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Nebraska set to pay student-athletes over $20 million next year

ROBIN QUANECIA BILL. THANK YOU. THE LANDSCAPE IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING WITHIN COLLEGE ATHLETICS AND THE MAJOR DRIVING FORCE. NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS. EACH YEAR LOOKS DIFFERENT, WITH GUIDELINES STILL UP IN THE AIR. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S EDDIE MESSEL IS HERE IN THE STUDIO WITH MORE FROM NEBRASKA ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TROY DANNEN, AND WHERE HE FEELS […]

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ROBIN QUANECIA BILL. THANK YOU. THE LANDSCAPE IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING WITHIN COLLEGE ATHLETICS AND THE MAJOR DRIVING FORCE. NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS. EACH YEAR LOOKS DIFFERENT, WITH GUIDELINES STILL UP IN THE AIR. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S EDDIE MESSEL IS HERE IN THE STUDIO WITH MORE FROM NEBRASKA ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TROY DANNEN, AND WHERE HE FEELS NEBRASKA IS SITUATED MOVING FORWARD. EDDIE ROB KEARNEY, NEBRASKA ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TROY SAYS THEY ARE WALKING INTO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WORLD OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, HOWEVER, FEELS LIKE NEBRASKA HAS DONE ENOUGH LEADING UP TO NOW TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD OF NIL. THE ROARS IN MEMORIAL STADIUM HAVE BEEN HEARD FOR YEARS, BUT BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHAT HAPPENS OFF THE FIELD WILL SEE A MAJOR SHIFT THIS UPCOMING YEAR. THE GREATEST CHANGE OF ALL IS WE’RE GOING TO BE PAYING OUR ATHLETES $20.5 MILLION THIS YEAR, DAN SAYS. TO SUPPORT THE PAYROLLS, UNIVERSITY HAS HAD TO CHANGE THEIR BUSINESS MODEL. OUR COACHES WILL TELL YOU THE MOST IMPORTANT DOLLAR THAT GETS SPENT IS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN GOOD QUALITY STUDENT ATHLETES. DESPITE THE SETTLEMENT NOT EVEN BEING PASSED YET, DAN SAYS THE THIRD PARTY COLLECTIVE NIL WORKS IS CHANGING AS WELL AS ROSTER LIMITS. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SETTLEMENT, DAN SAYS THERE ARE CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE FOR WHATEVER THE OUTCOME. NEBRASKA IS VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE WISDOM OF OF ALL OF MY PREDECESSORS IN ATHLETICS, WE’RE IN AN EXTRAORDINARILY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION, AND WE DIDN’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING DRACONIAN TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE’RE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE ATHLETES TO THE FULLEST. ATHLETES WILL NOT BE EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITY, ACCORDING TO DAN. THESE WILL BE NIL RIGHTS CONTRACTS, MEANING THE UNIVERSITY IS PROVIDING A FEE TO UTILIZE ATHLETES RIGHTS TO THEIR NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS. IT TALKS ABOUT IF YOU VIOLATE ACADEMIC STANDARDS, IF YOU’RE IF YOU BECOME INELIGIBLE BECAUSE OF YOUR CONDUCT, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THESE CONTRACTS BECOME VOID. MOST OF THE DEALS WILL BE ONE YEAR CONTRACTS. SO IF AN ATHLETE CHOOSES TO LEAVE, THERE SHOULD BE NO ISSUES. DAN SAYS THERE WILL BE A FEW EXCEPTIONS FOR MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS. THE HOPES ARE THE DEALS WILL MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH FOR ATHLETES TO WANT TO STAY AT UNL. IT WAS SEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT, I THINK, RELATED TO REVENUE SHARE AND NIL. IF THE SETTLEMENT WORKS AS INTENDED, YOU WILL SEE A LOT LESS PLAYER MOVEMENT BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS A FINITE AMOUNT OF OF MONEY FROM AMONG ALL THE INSTITUTIONS. THAT $2.8 BILLION NIL SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT IS CAUGHT UP IN THE COURTS. THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE WAS SET FOR JUNE 6TH. A FEDERAL JUDGE GRANTED AN EXTENSION. THAT NEW DATE IS JUNE 27TH. THAT DEADLINE ALSO PUSHES THE TIMELINE FOR POTENTIAL RESOLUTION EVEN CLOSER TO THE EXPECTED START OF REVENUE SHARING PAYMENTS T

Nebraska set to pay student-athletes over $20 million next year in NIL contracts, Troy Dannen says

Nebraska athletic director Troy Dannen says UNL is set to pay student-athletes over $20 million next year.

