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Is Michigan going all-in to flip Bryce Underwood? Why 4-star QB Carter Smith decommitted
2 months, 1 week ago

Is Michigan going all-in to flip Bryce Underwood? Why 4-star QB Carter Smith decommitted

New York Times  

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Carter Smith traveled from Florida to Ann Arbor two weekends ago to spend time with other players from Michigan’s 2025 recruiting class and watch his future team take on rival Michigan State. Not long after he arrived, Smith began hearing rumors that Michigan’s guest list might include a surprise visitor: five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood, the No. …

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NCAA President Charlie Baker tells membership hearing on $2.78B settlement ‘did not go as we hoped’
4 months ago

NCAA President Charlie Baker tells membership hearing on $2.78B settlement ‘did not go as we hoped’

Associated Press  

In a letter to NCAA membership Friday, President Charlie Baker said a preliminary approval hearing for a landmark $2.78 billion antitrust settlement “did not go as we hoped” and that the association and major college conferences are trying to address the judge’s concerns about parts of the proposed deal. “At the beginning of the hearing it’s clear Judge Wilken understood …

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Boosters and collectives would be targeted by mandatory disclosure of NIL deals. Is that legal?
5 months, 1 week ago

Boosters and collectives would be targeted by mandatory disclosure of NIL deals. Is that legal?

Associated Press  

College sports leaders believe they have found a way through a massive antitrust settlement to finally separate “true NIL” for athletes from booster-funded payments they say are actually pay-for-play or recruiting inducements masquerading as endorsement deals. If the settlement is approved by a federal judge, mandatory disclosure rules, an outside clearinghouse to assess deals and an enforcement process that includes …

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Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits
5 months, 1 week ago

Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Three years into the new age of college sports, where athletes are allowed to profit from their successes through name, image and likeness deals, everyone is still trying to find out what the new normal will be. Phil Hackney, associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s law school, said the IRS offers tax-exempt status for organizations that …

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How UCLA’s Chase Griffin became ‘the face of the athlete voice of NIL’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How UCLA’s Chase Griffin became ‘the face of the athlete voice of NIL’

LA Times  

UCLA quarterback Chase Griffin testifies before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee about NIL and the FAIR College Sports Act during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 18. “Frankly,” Griffin recently told The Times, “the bill that we were discussing there, the FAIR Act, wasn’t a good bill and I thought that I had to offer truthfully and experientially …

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In the NIL landscape, schools are turning to companies to train and manage in-house general managers
8 months ago

In the NIL landscape, schools are turning to companies to train and manage in-house general managers

Associated Press  

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Riley Ammenhauser has become a record-breaking, triple-jumping track athlete at Michigan and something of an entrepreneur. “For us, it’s the right time to bring in a company that has had three years to develop strategies, connections to NIL space, connections to collectives, understanding that model,” athletic director Warde Manuel said. “We have been telling schools for …

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After loss in court, the NCAA is pausing investigations into third-party NIL deals with athletes
10 months, 1 week ago

After loss in court, the NCAA is pausing investigations into third-party NIL deals with athletes

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! In a letter to member schools Friday, NCAA President Charlie Baker said the Division I Board of Directors directed enforcement staff “to pause and not begin investigations involving third-party participation in NIL-related activities.” The move comes a week after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction …

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‘What NIL stands for: Now it’s legal': Ruling frees booster-backed groups to negotiate with recruits
10 months, 1 week ago

‘What NIL stands for: Now it’s legal': Ruling frees booster-backed groups to negotiate with recruits

Associated Press  

Forced into yet another courtroom to defend its amateur model of athletics, the NCAA insisted that shelving its rules against name, image and likeness compensation being offered to recruits would make a difficult situation across the country even more chaotic. The only difference now is when they’re doing it, if somebody says, ‘Hey, is this within the rules?’ They can …

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Federal judge blocks NCAA from enforcing NIL rules
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal judge blocks NCAA from enforcing NIL rules

