The College Sports Commission approved over $75 million in NIL deals for student-athletes in March and April 2026. Total approved NIL deals for the 2026 calendar year have surpassed $115 million. The ...

Thursday is the first round of the NFL Draft. CNBC Sport spoke with presumptive first pick Fernando Mendoza in an interview. Mendoza already has several endorsement deals, and has likely made several ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at reforming the chaotic landscape of college sports in the NIL era. If it clears the expected legal challenges, Trump’s order would ...

With the rise of NIL, college sports are facing dilemmas that never existed in the past. College athletics serve as a financial backbone for many universities, with some programs generating more than ...

Since the NIL era began in 2021, college basketball has seen a surge in spending. In 2025-26, an estimated $932.5 million was spent on NIL products and services for men’s and women’s basketball, ...

In what will likely be the first of several instances of players challenging NIL rulings by the College Sports Commission (CSC), 18 Nebraska players are going to arbitration after NIL deals with a ...

The College Sports Commission released its latest NIL deal flow report on Tuesday, highlighting a rise in third-party NIL activity across Division I from January and February. Notably, associated ...

Texas Tech sports teams had more than $24.5 million for use in funding athletes' name, image and likeness agreements between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, according to records maintained by the ...

Rutgers continues to modernize its infrastructure in the name, image, and likeness (NIL) arms race under athletic director Keli Zinn, with the latest move being a new initiative led by a longtime ...

A new tax bill passed in Mississippi could add a healthy bit of competition into college football's NIL arms race. The Mississippi House passed a bill excluding NIL (name, image and likeness) earnings ...

LSU received notice that the College Sports Commission is investigating a potential rules violation related to unreported name, image and likeness deals by at least one athlete, according to an email ...

The 2025 college football season is nearly over, with the national championship game set for Jan. 19 between Indiana and the University of Miami. College basketball season is also well under way, with ...