Nebraska Athletic Director Troy Dannen says they are walking into a completely different world over the next few years. However, he feels like Nebraska has done enough leading up to now to compete in the world of name, image and likeness licensing. The roars in Memorial Stadium have been heard for years, but behind the scenes what happens off the field will see a major shift this upcoming year.”The greatest change of all is we’re going to be paying our athletes $20.5 million this year,” Dannen said.Dannen says that to support the payroll, the university has had to change its business model.READ MORE: Nebraska athletic director says Memorial Stadium will no longer offer stadium re-entry because of alcohol sales”Our coaches will tell you the most important dollar that gets spent is to recruit and retain good quality student-athletes,” Dannen said.Despite the settlement not even being passed yet, Dannen says the third-party collective NIL works is changing, as well as roster limits. No matter what happens in the settlement, Dannen says there are contingency plans in place for whatever the outcome.”Nebraska is very fortunate in that I think because of the wisdom of all of my predecessors in athletics, we’re in an extraordinarily strong financial position and we didn’t have to do anything draconian to get to the point where we’re able to support the athletes to the fullest,” Dannen said.Athletes will not be employees of the university, according to Dannen. These will be NIL rights contracts, meaning the university is providing a fee to utilize athletes’ rights to their name, image and likeness.”It talks about if you violate academic standards, if you become ineligible because of your conduct, things like that, these contracts become void,” Dannen said.Most of the deals will be one-year contracts, so if an athlete chooses to leave, there should be no issues. Dannen added that there will be a few exceptions for multiyear contracts, but the hope is the deals will make it attractive enough for athletes to want to stay at UNL.”We’ve seen a lot of movement related to rev share and NIL,” Dannen said. “If the settlement works as intended, you will see a lot less player movement because of that, because there is a finite amount of money among all the institutions.”That $2.8 billion NIL settlement is still caught up in the courts. The original deadline was set for June 6, but a federal judge granted an extension, and the new date is June 27. That deadline also pushes the timeline for a potential resolution even closer to the expected start of revenue-sharing payments to athletes on July 1.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |

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Nebraska Athletic Director Troy Dannen says they are walking into a completely different world over the next few years.

However, he feels like Nebraska has done enough leading up to now to compete in the world of name, image and likeness licensing. The roars in Memorial Stadium have been heard for years, but behind the scenes what happens off the field will see a major shift this upcoming year.

“The greatest change of all is we’re going to be paying our athletes $20.5 million this year,” Dannen said.

Dannen says that to support the payroll, the university has had to change its business model.

READ MORE: Nebraska athletic director says Memorial Stadium will no longer offer stadium re-entry because of alcohol sales

“Our coaches will tell you the most important dollar that gets spent is to recruit and retain good quality student-athletes,” Dannen said.

Despite the settlement not even being passed yet, Dannen says the third-party collective NIL works is changing, as well as roster limits. No matter what happens in the settlement, Dannen says there are contingency plans in place for whatever the outcome.

“Nebraska is very fortunate in that I think because of the wisdom of all of my predecessors in athletics, we’re in an extraordinarily strong financial position and we didn’t have to do anything draconian to get to the point where we’re able to support the athletes to the fullest,” Dannen said.

Athletes will not be employees of the university, according to Dannen. These will be NIL rights contracts, meaning the university is providing a fee to utilize athletes’ rights to their name, image and likeness.

“It talks about if you violate academic standards, if you become ineligible because of your conduct, things like that, these contracts become void,” Dannen said.

Most of the deals will be one-year contracts, so if an athlete chooses to leave, there should be no issues. Dannen added that there will be a few exceptions for multiyear contracts, but the hope is the deals will make it attractive enough for athletes to want to stay at UNL.

“We’ve seen a lot of movement related to rev share and NIL,” Dannen said. “If the settlement works as intended, you will see a lot less player movement because of that, because there is a finite amount of money among all the institutions.”

That $2.8 billion NIL settlement is still caught up in the courts. The original deadline was set for June 6, but a federal judge granted an extension, and the new date is June 27.That deadline also pushes the timeline for a potential resolution even closer to the expected start of revenue-sharing payments to athletes on July 1.

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NIL Deals Led To A Lot Of Business Opportunities For College Players, But Anthony Davis Says ‘It Takes Away From The Integrity’

Anthony Davis has mixed feelings about NIL deals. What Is NIL? In June 2021, NCAA college athletes were given the opportunity to benefit financially from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) for the first time. This change came after governance bodies across all three NCAA divisions suspended NIL restrictions for current and incoming student-athletes in […]

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Anthony Davis has mixed feelings about NIL deals.

What Is NIL?

In June 2021, NCAA college athletes were given the opportunity to benefit financially from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) for the first time. This change came after governance bodies across all three NCAA divisions suspended NIL restrictions for current and incoming student-athletes in all sports, according to the NCAA.

However, it was clarified that despite the changes to the NIL landscape, “pay-for-play” arrangements and improper inducements would still not be permitted.

