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Name, Image and Likeness vote passed by WIAA member schools

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Name, Image and Likeness vote passed by WIAA member schools

STEVENS POINT – The landscape of high school sports in Wisconsin has entered a new era.The Name, Image and Likeness amendment — arguably the most controversial discussion in state high school sports in recent memory — passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 293-108 by the member schools of the WIAA at the organization’s annual meeting April 25 at SentryWorld.”With today’s vote, member schools have opted to join a growing list of states that allow student-athletes to capitalize on their athletic talents in a way that is similar to students with other valued talents and skills,” WIAA executive director Stephanie Hauser said in a news release. “At its core, the WIAA is charged with promoting fairness and sportsmanship while protecting the integrity of the game, something I believe this NIL language preserves.”The amendment had failed last year, 219-170, when brought in front of the membership schools.The change, according to the WIAA, will allow student-athletes to enter into NIL opportunities for activities not associated with their school, team, conference or the WIAA. The opportunities also have to be in accordance with “other prohibited NIL activities, including language attempting to deter undue influence,” according to the WIAA.Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Implementation is expected by the WIAA’s next bulletin, which is expected at the end of May.Hauser said the WIAA went to its membership for feedback after last year’s failed vote and worked on getting “specifics” regarding the proposal.“We surveyed them,” Hauser said in an interview following the meeting. “Our staff worked with the feedback that we got from the area meetings last fall and made some changes to the language. We better educated our membership on the differences between what we’re proposing to what you’re seeing at the college level. High school rules like transfer and eligibility rules that come into play and those are very important to prevent kids from jumping from one school to another to look for better opportunities.“There’s also the data that we’ve seen that this really only impacts 1% maximum of high school students. Education was the key and we wanted to make sure that everybody came to this meeting feeling that they were an informed voter.”The membership also voted to approve three other amendments:Spectator NFHS sportsmanship class: Will require spectators who have been ejected from a game or match to complete a free, online NFHS sportsmanship course atop the one-game suspension. Passed 335-67.Summer coaching contact: Will end the 5-day limitation set on coaches/athlete contact and allow contact without restriction from June 1-30 and July 7-31. Passed 294-106. According to the WIAA, coaches and members of a school’s team may now voluntarily assemble without restriction on those dates with the exception of football, which requires coaching contact to conclude one week prior to the start of fall practice.Eliminating specific game maximum language for 9th grade teams: Allows freshman teams to play the same number of regular-season contests as JV/Varsity. Passed 393-17.There was one amendment that failed, a competitive balance petition that include cross-country as the only team state qualifying sport to be excluded from the competitive balance formula. That failed, 241-161.Hauser also shared some of the WIAA’s financials with regard to tournament-related school reimbursements. The WIAA had 1.3 million spectators attend tournament events in 2023-24, which allowed the Board of Control to approve reimbursements of nearly $4 million to member schools in 2025-26.(This story has been updated with new information and to add video.)

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USC Trojans’ NIL, Recruiting Success Making Noise After Luke Wafle Commitment

The USC Trojans have the No. 1-ranked recruiting class in the nation thanks to USC coach Lincoln Riley and his coaching staff landing some of the top prospects in the class of 2026. With how well USC is recruiting, the Trojans are also having success with name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals. The USC Trojans […]

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Sep 21, 2024; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley on the sideline in the second half against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images / Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images

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Here is the latest ACC sports news from The Associated Press | NFL

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June 21, 2025

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UNDATED (AP) — The University of Wisconsin and its NIL collective have sued the University of Miami, saying it knowingly induced one of the Badgers’ football players to abandon a lucrative name, image and likeness contract to play for the Florida school this fall. The suit could have a a wider impact on future NIL deals across college athletics. The case describes facts that line up with the situation involving cornerback Xavier Lucas, who last December announced plans to leave the Badgers. Miami did not have an immediate comment.

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Syracuse University basketball player has told the jury at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial that the music mogul got “extremely creative” when he was on drugs. Brendan Paul testified on Friday about working for Combs for 18 months. Paul was arrested at a Miami airport in March 2024 with cocaine he says belonged to Combs. His testimony comes as prosecutors are winding down their case, and are expected to rest by Monday. A defense presentation is expected to last from two to five days. Combs has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering charges.

