North Carolina’s Armando Bacot building personal brand, says he doesn’t have to search for NIL deals: ‘I go to UNC’

Armando Bacot did it all for North Carolina during the 2021-22 college basketball season. The Tar Heels big man broke several rebounding records at the school, he came away with first-team All-ACC honors, and led North Carolina to the National Championship game, before falling to Kansas. Now, Bacot is taking full advantage of his NIL by building…

July 25, 20220Comments

ByDan Canova

College Industry

Steelers great Ben Roethlisberger slams NIL, says college athletes are ‘coddled at a young age’

Pittsburgh Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger, who won two Super Bowl titles with the franchise during his playing days, says football has changed since he entered the NFL out of Miami (Ohio) in 2004. The Steelers haven’t had much success since 2016 – which is the last time the team won a playoff game –…

July 22, 20220Comments

ByDan Canova

High School High School NIL Deals

DJ Wagner, a 2023 five-star guard, signs NIL deal with Drake’s Nike sub-label NOCTA

DJ Wagner Jr., who is considered to be the top prospect out of the 2023 high school basketball class, didn’t wait until entering college to sign his first NIL deal. Wagner, a soon-to-be senior out of Camden High School in New Jersey, signed with hip-hop star Drake’s Nike sub-label NOCTA. On Wednesday, NOCTA announced…

July 21, 20220Comments

ByDan Canova

College College NIL Deals

Auburn’s Zep Jasper announces NIL deal with Jarritos

Auburn star guard Zep Jasper signed his first NIL deal and made the announcement in a clever video on his Instagram. Jasper is partnering with Jarritos, a company from Mexico that specializes in making all-natural, fruit flavored sodas. “On the court, on the road, in the gym, my new summer drink is = @jarritos,” Jasper wrote…

July 20, 20220Comments

ByDan Canova

College College Industry

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey shares his thoughts on NIL

As the NIL landscape continues to be the talking point in high school and college sports, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey weighed in during his availability at SEC Media Day on Monday. Sankey shared his thoughts and spoke on college football and other college athletics as well. He said that he thinks the NCAA needs to…

July 18, 20220Comments

ByDan Canova

High School High School NIL Deals

USC commit Malachi Nelson inks first NIL deal

Malachi Nelson has yet to play a down of college football, but the future USC star is already cashing in. Nelson, a five-star quarterback who is entering his senior year at Los Alamitos High School, announced in November that he committed to USC, and by the time he joins first-year head coach Lincoln Riley at the college…

June 21, 20220Comments

ByDan Canova