“This is an important day for college athletes since they all are now able to take advantage of name, image and likeness opportunities,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said at the time, per the NCAA. “With the variety of state laws adopted across the country, we will continue to work with Congress to develop a solution that will provide clarity on a national level. The current environment — both legal and legislative — prevents us from providing a more permanent solution and the level of detail student-athletes deserve.”

Anthony Davis’ Concerns Around NIL Deals Explained

The NCAA’s point about clarity was also recently flagged by Davis, a current Dallas Mavericks forward who believes NIL deals have impacted the sport in ways that are not all positive.

“It’s tough, because obviously they didn’t have that when I was in college,” Davis told Sports Illustrated. “It kinda takes away from the game a little bit because of—and I’m not hating—it takes away from the integrity in the sense of players are only going to certain schools because of the money.”

Recently PJ Haggerty transferred to Kansas State University after playing for the University of Memphis and withdrawing from the 2025 NBA Draft. He will now be receiving an NIL deal valued at $2.5 million, securing a $2 million base salary and $500,000 in performance incentives, notes Athlon Sports. Haggerty was reportedly seeking at least $4 million in NIL deals for the 2025–26 season after entering the transfer portal in April and was looking to play point guard rather than shooting guard, per Commercial Appeal.

This move led University of Memphis Head Coach Penny Hardaway to rebuild the team’s roster signing 12 new players. This reinforces additional concerns Davis had about NIL deals and their influence over the transfer portal, whether intentional or not.

“College basketball is still competitive, but the recruitment of it has kinda gotten a little wacky, especially when player can leave and enter the (transfer) portal and go anywhere. It just gets a little tricky,” Davis said, according to Sports Illustrated. “The coaches either a) have to be more strategic with their recruiting, or b) if you don’t have a lot of money for NIL, that kind of takes away your school, your program, as far as being a top recruiter for some of these players.”

He added, “Because one guy can leave the next year, transfer—it gets tough, when you start talking about culture. That kind of goes out the window, in my opinion.”

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ESPN’s Pat McAfee Amazed by NiJaree Canady’s WCWS Performance

NiJaree Canady’s impressive performance in the WCWS has caught the attention of one of the biggest names in the sports entertainment industry, Pat McAfee. McAfee, who is an ESPN personality, raved about the Texas Tech pitcher during Tuesday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show. The junior has pitched lights out all season and stepped it […]

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NiJaree Canady’s impressive performance in the WCWS has caught the attention of one of the biggest names in the sports entertainment industry, Pat McAfee.

McAfee, who is an ESPN personality, raved about the Texas Tech pitcher during Tuesday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show.

The junior has pitched lights out all season and stepped it up even more in the WCWS. Canady has thrown 300 pitches throughout her three games in Oklahoma City. She is 32-5 overall and has a nation-leading 0.86 ERA.

Canady made history when she signed to play for Texas Tech, becoming the first-ever college softball player to ink a one-million-dollar NIL deal. Now that Golden Arm has led the Red Raiders to the WCWS finals for the first time in program history.

On The Pat McAfee Show, McAfee expressed his excitement for Canady and the sport of softball.

“People are making a million bucks and its electrifying,” McAfee said.

McAfee wasn’t the only one impressed by Canady’s performance.

“She is an absolute dog,” Ty Schmit. “She has thrown every single pitch in the College World Series for Texas Tech so far, and behold, they’re in the championship series.”

“If women’s college softball is making a million dollars, I think that’s good for sports, and she’s lived up to it,” McAfee added.

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Can Collective Bargaining Save College Football From Itself in the NIL Era?

The House v. NCAA settlement has the state of college sports in a standstill as schools try to prepare for a murky future of paying players directly for NIL. With the college football season beginning just months after the expected July 1 date, it’s been a chaotic nightmare of an offseason. There’s not even a […]

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The House v. NCAA settlement has the state of college sports in a standstill as schools try to prepare for a murky future of paying players directly for NIL.

With the college football season beginning just months after the expected July 1 date, it’s been a chaotic nightmare of an offseason.

There’s not even a guarantee the settlement will be approved.

The worst part is that the players at the center of the issue weren’t consulted and don’t know what the future holds.

In the absence of that voice, the need for collective bargaining and a players union grows more critical by the day.

Jim Cavale, founder of the players association for college athletes, Athletes.org, spoke exclusively with NIL Daily On SI about the need for a sustainable solution in the form of collective bargaining.

Name, image, and likeness entered college sports as the result of a pivotal lawsuit filed by former UCLA Bruins basketball player Ed O’Bannon.

College sports have since been shaped by litigation, and is that truly the path it should continue to follow? Cavale doesn’t believe so.

“The only sustainable solution for college athletics to have rules that can be enforced without litigation is collective bargaining,” Cavale explained.

