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Prioritizing football over NIL opportunities, Arch Manning may set new trend for top college prospects
Less than 14 months from throwing his first college pass, Arch Manning has created a separate name, image and likeness category for himself — one where it’s not about how much the generational five-star quarterback can earn but whether it’s important to earn anything at all. It is a category where — at the top of the NIL food chain — football is still the main thing. Manning, the celebrated Texas commitment, comes from the first family of football, a brand so recognizable that his father Cooper, whose career was cut short due to spinal stenosis, is a bankable star himself. That’s before mentioning grandfather Archie and uncles Peyton and…
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Sports News: Big changes coming to NIL rules?
A change to the NIL rules of college sports might be changing sooner rather than later. According to Ross Dellenger, college leaders want the NCAA to start investigating recruiting violations related to NIL. Under current NCAA rules, NIL does not mean pay-for-play, meaning boosters cannot legally agree to pay money for a certain recruit/transfer to commit to a school for money or a guaranteed NIL deal. Under new ruling, schools with boosters that have communicated with players before their commitment would be sanctioned. In recent days, reports have surfaced of alleged tampering of Pittsburgh Panthers wideout Jordan Addison, and a potential NIL deal related to the USC Trojans, even going…
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‘I don’t know what the solution is’: Isaiah Wong’s money demands exposed college sports’ complicated NIL issue
College sports’ name, image and likeness landscape took on a grenade Thursday night when Miami guard Isaiah Wong’s NCAA-approved agent went on record to make a threat, the likes of which had never been said on the record in college sports history. “If Isaiah and his family don’t feel that the NIL number meets their expectations they will be entering the transfer portal tomorrow, while maintaining his eligibility in the NBA draft and going through the draft process,” Wong’s agent, Adam Papas, told ESPN. In other words: Pay up or we’re out. What took so long? Athletic directors and coaches have been griping, mostly privately, that something like this was…
