Alyssa and Gisele Thompson become first to sign high school NIL deal with Nike Alyssa and Gisele Thompson make history as Nike's first high school NIL athletes. USA Today Sports Media Group · May 17, 2022
Report: California Sisters Become First HS Students to Sign Nike NIL Deal Alyssa and Gisele Thompson have reportedly signed deals with the sports brand. Sports Illustrated · May 17, 2022
In the NIL world of recruiting, does the college town still matter? The high school recruiting landscape has changed, where NCAA campuses and towns might not factor as much. USA Today Sports Media Group · May 16, 2022
In football-first world of college athletics, where does that leave ACC basketball? FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — Almost five months after he became the fifth commissioner in ACC history, Jim Phillips stood in front of a crowded hotel banquet room in Charlotte and emphasized the single priority most critical to the league’s future. It was Phillips’ first major public appearance in his new… Tribune News Service · May 16, 2022
Nick Saban Concerned About ‘Parity’ in College Football The Alabama head coach believes the sport could use balance across the conferences. Sports Illustrated · May 14, 2022
Michael Cunningham: My solution for Nick Saban’s concern that NIL creates ‘imbalance’ ATLANTA — Nick Saban is quite a selfless guy. He’s the undisputed coaching king of college football over the past 15 years. Saban’s Alabama program is a powerhouse that plays maybe four games per season that it could possibly lose. And yet Saban still worries about whether the little guys… Tribune News Service · May 14, 2022
Iowa AD Thinks NCAA Should Change Transfer Rule Amid NIL Concerns Gary Barta has an idea for how college sports can regulate the new system. Sports Illustrated · May 12, 2022
UW AD Jen Cohen, on the current state of NIL: Recruiting inducements and pay-for-play are ‘taking kids away from schools’ “I’m going to state the obvious,” UW athletic director Jen Cohen began, “and that is that this is a very complex and challenging time for college athletics.” Tribune News Service · May 12, 2022
‘UGA Football Live with J.C. Shelton’: Pays to Know Your Opponent NIL guidelines, boosters, transfer portal, Arch Manning and more! Listen here... USA Today Sports Media Group · May 12, 2022
ACC coaches sound off on tampering in spring meetings AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — When Pittsburgh receiver Jordan Addison entered the transfer portal last week, the move sent shock waves throughout college football. Orlando Sentinel · May 12, 2022
J. Brady McCollough: Pac-12 and others must create their own NIL rules if NCAA won’t do its job In late April, USC was accused by Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi of tampering with star wide receiver Jordan Addison, using name, image and likeness deals in an attempt to lure the player to Los Angeles before he had even entered his name in the transfer portal. Los Angeles Times · May 12, 2022
College sports' NIL may be too big to fail The NIL landscape has evolved so rapidly in 10 months that the NCAA's latest move may be too little, too late. Axios · May 11, 2022
At ACC meetings, confusion persists amid NCAA’s new NIL guidelines and lack of clarity FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — Football coaches and athletic directors from ACC schools had been meeting for about two and a half hours here on Monday when the NCAA, at last, released long-awaited guidance concerning name, image and likeness. The news spread quickly behind closed doors during the ACC’s annual spring… Tribune News Service · May 11, 2022
Mike Brey Has Stern Message for Coaches With NIL Complaints The Notre Dame coach: “Shut up and adjust.” Sports Illustrated · May 10, 2022
Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022 How Duke is navigating NIL, Alston payments, and changing college sports landscape DURHAM, N.C. — As the college sports landscape shook to its foundation core around him, Jon Scheyer attracted the nation's No.1 recruiting haul in the Class of 2022 to Duke and he's well on his way to another top class for next year.
USA Today Sports Media Group · May 9, 2022 NCAA releases updated guidance on name, image, and likeness Not sure this guidance makes things all that much clear when it comes to name, image, and likeness.
Sports Illustrated · May 9, 2022 NCAA Approval of NIL Guidelines Threatens Booster Collectives A crackdown could be coming, but does the collegiate governing body have the resources?
Chicago Sun-Times · May 9, 2022 High school athletes start to take advantage of NIL deals Seven states have so far approved the deals for prep athletes. Other states continue to debate whether NILs would sully high school sports.
Zenger · May 9, 2022 Howard Golfer Teed Off For HBCU Programs At Wells Fargo Event Gregory Odom Jr. gained sponsor exemption for pro tournament.
Tribune News Service · May 8, 2022 Gene Collier: NCAA system isn't broken now — it always has been PITTSBURGH — No one has ever described the NCAA's transfer portal from the inside, but assuming you can get Wi-Fi and maybe free continental breakfast, there's no telling how long it will be until Jordan Addison is transported to his next college football address.
Sports Illustrated · May 7, 2022 Archie Manning Concerned About ‘Wild West’ NIL Landscape Manning: "I do know I love the game of college football and I don’t want it ruined.”
Sports Illustrated · May 6, 2022 College Leaders Urging NCAA to Enforce New NIL Guidelines, Or Else Athletic directors say schools with boosters who have struck deals with players who have not yet signed with schools should be sanctioned.
Sports Illustrated · May 5, 2022 Texas Star RB Lands Lamborghini NIL Deal This partnership is his sixth NIL deal so far in his two-year college football career.
Sports Illustrated · May 5, 2022 SEC, Pac-12 to Pitch Senate on Hail Mary for NIL Legislation Two Power 5 commissioners are set to lobby lawmakers Thursday about creating federal legislation to regulate the name, image and likeness landscape.
Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022 Bryce Miller: How and why Steve Lavin wound up coaching basketball in San Diego SAN DIEGO — In a horseshoe-shaped booth at bustling Manhattan of La Jolla, Steve Lavin used the better part of 3 1/2 hours to explore the people who have influenced his life, being a 32-year-old college basketball coach under the withering spotlight at UCLA, the prostate cancer that reconfigured perspective…