Before launching Athletes.org with former NFL player Brandon Copeland, Cavale founded INFLCR in 2017, which helped support athletes on social media to build their brand.

They were acquired by Teamworks, and Cavale stayed on as CEO as they built payment and reporting software for clients once NIL began.

Cavale observed that within the more than $300 million in transactions, most of the funds originated from donors who funneled money through collectives, essentially creating a pay-for-play model.

As court cases continued to be filed against the NCAA, Cavale saw the problems in an unstructured environment operating under the guise of NIL when it was really pay-for-play and sought to found Athletes.org.

To date, there are a record 4,700 members in the players association, making it the largest in America. Their focus has been on Power Four football and basketball, of which there are 2,300.

That’s where Cavale anticipates collective bargaining taking center stage first, but the reason he expects that is because of foreseen issues with an incomplete solution in the House settlement.

“We need a set of rules that can be enforced without litigation. We need them in all realms: transfer portal, free agency, compensation, health and safety, et cetera. The only way to do that is through collective bargaining.”

Collective bargaining would also give athletes a voice in this process they really haven’t been included in, despite the plaintiffs representing less than 0.1% of all athletes, all of whom are members of the players association.

“Unfortunately, not only has the greater group of college athletes that are going to be impacted [by House] not been included in that negotiation, but no athletes have been educated on anything pertaining to the settlement,” Cavale said. “The schools have said, We’re going to tell our athletes how it’s all going to work once it gets approved. There are tens of thousands of college athletes that are trying to piece together what this new reality is going to look like through media reports, not direct education from their schools.”

Cavale also pointed out that the compensation provided by schools does not truly qualify as NIL deals. These agreements are a form of pay-for-play. However, the contracts will pertain to NIL publicity rights.

Athletes may sign deals that limit their ability to use their likeness for outside endorsement deals because they’re disguised from their true purposes: their performance on the field.

“Leave real NIL endorsement opportunities open to those athletes, should they have the value, to go command those deals,” Cavale said. “Instead of trying to disguise these deals in a way where you now own their rights to do endorsements or can block them from doing certain endorsements because those brands might conflict with the brand sponsors of your school. That’s going to be a mess. There’s a real crux with how these contracts are being structured that will create a flurry of lawsuits.”

That void in education has created an opportunity for Cavale and his team, as their app educates their members on the topics of roster limits, how money will be dispersed, and why football is commanding a higher amount of $20 million.

The athletes also benefit from pro bono partnerships with law firms, accounting firms, mental health, and more as part of the free membership. Ultimately, they just want to know what the settlement means.

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USC Trojans 5-Star Commit Mark Bowman Rumored To Make $10M In NIL Deal

The USC Trojans landed a major recruiting victory with the commitment of five-star tight end Mark Bowman, a Mater Dei standout and the No. 1 player at his position in the 2026 class. Bowman’s decision to join the Trojans not only strengthens USC’s grip on the top recruiting class in the country, but it also […]

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USC Trojans tight end Lake McRee (87) runs the ball against Utah State Aggies cornerback D.J. Graham II (4) — Dec 27, 2023; San Diego, CA, USA; Southern California Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley reacts in the second half against the Louisville Cardinals during the Holiday Bowl at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

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Fourth Clemson baseball player enters NCAA transfer portal

A fourth member of the Clemson Tigers‘ 2025 baseball team entered the transfer portal Tuesday following the team’s NCAA Tournament exit on Sunday. Freshman pitcher Chayce Kieck joined left-handers Ethan Darden and Jackson Cole and right-hander Luke Brown to enter the portal since the Tigers’ season ended with back-to-back losses to West Virginia and Kentucky in […]

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A fourth member of the Clemson Tigers‘ 2025 baseball team entered the transfer portal Tuesday following the team’s NCAA Tournament exit on Sunday.

Freshman pitcher Chayce Kieck joined left-handers Ethan Darden and Jackson Cole and right-hander Luke Brown to enter the portal since the Tigers’ season ended with back-to-back losses to West Virginia and Kentucky in the Clemson Regional at Doug Kingsmore Stadium over the weekend.

Kieck made nine appearances for the Tigers this past season, posting a 9.75 ERA while logging 12 innings. He allowed 19 hits in that span, walking five batters and striking out 11. The right-hander from The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla., committed to Clemson in July 2022. He last pitched for the Tigers in their May 4 loss at Florida State, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk while recording one out.

Clemson finished the 2025 season at 45-18 overall and 18-12 in ACC play. The Tigers reached the ACC Tournament championship game but fell 14-4 to North Carolina. The No. 11 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Tigers gave up four runs in the ninth inning of a 9-6 loss to West Virginia on Saturday and committed seven errors while allowing 13 hits in their season-ending 16-4 loss to Kentucky the following day.

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