STRATA SPORTS GROUP
College Football Representation for Players Ready for More.
Move up. Get paid what you’re worth.
Make the right next move.
Strata helps college football players maximize NIL compensation, evaluate transfer opportunities, understand and negotiate contracts, and protect their careers.
For high-school recruits, college football players, and international athletes.
NIL REPRESENTATION
Know your value. Make your move.
When programs, collectives, and brands start talking, you’ve got to be on your game. You need to know which opportunities are real, what the terms actually mean, and how to negotiate from strength.
01
Name, Image and Likeness
Make NIL work for you. You should know what your audience, performance, story, and platform can be worth. Get help evaluating brand opportunities, negotiating fair terms, and building partnerships that make sense for your career.
02
Revenue Sharing
The headline number is only part of the package. Understand what is being offered, what is guaranteed, what is conditional, and how the agreement affects your choices before you commit. Negotiate from a position of strength to get what you deserve.
03
Transfer Strategy
The right move can create more playing time, development, exposure, and compensation. Enter portal discussions with a plan, understand your value, and negotiate what comes next.
SPORTS LAW*
Protect what
you’ve built.
One agreement, eligibility decision, investigation, or dispute can affect your money, your reputation, and your ability to compete. When the stakes are this high, you need the legal counsel that will protect your career.
01
Contracts: Review & Counsel
You should never sign an important agreement without understanding what it gives you, what it requires, and what can happen if things go wrong.
02
Eligibility & Litigation
If a rule or decision is keeping you off the field—or a dispute is threatening your career or your money—you need legal counsel in your corner.
03
Investigations & Athlete Defense
If you are accused of violating a rule or engaging in misconduct, the consequences can extend far beyond one game. Legal protection is everything.
*Sports-law services are provided through Strata Sports Law, PLLC, and not by Strata Sports Group, LLC. A separate legal engagement is required.
INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES
One career. Two rulebooks. One strategy.
International athletes may have the same compensation opportunities as their teammates, yet operate under strict immigration rules. A decision that makes sense from a sports or financial perspective can create visa or work-authorization risk if you fail to take a comprehensive approach to NIL.
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Protect Your Status
Understand how payment for NIL and school transfers can affect your ability to study, compete, and remain in the United States.
02
Evaluate NIL Carefully
Learn how the activity, location, payment structure, and obligations attached to an NIL opportunity may interact with U.S. immigration rules before you say yes.
03
Plan Beyond This Season
Build an immigration strategy early enough to support what may come after college—whether that means continued study, work, or another lawful path in the United States.
Explore International Athlete Services* →
*Immigration legal services are provided through Strata Immigration Law, a DBA of Manning Immigration, PLLC, and not by Strata Sports Group, LLC. A separate legal engagement is required.
WHY STRATA
Strategy built for high-stakes decisions.
Brian Manning founded Strata Sports Group to help college athletes get paid and get positioned. Before working with athletes, he served as an American diplomat and official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, built and now leads a national immigration law firm, and developed the judgment and skill-set required to handle consequential decisions where relationships, leverage, timing, and details matter.
That experience shapes how Strata represents athletes today: bring the right people to the table, understand what each side needs, negotiate with purpose, and keep the athlete’s career goals in view.
Brian Manning
Owner & Principal
NIL Agent & Sports Lawyer
BUILT FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Representation for the moments that shape what comes next.
Strata’s athlete-representation practice is focused primarily on college football. We work with high-school athletes evaluating college opportunities and college athletes at every level. We selectively represent exceptional athletes in other collegiate sports when there is a strong fit.
Sports-law and international-athlete services are available to athletes across collegiate sports through affiliated law practices.
Make your next move count.
Whether you are evaluating compensation, considering a transfer, reviewing an agreement, facing a dispute, or trying to understand how immigration rules affect your opportunities, get advice before you make the decision.