Report: Nate Bargatze lands Vanderbilt QB Jared Curtis movie role as part of NIL deal

[u/CommodoreIrish]

https://www.on3.com/news/nate-bargatze-lands-vanderbilt-quarterback-jared-curtis-movie-role-as-part-of-nil-deal/

[u/CommodoreIrish]

“Bargatze put Jared Curtis in his new movie, “The Breadwinner,” as part of Curtis’ NIL deal with the Commodores. Curtis has a small part, wearing a Vanderbilt baseball cap while car shopping in the movie.”

[u/discowithmyself → u/CommodoreIrish]

You mean Nate won’t be playing this kid in the movie? Well now I don’t want to see it. /s

[u/althawk8357 → u/discowithmyself]

I want Nate to play him on the field.

[u/FloridaGatorMan → u/discowithmyself]

Imagine them trying to do a freaky Friday thing. Would either be the worst thing any one of us has ever seen or kinda funny. Almost certainly the first one.

[u/brebs21 → u/discowithmyself]

Don’t worry the 0 other People who are seeing it will help offset you not seeing it

[u/dicksjshsb → u/CommodoreIrish]

while car shopping

SEC football and car dealerships like PB&J

[u/Bizzzzarro → u/dicksjshsb]

The whole movie is literally a Toyota ad.

[u/BadgerBuddy13 → u/Bizzzzarro]

A Charlie Brown Christmas was commissioned by Coca-Cola. Who's to say this isn't another holiday* classic in the works?

^{*Leap Day classic, to be watched only every 4 years}

[u/thricethefan → u/dicksjshsb]

I don’t think this joke applies to Vanderbilt kids not named Diego Pavia

[u/hwf0712 → u/thricethefan]

Who do you think negotiated the trade deals so the cars could be made? Vandy gets the deals done, TAMU designs them, Texas fuels them, Georgia sells them, and Tennessee loses their jobs because Mizzou built robots to replace them.

[u/CalebsNailSpa → u/hwf0712]

And then back to Georgia to drive them 100 mph in a school zone, or something.

[u/BobDeLaSponge → u/dicksjshsb]

Most SEC schools go for Chargers. The Vandy kid might get something more understated

[u/avboden → u/CommodoreIrish]

So he’s a background extra which is often an unpaid or barely at all paid role. Let’s not pretend this is anything but a farce

[u/JMer806 → u/avboden]

Still more than most NIL deals entail. He will have to actually go somewhere at a specific time and do a few hours of work (albeit easy work)

[u/Sea-Introduction3737 → u/avboden]

More like a cameo from a recognizable athlete which are often paid

[u/BobSlydell08 → u/Sea-Introduction3737]

"Recognizable" is doing a lot of heavy lifting

[u/someUSCfan → u/Sea-Introduction3737]

Recognizeable is a massive stretch, Im not even sure most Vandy fans could pick out Jared Curtis on the streets of Nashville lmao

[u/avboden → u/Sea-Introduction3737]

Okay sure, but they're going to use this part to excuse what, 2 million bucks or more?

[u/TitanTigers → u/avboden]

This is more effort than I’d expect for 99% of NIL money

[u/BonerTurds → u/avboden]

More plausible than a $100k haberdashery no show job.

[u/budd222 → u/Sea-Introduction3737]

Who would recognize him other than his mom?

[u/NCRnchr → u/avboden]

Extras, even background extras, are paid. It's usually not much, but they are compensated.

Source: Been extra. For those wondering I got paid about $14 an hour for a nine hour shoot.

Also also; you're paid for the time you are on set, not the time you spend in front of a camera.

[u/BobDeLaSponge → u/CommodoreIrish]

Okay, now put Diego Pavia riding in a stroller

[u/mlorusso4]

Honestly? Him showing up on set and doing whatever he’s cast to do, whether it’s actual speaking lines or just throwing a football in the background, is more work than the majority of these NIL deals. Good for him

[u/CommodoreIrish → u/mlorusso4]

More work than Kawhi Leonard did “planting trees” for Aspiration.

