Not many people can boast of being a teenager and having signed a millionaire contract with one of the flagship brands. Well McKenna ‘Mak’ Whitman It is one of the few lucky ones. However, its success has nothing to do with luck. His early talent has led him to reach two historical events at age 14.
The one that is considered one of the new football stars, has become the Youngest player to debut in an official NWSL matchthe American Football League. In the 93 ‘minute of his team’s last game, Gotham FC, in front of Seattle Reign, Mak came out to the field knowing that moment he would remember him for his whole life. A true dream fulfilled, she said on social networks.
But he achieved another just a few months before, when he was still 13 years old. No athlete had signed for the giant Nike and his well -known Nil contracts with so little age. Until she arrived.
The impact of this agreement on the life of the young promise goes beyond what many people can imagine. NIL contracts (yam, Image, Likeness; name, image and similarity in Spanish) allow athletes Obtain income while studying, taking advantage of their personal image.
One of the last figures to sign a contract of such caliber was the great basketball emblem in the United States: Caitlin Clark. A milestone that university athletes and those who now, thanks to Mak, also enjoy teenagers.
In essence, these rights derive in the improvement of their commercial profile, real economic support and the participation for the first time of business projects. In this way, athletes can Be paid for promoting brands on social networks, sign autographs, organize sporting events or participate in advertising campaigns.
The soccer player thus compatibilizes her new player of the player who moves the masses with her mere image and name, in addition to continuing her education at home. It has practically in the blood the discipline and sacrifice of professional sport at an early ages: His father, Josh Whitman, became only 15 years in the youngest skier of the American Olympic team.
Mak is very clear about its aspirations in the short and medium term: continue improving and learning with the elite from within, both sports and business. She herself explained in numerous interviews how excited she is with her present and her promising future: “I am very happy to join Nike, a brand that has already achieved incredible things. That inspires me even more, because not all young people have the opportunity to be part of something like that.” Of course, it is clear that you must keep your feet on the floor or, rather, in the ball.
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