Game Day Private Jets Announces First NIL Athlete Ambassador

New platform aims to align fans, donors, travel, and NIL into a revenue-generating model for college athletics

Apr. 8, 2026 at 1:33pm

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Game Day Private Jets has announced its first NIL athlete ambassador, Grant Chadwick, a top punter in college football. This milestone represents the first athlete activation within Game Day's broader REVUP ecosystem, a scalable model designed to align fans, donors, travel, and NIL into a single revenue-generating platform for college athletics.

Why it matters

The Game Day Athletes platform introduces a new NIL category focused on experiential engagement, storytelling, and fan connection around the game day experience. This represents a new model for how athletes, fans, and brands can connect, generating revenue for both college athletics programs and student-athletes.

The details

As a Game Day Ambassador, Chadwick will generate premium content, fan engagement campaigns, and exclusive experiences tied to Game Day Private Jets' national travel community. The core of the platform is 'Same Day Game Day XP' - the ability to fly private to a game and return the same day, often for less than the cost of commercial flights, hotels, and a full weekend trip. Game Day Athletes is a pillar of REVUP, a self-sustaining revenue ecosystem designed to generate new, recurring income streams for college athletics.

  • Grant Chadwick returns in 2026 as one of the top punters in college football.

The players

Grant Chadwick

A top punter in college football who has built a reputation as a reliable and disciplined presence within one of the most competitive programs. As a Game Day Ambassador, he will lead the 'Maximize Your Hang Time' campaign focused on spending more time with fans on game day.

Luis Garcia

The founder of Game Day Private Jets, who said Chadwick represents exactly what they're building the platform around - high-character athletes, passionate fan bases, and experiences that bring them together.

Beau Thompson

The co-founder of United Athlete Sports, who saw the bigger picture early in building this new model for how athletes, fans, and brands connect around game day.

Game Day Private Jets

A company that is launching the Game Day Athletes platform, a new NIL category focused on experiential engagement, storytelling, and fan connection around the game day experience.

REVUP

A self-sustaining revenue ecosystem and flywheel designed to generate new, recurring income streams for college athletics by bringing together premium travel experiences, engaged fan and donor communities, and scalable NIL activation.

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What they’re saying

“Game day in college football is different — it's emotional, it's generational, it's everything. To be part of something that brings fans together in a new way, while also supporting athletes, is something I'm proud to be a part of.”

— Grant Chadwick, Game Day Ambassador

“Grant represents exactly what we're building this platform around — high-character athletes, passionate fan bases, and experiences that bring them together.”

— Luis Garcia, Founder, Game Day Private Jets

“I think a lot of people assume flying private is out of reach, but seeing how the Game Day Private Jets platform actually works — especially how Members can come together in the community and split the cost with a group to home and away games — it's way more attainable than I expected.”

— Grant Chadwick, Game Day Ambassador

What’s next

As part of his role as a Game Day Ambassador, Chadwick will lead the 'Maximize Your Hang Time' campaign - a message rooted in spending more time with family, friends, and fellow fans on game day through the Game Day Private Jets platform.

The takeaway

This announcement represents a new model for how athletes, fans, and brands can connect around the college game day experience, generating revenue for both athletics programs and student-athletes through a scalable platform that aligns travel, fan engagement, and NIL activation.