NextPlay Sports Management

Strategic advisory for college & pro athletes navigating NIL, brand building & legacy. Founded by SEC alum, FCS dad & CPA Christopher Cola.

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

Not your agent. Not your CPA. Your business manager.
Former SEC OL and CPA helping pro & college athletes like Carlos Moore Jr. (now @ Maryland) vet deals, build brands, and hold everyone accountable.
DMs open. Let’s talk about your Next Play.
#NIL #AthleteBusiness #CollegeSports

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

The Senate has one bill.
The House has another.
They disagree on the question that matters most: whether federal law should block college athletes from being classified as employees.
Every side has a reason. Too little starts with the athlete.

https://t.co/SoVj8DOQo2

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

The Protect College Sports Act just cleared the Senate Commerce Committee 19 to 9.
The NFLPA and NBPA support it.
The NCPA and https://t.co/nrbyYdZ280 oppose it.

Both sides have a point.
Here is the honest breakdown of what just happened and what it means for your athlete.
https://t.co/H2hkVIS2us

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

August 1 is forty-four days away.
Congress is still negotiating. Courts are still deciding. Two college players just sued the NCAA from a new angle entirely.
Athletes cannot afford to wait for all of this to resolve.
This is what you need to do right now.

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[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

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[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

Nick Saban told Congress the system is broken.
He is right.
He is also one of the people who built it.
This is the honest read on what the Senate hearing revealed about who gets to speak for college sports and who does not.

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

https://t.co/SwwuSYyOaI

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

Nick Saban told Congress the system is broken.
He is right.
He is also one of the people who built it.
This is the honest read on what the Senate hearing revealed about who gets to speak for college sports and who does not.

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

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[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

Four HBCU conference commissioners wrote to Congress this week.
Their message: the system was not built for us, and it is becoming unsustainable.
15,000 student-athletes at 48 institutions deserve a framework designed with them in mind.
This is that conversation.

[Daily Ole Miss TDs @DailyOleMih]

John Avery 97 yard run in 1997.

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

Eighteen @HuskerFootball players signed NIL deals in good faith.
An arbitrator rejected every one.
A federal hearing on May 27 resets how NIL works for every Division I athlete.
Here is what athletes and families need to do before that ruling lands.
https://t.co/VkWL4fwCBm

[Rebel Viewpoint @Rebel_Viewpoint]

Never seen the media smear someone harder and no one deserves it more.

Thanks @CameronNewton.

Keep em coming.

[Rebel Rundown @RebelRundown]

“It was a very classless thing for him to say.”

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith sticks up for Ole Miss

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

More than 415 college Olympic sports programs have been cut since 2024.
The Title IX guidance protecting women in the revenue-sharing era was quietly revoked.
The executive order promises to protect women's sports. The enforcement mechanism is not built yet.
Female athletes and their families deserve straight answers.
https://t.co/ynbRZO5YZn

[Brad Logan @BradLoganTOC]

"I am very proud of my school. My school had to make changes years ago and did. I know so many people who send their kids to Ole Miss that have a great experience. It's my school and always will be."

-Ole Miss legend Archie Manning via On3

H/t: @OMSpiritOn3 | @SpiritBen

[Keith Carter @KeithCarterOM]

Kind of amazing how uncomfortable our success is making some people. #rebelnation 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️🔴🔵

[Jerrell Powe @jpowe57]

Lane had no problem selling Oxford to black athletes while stacking classes & winning games, and cashing a $90M contract off our backs. Now Mississippi “too racist”? Man please. He used black players to build himself up, then dipped in a playoff run. Tiger don’t change stripes.

#ComeToTheSip with @CoachGolding and @OleMissFB #HottyToddy 🔴🔵🦈

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

NIL money is real.
So is the compliance system governing every dollar of it.
Most athletes are operating inside that system without understanding what it requires or what happens when they get it wrong.
This is the conversation families need to have before the next deal gets signed.
https://t.co/nD4J1apduP

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

Families are making reclassification decisions right now based on a system that may not exist by the time their athlete gets to college.
The proposed age-based eligibility model changes the math in ways nobody is talking about yet.
This is the conversation high school families need to have before it is too late.

https://t.co/7bNVVcHe1R

[bomani @bomani_jones]

look who did some writing

[NextPlay Sports Management @NextPlayMgmt]

The executive order on college sports made a lot of noise.
Most of the coverage told you what happened.
This is what it actually means for your athlete, your family, and the decisions you are making right now.
https://t.co/9aJj6Gq5NU