June 16, 2026 [Houston, TX] — Game Day Private Jets (“Game Day”), the private travel platform built for college athletics, today announced David Olano as the second student-athlete added to the Game Day Athletes roster.
Olano, a Texas A&M football student-athlete and former Illinois kicker, joins Game Day as an Athlete Ambassador and will help promote the company’s growing platform of private travel memberships, by-the-seat Game Day Shuttle opportunities, and the Game Day Impact Jet Card.
The partnership continues Game Day’s broader strategy of connecting fans, donors, alumni, families, and student-athletes through premium game day travel experiences.
GAME DAY ATHLETES: BUILT AROUND THE EXPERIENCE
The Game Day Athletes platform is designed to create meaningful NIL opportunities through storytelling, content, fan engagement, and real-world travel experiences tied to college sports.
As a Game Day Athlete Ambassador, Olano will participate in social media content, fan-facing campaigns, membership promotion, shuttle awareness, and select Game Day activations built around the 2026 college football season.
“Game day is what makes college football special,” said Olano. “The energy, the travel, the fans, the moments before and after the game — it all matters. I’m excited to be kicking it with Game Day Private Jets and helping show fans that there are new ways to get to games, connect with their community, and be part of something bigger.”
SPOTLIGHT: DAVID OLANO
Olano has built his reputation through consistency, preparation, and performance in pressure moments. A two-time All-Big Ten honoree and Academic All-Big Ten selection, Olano connected on 20 of 23 field goal attempts and all 44 extra points during the 2025 season, while also delivering a walk-off, game-winning field goal in a bowl victory.
Beyond the numbers, Olano represents the type of student-athlete Game Day is building around — disciplined, focused, academically committed, and positioned to connect authentically with fans in the modern NIL landscape.
“David is exactly the kind of athlete we want representing Game Day,” said Luis Garcia, Founder & CEO of Game Day Private Jets. “He is prepared, reliable, and understands what it means to show up when it matters. That fits our platform perfectly. We are not just looking for athletes with visibility; we are building around student-athletes who can help tell a bigger story about travel, access, family, and the college game day experience.”
“KICKING IT WITH GAME DAY”
As part of the partnership, Olano will help lead the “Kicking It With Game Day” campaign — a content and fan engagement initiative focused on making premium game day travel feel more accessible, more social, and more connected to the college athletics community.
The campaign will highlight three core Game Day opportunities:
Game Day Memberships
Fans, alumni, and donors can join the Game Day platform to connect with other supporters, request private charters, propose shared flights, and access preferred opportunities around home and away games.
Game Day Shuttles
Game Day is building by-the-seat, same-day private travel experiences that allow fans to fly to major games and return home the same day — avoiding commercial travel headaches, hotel compression, rental cars, and full-weekend travel friction.
Game Day Impact Jet Card
The Game Day Impact Jet Card gives donors, fans, and businesses a private travel solution that also creates measurable impact for college athletics through NIL-focused allocations, ongoing flight impact contributions, and school-aligned opportunities.
“David gives us a great voice to tell the story in a fun, approachable way,” Garcia added. “When fans can organize by school, share aircraft, access by-the-seat opportunities, and connect travel activity to NIL impact, private aviation becomes more relevant to the modern college sports audience.”
REDEFINING GAME DAY TRAVEL
Game Day Private Jets was built to solve one of the biggest friction points in college sports: getting to and from games.
Many of the most passionate college football environments are located in markets where commercial flights are limited, hotels are expensive or unavailable, and weekend logistics create unnecessary barriers for fans, alumni, donors, and families.
Game Day’s platform is designed to make private aviation more practical by organizing demand around school communities and specific game schedules. Through the platform, users can create a free account, connect with school-specific travel communities, request private charters, explore shared flight opportunities, and access by-the-seat Game Day Shuttle experiences for select games.
At the center of the model is Same Day Game Day XP — the ability to fly private to a game, arrive close to kickoff, and return home the same day. Select shuttle opportunities are expected to start from approximately $1,250 per person, creating a premium travel option that may reduce the need for hotels, rental cars, and extended weekend travel.
UNITED ATHLETE SPORTS
The partnership with Olano was facilitated by United Athlete Sports.
“Game Day is innovating in a space that makes perfect sense — travel, fan engagement, and NIL,” said Beau Thompson of United Athlete Sports. “We see how hard student-athletes like David work, and we also see how difficult it can be for families and fans to get to games in College Station and across the SEC. This platform creates real value, and we’re excited for David to be part of it.”
THE GAME DAY IMPACT JET CARD
Olano will also help create awareness for the Game Day Impact Jet Card, a private travel program designed for donors, fans, businesses, and supporters who want their travel dollars to go further.
The Impact Jet Card is available in $100,000, $250,000, and $500,000 tiers, with a portion allocated toward school-aligned impact and NIL opportunities. Cardholders receive access to Game Day FlexFunds for private charters, Game Day Shuttles, shared flights, and curated travel experiences.
Unlike traditional fixed-rate jet cards, the Game Day Impact Jet Card is built around dynamic charter pricing, aircraft optionality, and curated game day travel planning — allowing members to access aircraft based on the mission, group size, routing, and schedule.
The structure is designed to give buyers more flexibility while creating a new channel of support for student-athletes and college athletics.
ABOUT GAME DAY PRIVATE JETS
Game Day Private Jets is the private travel platform built for college athletics, designed to connect fans, alumni, donors, businesses, and student-athletes through premium game day experiences.
The platform allows users to create a free account, connect with school-specific travel communities, request on-demand private jet charters, explore shared flight opportunities, and access by-the-seat Game Day Shuttle experiences for select games.
Through its REVUP ecosystem, Game Day Private Jets helps transform fragmented sports travel demand into a structured platform that improves the fan experience, makes private travel more accessible, and creates new revenue opportunities for athletics and NIL.
For more information, visit www.FlyGameDay.com.
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Disclaimer: David Olano is an independent NIL partner. Game Day Private Jets is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Texas A&M University, the University of Illinois, or their athletics programs. All private aviation services are arranged through properly certificated third-party air carriers and operators. Game Day Private Jets does not own or operate aircraft.