New York Times  

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the NCAA from enforcing its prohibitions against recruits signing monetary deals with booster groups, delivering a significant blow to the NCAA’s attempts to stop universities and their supporters from paying athletes to play at their schools. The notion of amateurism has long been a bedrock principle of the NCAA, but Judge Clifton L. …

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Caitlin Clark doesn't earn a CENT on the court despite her record-breaking college career at Iowa... but thanks to big-money NIL deals with Nike, Gatorade and State Farm, she's raking in the cash off
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Caitlin Clark doesn't earn a CENT on the court despite her record-breaking college career at Iowa... but thanks to big-money NIL deals with Nike, Gatorade and State Farm, she's raking in the cash off

Daily Mail  

Without NIL, Clark would have made nothing off of her successes at Iowa On Thursday night, Iowa's Caitlin Clark became NCAA women's basketball's all-time leading scorer, surpassing Kelsey Plum's total of 3,527 in the first quarter of a Hawkeyes game against Michigan. Clark is beloved by Iowa fans and she has reportedly made more than $800K in NIL deals One …

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What is NIL, how has it changed college sports and why are schools under investigation?
11 months, 1 week ago

What is NIL, how has it changed college sports and why are schools under investigation?

New York Times  

You’ve seen the three letters: NIL. Collectives are organizations that fundraise via large and small donors with the intent to direct that money to a school’s athletes through NIL deals. One of the NCAA’s first pieces of official NIL guidance, sent to schools in May 2022, stated that collectives count as boosters and are subject to the same, long-applied recruiting …

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‘Treat people nice’: Chip Kelly says NIL cash shouldn’t open college players to criticism
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Treat people nice’: Chip Kelly says NIL cash shouldn’t open college players to criticism

LA Times  

UCLA coach Chip Kelly says just because some college athletes make good money through NIL deals that it should not open them up to more criticism. “I don’t look at it that way,” UCLA coach Chip Kelly said Monday. “I leave that up to other people; we’re trying to get some first downs here.” Senior wide receiver Kam Brown, one …

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Olivia Dunne turns 21: LSU superstar has had HUGE year after meeting boyfriend Paul Skenes, gracing the front of Sports Illustrated and making MILLIONS from NIL deals... so how did it happen, and what
1 year, 3 months ago

Olivia Dunne turns 21: LSU superstar has had HUGE year after meeting boyfriend Paul Skenes, gracing the front of Sports Illustrated and making MILLIONS from NIL deals... so how did it happen, and what

Daily Mail  

It's fair to say it's been quite the year for Olivia Dunne. LSU gymnastics superstar Olivia Dunne celebrates her 21st birthday on October 1 The New Jersey native boasts over 12 million followers across both TikTok and Instagram Dunne recently debuted her relationship with MLB and former LSU star Paul Skenes After college athletes were allowed to enter such deals …

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Texas A&M fund shutters program that allowed donors to support athlete endorsements, citing IRS memo
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas A&M fund shutters program that allowed donors to support athlete endorsements, citing IRS memo

Associated Press  

The foundation that supports Texas A&M athletics announced Wednesday it is closing the branch set up for donors to support endorsement deals for Aggies athletes, an effort that has pushed the boundaries of how closely a school’s traditional fundraising and booster groups could get involved in payments to players. The 12th Man Foundation said it will still engage in name, …

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Victor Wembanyama's path goes unfollowed: Top European basketball prospects opt for NCAA hoops in NIL era as Kentucky lures 7-foot-2 Croatian sensation from Montenegrin pro team
1 year, 5 months ago

Victor Wembanyama's path goes unfollowed: Top European basketball prospects opt for NCAA hoops in NIL era as Kentucky lures 7-foot-2 Croatian sensation from Montenegrin pro team

Daily Mail  

No longer prohibited from profiting off college basketball in the United States, top European prospects are now eschewing pro teams in their native countries to enroll at NCAA schools with an eye towards making money on name, image and license deals. The latest European phenom to opt for an American college is Zvonimir Ivisic, a 7-foot-2 Croatian power forward, who …

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NIL Summit generates predictions of more dramatic changes on college landscape
1 year, 7 months ago

NIL Summit generates predictions of more dramatic changes on college landscape

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Only days before a contingent of Southeastern Conference coaches and administrators will ask for federal help in regulating the expanding ability of college athletes to earn money while still in school, the second annual NIL Summit delivered predictions of more dramatic changes to the landscape of college sports. “The question then lends itself to will that spur federal …

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The NCAA’s hopes to control NIL laws hinge on Congress. Will it get what it wants?
1 year, 7 months ago

The NCAA’s hopes to control NIL laws hinge on Congress. Will it get what it wants?

