(PORTLAND TRIBUNE) -- Oregon State University’s athletic department denies claims that Blueprint Sports excessively profits from a deal struck in August.

On Tuesday, sports business media outlet Sportico published an article regarding Blueprint’s business model and its contract with Oregon State. The article’s author, Daniel Libit, shared screenshots of the contract to Twitter. It caused uproar from Beavers fans about how NIL donations are distributed to athletes — and how big of a cut Blueprint really gets.

“We appreciate the concern because they’re passionate about the success of Oregon State, its programs and its student-athletes,” Oregon State Athletics’ executive deputy athletic director Brent Blaylock said. “We match that passion (by) making sure we’re doing everything we can to ma

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