NIL 2024 Recap

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