NIL 2024 Recap
Across
- 2. Former Iowa women’s basketball star signs alleged $28 million NIL deal with Nike (last name)
- 4. A lawsuit by quarterback Diego Pavia fights for eligibility for this slang term for a group of specific athletes
- 6. Streaming service that created “Money Game” following LSU student athletes in a docuseries
- 8. Mom sides state over high school son’s inability to pursue NIL opportunities
- 9. Legendary rapper provides NIL opportunities for football players in his Arizona Bowl Game
- 10. McKenna Whitman signs with iconic brand as the company’s youngest endorsement deal
- 13. College basketball player who allegedly received $7 million to commit to BYU (last name)
- 14. New EA Sports video game featuring 11,000 college athletes
- 17. Proposed settlement that would allow revenue sharing with college athletes
- 18. First kid-specific collective membership created by the Crimson Collective benefits this school
- 19. Oklahoma State put this icon on helmets so fans could donate to players during the games
- 20. Governor DeWine signed an executive order in this state allowing colleges to directly pay athletes
- 21. Six men’s basketball players Sue former head coach Leonard Hamilton at this school over alleged promised NIL funds (acronym)
Down
- 1. Quarterback Jaden Rashada sues Coach Bill Napier and this school over alleged promised NIL funds
- 3. Pat McAfee donated $1 to his alma mater’s collective
- 5. Groups of donors that typically provide NIL opportunities for athletes at a specific school
- 7. First school to propose an “Athletics Fee” for students
- 11. High school quarterback offered $10 million to flip his commitment from LSU to Michigan (last name)
- 12. School where the Men’s Basketball team is recognized as employees of the university
- 15. Memphis received a $25 million NIL donation from a logistics company
- 16. NFL Quarterback who signed 6 athletes at Alma mater Texas Tech to NIL deal