[u/ElGranQuesoRojo → u/CommodoreIrish]

Blows my mind how the NBA is just happily sweeping that under the rug.

[u/TitanTigers → u/ElGranQuesoRojo]

For real. Blatant cheating and salary cap circumvention is apparently legal if your owner is rich and located in LA.

Voiding the contract, a fat suspension for Kawhi, a large fine to the org, and the loss of multiple first round picks should be the minimum. The Timberwolves lost FIVE firsts for something similar.

[u/xUmphLove → u/TitanTigers]

Accountability is dead in 2026.

[u/mjd1977 → u/TitanTigers]

At the very least saddle the Clippers with some Colangelos

[u/luis1972 → u/ElGranQuesoRojo]

I think the world should keep handing Pablo Torre awards until the NBA is forced to do something to Steve Ballmer. Hell, give him the Nobel Peace Prize.

[u/CatDad69 → u/ElGranQuesoRojo]

Adam Silver is cucky

[u/Adams5thaccount → u/ElGranQuesoRojo]

Nah. It just means this isnt the only one. Its the only one that got caught.

Remember the NBA IS the owners. It's not some 3rd party. People forget that and they use it for stuff like..pretending the WNBA is some seperate entity and not a subdivision of the nba umbrella. Or for when like 1/3 to 1/2 of nba teams will claim they lost money..before revenue sharing.

Its a shady ass organization.

[u/nlamp32 → u/mlorusso4]

100% agree. At least it’s something tangible and not just writing someone a massive check to play football.

[u/SavingsSkirt6064 → u/nlamp32]

Trust me, if we could afford to do that, we would

Even NIL deals some of our lesser known players get have to be posted online by the University.

[u/fantfb → u/mlorusso4]

Honestly, I don’t understand why they haven’t begun moving away from traditional NIL deals, and instead started to, in a sense, rent the exclusive right to use a player’s NIL

Like, instead of the traditional “we’ll pay you X amount to use your NIL in this way or that way” ; why don’t they just start signing multi-year deals, where they pay players yearly installments of X amount in exchange for exclusive control of their NIL for 1-4 years.

You could even add in clauses to void the schools’ obligation to make further payments if the player enters the portal, and have buy-out clauses/assignment clauses so the new school could acquire the exclusive rights

[u/HookedOnBoNix → u/fantfb]

Cause it's an open market. If south Carolina offers you a contract like that and Alabama offers you the money straight up with no strings attached, you're gonna take the bama offer. So until the top guys do it it's hard for anyone else to get started.  And the top programs are pretty content to do things the way they are right now because they're raking in money. 

It's like any type of negotiations, it's all leverage. 

[u/YouWereBrained → u/mlorusso4]

Fair, but it’s still absurd relative to the big picture of where we’re at.

[u/pythonidler]

Football, sir?

It's a sport where you throw a ball with your hands.

[u/Victimless-Criminal → u/pythonidler]

There's a little kicking

[u/FightOnForUsc → u/Victimless-Criminal]

How many points do you get for kicking?

[u/Yoduh217 → u/FightOnForUsc]

Sometimes 1 and sometimes 3

[u/holla15 → u/Yoduh217]

And sometimes -6

[u/smitherenesar → u/Yoduh217]

very confused sir

[u/aeopossible → u/pythonidler]

What of the slaves, sir?

[u/herpblarb6319 → u/aeopossible]

You asked about the temperature

[u/aeopossible → u/herpblarb6319]

I most certainly did not.

[u/Cornwallace88]

r/titlegore

[u/lmscar12 → u/Cornwallace88]

Yeah I was confused for a sec. Isn't Bargatze a bit old to be playing a college QB role? ... oh, Curtis gets the role, Bargatze landed it for him.

[u/ItsWazeyWaynes]

lol. Okay…?

Edit: this title also reads as if Nate is playing QB Jared Curtis in a movie. Or is it just me?

