them to sign off.
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