NIL

It’s no secret that Alabama has its problems on the football field, but the true source of its trouble may lie in the school’s spending power.

It’s a name, image, and likeness (NIL) world and transfer portal world, and we’re just living in it. But that doesn’t mean you have to like it, and Northern Illinois University (NIU) head football coach Thomas Hammock doesn’t.

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, bringing sweeping changes and reforms to college sports, including a prohibition on third-party, pay-for-play payments.

South Carolina QB La Norris Sellers was given $8 million reasons to transfer and play for another school; however, he declined the monstrous offer, according to Sellers’ father.

The NCAA passed rules on Monday allowing colleges to pay student athletes, breaking decades of precedent.

If any Miami Hurricane players consider following Nico Iamaleava’s lead and holding a name, image, and likeness (NIL) holdout, they may want to think again.

College athletics has become a booming business for athletes in the name, image, and likeness (NIL) era, and former NFL great JJ Watt wants to see the NCAA change its tune.

Tennessee Volunteers basketball coach Rick Barnes was straightforward when explaining why he benched his top scorer, Chaz Lanier.

Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers has reportedly been offered a huge deal to stay in college football instead of turning pro next year.

Oklahoma State has unveiled its new effort to help a non-profit organization raise funds to help pair charities to student athletes.

Shilo Sanders, the son of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, is facing accusations that he is trying to hide is networth.

More states have officially joined Tennessee in its lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s name, image, and likeness (NIL) rules for college sports.

Duke basketball legend Christian Laettner says it’s time to “wipe out” NIL rules that threaten to make it impossible to build “culture.”

Legendary college football coach Nick Saban says that the things he used to believe in “no longer exist” in the current NIL-friendly world of college football.

According to a report from Fox Sports college football analyst Brock Huard, Washington State quarterback Cam Ward has 10 $1 million offers from D1 schools that want him to transfer and play for them.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is ready to take less money if it means college football players and other athletes would be paid.

LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne has become one of the most successful Internet and NIL stars in college sports is blasting her critics.

Olivia Dunne, famed LSU gymnast, Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, and social media star, has launched a fund geared towards helping female athletes at LSU get NIL funding.

Many fear the effects millions of dollars of NIL funding can have on college athletes, and rightly so. But, on Christmas Day, one elite college athlete made those fears at least temporarily subside.

A FOIA request discovered that the University of Texas spent nearly $280,000 to land Arch Manning for its football program.

College football star Bijan Robison is cashing in big with NIL deals including a contract with car maker Lamborghini and his own mustard.

Texas A&M football coach Jimbo Fisher publicly unloaded on Alabama coach Nick Saban after the latter accused the former of “buying” his recruiting class through a series of lucrative Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals.

Alabama coach Nick Saban accuses Texas A&M of buying “every player on their team” through a series of lucrative Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) announced that it has struck down a bill that would have allowed high school athletes to financially benefit from their name, image, and likeness.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Ian Jackson and Johnuel “Boogie” Fland are among the brightest stars in the firmament of high school basketball and now have business deals to prove it.

Gable Steveson, the U.S. Olympic wrestler who staged a comeback to win the Gold in Tokyo last month, signed a multi-year NIL deal with WWE.

Freshman Ohio State quarterback Quinn Ewers hasn’t even started attending classes yet but he has already inked a $1.4 million NIL deal.

Two Texas A&M football players, Isaiah Spiller and Demani Richardson will receive $10,000 each from Texas A&M fan site TexAgs.com in exchange for exclusive feature interviews.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced that the NCAA Division I Council recommended the organization temporarily “suspend amateurism rules” on Monday, allowing college athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness.

NCAA President Mark Emmert said Wednesday the association is working on interim rules that will permit college athletes to earn money off their fame and celebrity by July and act as a bridge until there is a permanent solution.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sports betting would be legalized in Ohio, and college athletes could, for the first time, earn money based on the use of their names, images, and likenesses, under a pair of pair-related bills up for a Wednesday vote in the state Senate.

Mississippi enacted a bill into law allowing student athletes to be compensated for use of their name, image, and likeness.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law a bill that will allow college athletes in the state to earn money from endorsement deals.