by Tyler Langford | Feb 17, 2025 | High School, Illinois, NCAA, News, Social Media & NIL, Student-Athlete
It used to be that star high school athletes, if they wanted to make some money, had to work part-time jobs mowing lawns or filling french fry boxes or digging ditches, just like everybody else in school. Now? In 40 states, including Illinois, high school athletes can...
by Tyler Langford | Feb 16, 2025 | All State, Collective, Collectives, College, NCAA, News, Social Media & NIL, Student-Athlete
This week, Pathways made headlines for offering up-front payments to student-athletes for the licensing rights for upcoming video games. On Feb. 10, the company struck its first deals with football players at the University of Illinois and the University of Alabama....
by Tyler Langford | Feb 13, 2025 | Coach, Collective, Collectives, College, General, Louisiana, NCAA, News, Social Media & NIL
While all college football coaches are in a state of evolution with name, image, and likeness, Group of Five programs have a lot of ground to cover in the landscape. Tulane Green Wave head coach Jon Sumrall experienced one of the more painful losses in the NIL era...
by Tyler Langford | Feb 13, 2025 | All State, Collective, Collectives, College, Legal, NCAA, News, Social Media & NIL
Title IX does not apply to name, image and likeness (NIL) deals, the U.S. Department of Education said in a statement Wednesday, rescinding the Biden administration’s guidance that schools must equitably distribute direct payments to male and female athletes....
by Tyler Langford | Feb 13, 2025 | All State, California, Coach, Collective, Collectives, College, NCAA, News, Social Media & NIL
In a college sports landscape where Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals often mean personal luxuries or material perks for athletes, California Golden Bear’s Mady Sissoko has taken a refreshingly different approach. Rather than using his NIL earnings for...