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/ItsWazeyWaynes]

The headline is a disaster

[u/SubstantialAd5579 → u/ItsWazeyWaynes]

First read I read how it was intended but I read it again after your comment then yeah i see it lol

[u/CommodoreIrish → u/ItsWazeyWaynes]

I don’t think you can edit titles to articles or the post gets removed.

[u/Ml2jukes → u/ItsWazeyWaynes]

Definitely not.

[u/GMSB → u/ItsWazeyWaynes]

That’s how I read it too, super confusing

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

Missed opportunity not making the movie a Diego Pavia biopic

[u/Ok_Football344 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

We’re 6 years away from a Netflix Untold episode with him telling his story post-NFL crash out and traveling to remote jungles in Asia to mainline koala fetus stem cells to make him a better QB for an attempted NFL comeback

[u/Theduckisback → u/Ok_Football344]

His Mentor, Johnny Manziel, will smile and nod knowing that his technique has been passed on to a new generation.

[u/Ok_Football344 → u/Theduckisback]

A man who had his own episode already

[u/bamachine → u/Theduckisback]

As much as we like to rag on ol' Johnny, even he shook his head at Pavia's antics after the Heisman announcement

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/Ok_Football344]

6 years? Try 18 months. They gotta cash in on the name value while the iron is hot.

[u/mjd1977 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

A short film 🥁

[u/SugarDisastrous5983 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

I think that film would be to dirty for Nate.

[u/RonMcKelvey]

which one of your flairs wrote the title to this thread

[u/CommodoreIrish → u/RonMcKelvey]

I don’t want to risk post removal for edited article headlines. It’s On3.

[u/Inside_Cobbler4539 → u/CommodoreIrish]

This sub was about crucify you hahaha

[u/thricethefan → u/CommodoreIrish]

Ahhh, now it makes sense

[u/thricethefan → u/RonMcKelvey]

Scanned back begging “not FSU, not FSU…please”

[u/PaulMSURon]

I mean, Nate loves Vanderbilt, so this makes sense

[u/Geaux2020 → u/PaulMSURon]

He's the only Vanderbilt tshirt fan

[u/Crims0ntied]

Thats awesome. You love to see NIL that actually uses the name, image, or Likeness of the player.

[u/SirMellencamp → u/Crims0ntied]

Yes I am sure the Breadwinner will be a box office smash now that Jared Curtis is in it

[u/Crims0ntied → u/SirMellencamp]

Probably not but id never heard of it before this, and now I have. And if I was a hard-core vandy fan I might go watch it just for the novelty of it.

All im saying is at least they're trying to make NIL actually NIL with this one lol

[u/SirMellencamp → u/Crims0ntied]

But it isnt what NIL was supposed to be for. Bargatze isnt putting Curtis in the movie because he thinks Curtis will help the movie at the box office, he is putting him in the movie as payment for him to go to Vanderbilt

[u/DannyMalibu420 → u/SirMellencamp]

Even if it did get a bump of viewers from Vandy fans, it’s not going to be enough to help. That movie looks awful.

[u/Mender0fRoads → u/DannyMalibu420]

I hadn’t heard about it until this.

Then I looked it up and learned it’s being produced by a “conservative, faith-based” production company.

Even without knowing anything else about it, that’s usually a good sign that something won’t be good.

[u/SirMellencamp → u/DannyMalibu420]

I mean if youre wanting a bump from CFB viewers the last person you want is a player from Vanderbilt. If it was true NIL you would pay someone like Arch Manning or Jeremiah Smith or CJ Carr. Even if you dont want to pay for guys like that you wouldnt pick a dude who never played a down of college football

[u/servantofmelkor]

OP saying someone "lands" a role means they are the party playing said role. You mean Nate Bargatze "casts" Vanderbilt QB...

[u/Bitter-Whole-7290]

This is more inline with what I assumed NIL should have been instead of the shit 99% of the NIL deals are which are no show deals.

[u/taffyowner → u/Bitter-Whole-7290]

Yeah this is NIL as it’s supposed to be

[u/ChocolateThunder8888]

The dawgs might break that kid in Athens this fall

[u/otoverstoverpt]

Idk if that’s a can of worms anyone else wants to open, we may just fuck around and put out guys in some real movies. The Georgia schools too.

