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Breaking down the House Settlement & future of college sports ↓

1/2 #NIL #NCAA #CollegeSports

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

"I'll put up the money and we can go get Fernando [Mendoza]."

Mark Cuban tells FOS that he provided the NIL money which allowed Indiana to sign the Heisman winning QB before the 2025 season.

[Taylor Eldridge @tayloreldridge]

Wichita State just announced that it is discontinuing its NCAA men's and women's golf programs, effective immediately.

The ripple effects from the House v. NCAA settlement have been felt at all levels of college sports. And now, they've reached Wichita.

Here's WSU release:

[Ben Portnoy @bportnoy15]

Wyoming is set to unveil a five-year, $4.5 million sponsorship deal with energy infrastructure company Tallgrass, AD Tom Burman tells @SBJ.

The deal includes a jersey patch for football + men's and women's basketball and will help more fully fund the school's rev share.

[College Sports Commission @theCSCommission]

Today, the CSC distributed a memo to all Division I institutions and conferences to ensure clarity on the rules around third-party NIL deals and institutional revenue share: https://t.co/QqbCZL5rRF

[Ben Portnoy @bportnoy15]

Wisconsin is adding a UW Health jersey patch for four women's sports — basketball, volleyball, hockey and softball, those involved tell @SBJ.

This expands UW Health's previous title sponsorship of Wisconsin women's sports.

The corporate patch is also the first in the Big Ten.

[College Sports Commission @theCSCommission]

Our latest NIL Deal Flow Report is out. Highlights since the launch of NIL Go include:
- 21,025 deals with a total value of $166.50M have been cleared.
- 711 deals with a total value of $29.30M have been not cleared.
- Since the launch of the NIL Go platform, 70% of deals that reached resolution did so within 7 days following submission of all required information — and 50% of deals submitted to NIL Go were resolved within 24 hours.

[LEARFIELD @Learfield]

A landmark partnership in Fayetteville.

@ArkRazorbacks + Learfield’s Razorback Sports Properties announce @TysonFoods as the official jersey patch partner for all 19 Razorback teams and the Official Protein of the Razorbacks.

Look for the patch beginning in 2026–27.

Learn more: https://t.co/9nqKU0AO2I

#OneArkansas #ONERazorback #Razorbacks #TysonFoods #SEC

[Amanda Christovich @achristovichh]

A list of invitees to President Trump’s roundtable obtained by @FOS does not include any current college athletes. (@RossDellenger first to report news of roundtable.)

Subject to change, but list includes:

- Power 4 commissioners, Mountain West’s Gloria Nevarez and American’s Tim Pernetti
- Coaches Urban Meyer, Tony Dungy, Mack Brown, Nick Saban
- ADs from Indiana, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Iowa State, Oklahoma
- Politicians: Ron DeSantis, Condeleezza Rice
- Pro sports execs: NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Yankees prez Randy Levine, Patriots prez Jonathan Kraft
- ESPN and Fox Sports presidents
- Athletes Tim Tebow, Bryson DeChambeau, Tiger Woods, Charlie Ward
- Business execs Gerry Cardinale (RedBird) and David Blitzer (Blackstone/pro sports franchises)
- University presidents from Clemson, Tennessee, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas Tech chairman Cody Campbell

[Joel Haas @Joel_Haas1]

How Penn State distributed its $18,368,391 in NIL revenue sharing in 2024-25:

Football: $13,338,959
M basketball: $3,004,666
Wrestling: $1,449,766
Baseball: $300,000
W basketball: $110,000
M hockey: $95,000
M lacrosse: $50,000
M tennis: $10,000
W volleyball: $10,000

[Texas A&M Football @AggieFootball]

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[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

LSU has resolved its inquiry from the College Sports Commission related to athletes not reporting NIL deals, the school says.

As noted Friday, several universities have received CSC inquiry letters, many for trivial matters or misunderstandings that are fairly quickly resolved.

[The Athletic CFB @TheAthleticCFB]

NEWS: College sports’ new enforcement arm has opened its first publicly known investigation into a big-name program: LSU.

The College Sports Commission (CSC) has started an inquiry into the Tigers over a potential violation of rules related to unreported player compensation, according to a Jan. 15 email obtained Friday by The Athletic through a public records request.

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

Makena Cook received a historic offer from Matt Rhule to play flag football for the Huskers 👏

Cook posted 7,083 passing yards, 112 TDs and a 74% completion rate while leading Orange Lutheran High School to 24-3 record.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Former NBA G League player Charles Bediako subs in for Alabama.

Bediako is the first player with collegiate experience to sign an NBA contract and return to college basketball.

[ESPN @espn]

The College GameDay crew discusses the landscape of men's college basketball ahead of Charles Bediako's return to Alabama.

[The Next Round @NextRoundLive]

Tennessee Head Coach Rick Barnes on NBA G-League players trying to return to college basketball:

“When you make the choice to give up your college eligibility, you’ve given it up… once they start that clock and they make that choice, they’ve made that choice.”

[CBS Sports College Football 🏈 @CBSSportsCFB]

“The minute you start chasing the most expensive players out of the portal, you lose your identity, you lose your culture."

@mcuban on NIL and how to maintain culture in college football.

[On3 NIL @On3NIL]

NEW: Indiana stars Fernando Mendoza and Elijah Sarratt surprised teammates with adidas gear ahead of the CFP National Championship🏆

(via @adidasFballUS)

https://t.co/o0dTASD8Jc

[Joshua Caraway @CoachJCaraway]

A final Transfer Portal Update:

10,965 NCAA football players entered the portal.
- 3,972 FBS
- 2,771 FCS
- 4,222 D2/D3

Many have signed and are enrolled at new schools.

But 6,671 NCAA football players are active and hoping to sign.
- 1,619 FBS
- 1,782 FCS
- 3,270 D2/D3

40% of FBS portal guys are still looking.
64% of FCS portal guys are still looking.
77% of D2 and D3 portal guys are still looking.

Find a school. Get coached-up. Earn a degree. Win some ball games. Create relationships. Change your life.

And use #PortalSZN wisely.

[College Sports Commission @theCSCommission]

Today, @theCSCommission released its latest NIL Deal Flow Report. Highlights since the launch of NIL Go include:
- 17,321 deals with a total value of $127.21M have been cleared.
- 524 deals with a total value of $14.94M have been not cleared.
- 10,848 unique student-athletes playing more than 40 unique NCAA sports have at least one cleared deal via NIL Go.