Buckley: FedEx delivers for Memphis. And the Tigers. Again.
Memphis-based FedEx Corp. announced Friday that it would contribute $5 million per year over the next five years — $25 million total — to the Tigers’ NIL initiative, centering initially around its football, men’s and women’s basketball and other women’s sports program. (Tim Bucklyey/The Daily Memphian)
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
A five-year, $25 million NIL commitment from FedEx to the University of Memphis could help make the Tigers more competitive and better position the program for where it wants to go.
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