New York Times  

It’s been a busy few weeks for college athletics on Capitol Hill, where multiple drafts of potential federal legislation governing the name, image and likeness industry now sit at various stages within the two chambers of Congress. It’s not necessarily what any of us would have preferred four or five years ago, but it’s our current reality.” GO DEEPER Emerson: …

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Miami’s Final Four run and the man who bankrolled the NIL deals: Q&A with John Ruiz
1 year, 9 months ago

Miami’s Final Four run and the man who bankrolled the NIL deals: Q&A with John Ruiz

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of UConn vs. Miami in the Final Four. John Ruiz has 12 tickets for Saturday night’s Final Four showdown between Miami and Connecticut at Houston’s NRG Stadium, but he has no clue where he’s sitting or who is going with him. Ruiz’s tweet announcing Nijel Pack’s two-year, $800,000 NIL deal and commitment to Miami after …

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The 12th Man+ Fund pushes the NIL envelope. Will Texas A&M opponents push back or join in?
1 year, 10 months ago

The 12th Man+ Fund pushes the NIL envelope. Will Texas A&M opponents push back or join in?

New York Times  

The wording of the press release looked like something that might have come from any collective that has sprung up since name, image and likeness deals became part of college sports in 2021. Texas A&M’s 12th Man Foundation announced Wednesday that it has entered the NIL business, and this feels like yet another significant domino as the landscape of college …

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Jaden Rashada’s unprecedented recruitment: How a 4-star QB went from $13.85 million to no NIL deal
1 year, 11 months ago

Jaden Rashada’s unprecedented recruitment: How a 4-star QB went from $13.85 million to no NIL deal

New York Times  

Editor’s note: Jaden Rashada was named Arizona State’s starting quarterback on Aug. 22, a program source told The Athletic. “But what I can say is there was no agreement between Rashada and LifeWallet for $9.5 million or nothing even remotely close to that.” Three people with knowledge of the negotiations said that LifeWallet eventually reached a deal to run through …

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Rashada case in Florida highlights issues in NIL, recruiting
1 year, 11 months ago

Rashada case in Florida highlights issues in NIL, recruiting

Associated Press  

Broken promises and unrealistic expectations have been part of college football recruiting for as long as coaches have been pitching their programs in living rooms across America. “NIL and the presence of collectives and promises to prospects create a facet of the recruiting experience that is 100% outside of the school’s control, and what’s being magnified with the Rashada situation …

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NCAA approves new guidance on player endorsement deals
2 years, 2 months ago

NCAA approves new guidance on player endorsement deals

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors approved on Wednesday new guidance to members on name, image and likeness activities, clarifying how schools, coaches and staffers can be involved with athletes’ endorsement and sponsorship deals. The latest clarifications to the NCAA’s interim NIL policy create no …

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EXPLAINER: Name, image and licensing in college, HS sports
2 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: Name, image and licensing in college, HS sports

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! To hear coaches tell it, NIL deals have either helped bring them the players they were looking for or it’s just another level of competition to land the most elite athletes. In June 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court said schools can’t limit education-related benefits for athletes, …

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‘Arms race': NIL compensation now a potent recruiting weapon
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Arms race': NIL compensation now a potent recruiting weapon

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “It felt like it was cookie-cutter at times because it’s like, ‘We’re not going to be stuck with NCAA compliance coming after us and saying that we’ve done something we’re not supposed to do.’“ Jaxon Howard recently hired an agent, as the state of Minnesota allows …

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