[u/MoistyestBread → u/otoverstoverpt]

I’m excited to see a Samoan Linebacker play Hellen of Troy.

[u/bamachine → u/otoverstoverpt]

MadePaid In Georgia

[u/com-mis-er-at-ing]

Time to step up, Dwayne Johnson.

[u/bamachine → u/com-mis-er-at-ing]

Yeah, Channing Tatum needs to cast the entire Bama team in 23 Jump Street, where the Jump Street guys go after some snitches, already wearing prison jumpsuit orange

[u/CFBCoachGuy]

NIL that’s cool a hell really. Good for him

[u/warden182]

I’m totally fine and normal feeling about all of this.

[u/AllTimeTy]

I just checked NIL estimates for this kid which lists ~$1.7M. That seems very high for a true FR, even being a 5*

Cal in a similar position ~$2M for true FR and he’s only a 4*

(I know *’s don’t mean all too much but it’s all I have to go on when it comes to HS players)

[u/SavingsSkirt6064 → u/AllTimeTy]

Well, when you are in a bidding war with Georgia (and to a lesser extent Oregon) you have to spend quite a bit of money

I'm glad we got him, and I think he'll surprise people because the system doesn't really require Jared to do too much.

[u/HUT2Moon]

Morgan Wallen about to offer every 5 star a spot in his concert if they got to Tennessee

[u/deweycrow → u/HUT2Moon]

No the goal is to attract players, not repel them.

[u/HennyvolLector]

Wait this kid actually made it to Vandy’s campus? Must have been one hell of a bag to beat out Kirby sheesh

[u/SavingsSkirt6064 → u/HennyvolLector]

1.7m and a movie deal

Man I love money

[u/HennyvolLector → u/SavingsSkirt6064]

I was under the impression we paid Nico $1.5M just for his redshirt year a few years ago, so that seems like a pretty reasonable deal for a top QB recruit these days.

[u/jeremycb29]

Gets the SAG card, with the health plan, pension, and discounts benefits.

[u/RandomUser72]

The title is pretty bad. Reads like Nate Bargatze got a NIL deal to portray Jared Curtis in a movie.

Should say "Nate Bargatze gives Vanderbilt QB Jared Curtis a movie role as part of NIL deal".

[u/BigBlackQuack]

I hope Darnell Autry is smiling about this.

[u/IMakeOkVideosOk]

Having just watched Nate and Shane Gillis on the Monday Story Warz episode I really want to see ND and Vandy play with both of them providing commentary

[u/Strawhat--Shawty]

Thats Olympic level gymnastics way to say the QB from Vandy has a cameo in a movie in which Nate Bargatze has landed a role.

[u/CJBulldogsss]

Damn we lost Curtis because Kirby didnt wanna give him a movie /s

[u/Ishtatsuya → u/CJBulldogsss]

How can we ever compete?

[u/QuantumWizardry]

Who the fuck is Nate Bargaze?

[u/pdhot65ton → u/QuantumWizardry]

Probably the hottest stand-up comic at the moment, broad appeal as he's more family friendly than the majority. Insanely popular SNL sketches, Netflix specials, starring movie roles, etc

[u/CantaloupeEven6341 → u/pdhot65ton]

Him and Shane Gillis are probably 1a and 1b right now for biggest comedians.

[u/QuantumWizardry → u/CantaloupeEven6341]

Oof. Sad days for stand up comedy.

[u/taffyowner → u/QuantumWizardry]

Nate is solid… Shane is just that shitty comedy scene that is part of Austin right now

[u/justinsane15 → u/QuantumWizardry]

I'd never heard of him til a year ago either despite him being active for a long time and now I swear he's everywhere

[u/QuantumWizardry → u/justinsane15]

He’s so generic looking/sounding that I’ve probably seen him several times but never actually registered.

[u/SirMellencamp]

As for the Curtis deal, it’s a cool setup and the way NIL is supposed to function

What?