UNDATED (AP) — Rutgers freshman Dylan Harper is the headliner among the guards in the upcoming NBA draft. The son of former NBA guard Ron Harper is positioned to be the No. 2 overall pick behind Duke’s Cooper Flagg. Harper is one of several one-and-done talents at the position in this draft. That include Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe, Texas’ Tre Johnson, Oklahoma’s Jeremiah Fears and Illinois’ Kasparas Jakucionis. They’re all potential top-10 picks in the draft. Other notable players at the position include Michigan State’s Jase Richardson, BYU’s Egor Demin and international prospect Nolan Traore. The first round of the draft is Wednesday.

UNDATED (AP) — Stanley Borden, the final basketball player still in college to have played for Mike Krzyzewski, says he is transferring to UTSA from Duke. The 7-foot Borden was a walk-on for the Blue Devils, joining the team in 2021 — the last of the Hall of Fame coach’s career. Despite not getting on the court much, he had fond memories of his time under Coach K. Borden had one year of eligibility left after he didn’t play his junior year because of injuries. He wanted to find a school that he could play at in his final season of college basketball so he entered the portal.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke has hired Corey Muscara as its baseball coach. The school announced the hire Thursday. That came a little more than a week after Chris Pollard left following 13 seasons to take over at Virginia. Muscara had spent the past four season as an assistant at Wake Forest and worked with the pitching staff. The Blue Devils reached four NCAA super regionals and won two Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament titles under Pollard.

UNDATED (AP) — College sports was once rooted in tradition, school pride and loyalty, but those expectations are changing in a landscape where athletes have won the ability to transfer season to season, year to year. Some are painted as disloyal or selfish. Athletes like Hailey Van Lith and Ray Davis don’t see it that way. Both played at three schools on their way to the pros, Van Lith in the WNBA and Davis in the NFL. They said decisions are not always about money and noted that coaches and other team staff can also leave for new opportunities.

UNDATED (AP) — Varsity Spirit is starting a professional cheerleading league promising to pay athletes. The Pro Cheer League joins a crowded niche sports market that already includes softball, volleyball, 3-x-3 basketball, lacrosse, indoor football and more clamoring for both fans’ attention and their dollars. This new league is billed as the first professional cheerleading league for athletes 18 and older to give cheerleaders the chance to keep competing after college. Bill Seely is the president of Varsity Spirit in Memphis, Tennessee. He sees plenty of opportunity for all these sports to succeed. This cheer league’s advantage comes from the sport’s growth since the 1970s.

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Mo Dioubate Can’t Believe He Gets To Play For His Dream School, Kentucky

Mo Dioubate has played at the highest level of college basketball at the Final Four. It’s the venue that kids dream of playing in. Right now, Dioubate is living the dream at Kentucky. If you’ve followed Kentucky basketball, you’ve heard plenty of prospective high school recruits describe Kentucky as their “dream school.” It isn’t lip […]

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June 21, 2025

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Mo Dioubate has played at the highest level of college basketball at the Final Four. It’s the venue that kids dream of playing in. Right now, Dioubate is living the dream at Kentucky.

If you’ve followed Kentucky basketball, you’ve heard plenty of prospective high school recruits describe Kentucky as their “dream school.” It isn’t lip service for the Alabama transfer. He told BBN Tonight’s Maggie Davis that he idolized the Cats while watching college hoops as a teenager in Queens.

“Since I was a kid, Kentucky was my dream school. A lot of people don’t know that. Kentucky was my dream school. To wear the jersey and to play with it, it’s like the best thing that could have happened to me so far in my life,” Dioubate said.

“I always tell guys, don’t ever think you can’t achieve a goal or something. I even doubted myself for a while. I didn’t think I could play here. I didn’t think I was able to coming out of high school with the schools I was offered, where I was projected. I just can’t wait to put the jersey on and play in front of the fans.”

He was 13 years old when De’Aaron Fox, Bam Adebayo, and Malik Monk were lighting up scoreboards. That’s what drew him to Kentucky. His love for the Cats grew exponentially when he saw another kid from Queens star for the Cats.

Dioubate won a National Championship at Putnam Science Academy. It’s the same school where Hamidou Diallo won a Prep National Championship.

Diallo was thrilled when he learned Dioubate would also wear Kentucky blue, and shared some advice to the forward. “Stay in the gym. There’s going to be a lot of distractions that come your way. Stay in the gym and stay focused,” Dioubate recalled.

During his first days in the Joe Craft Center, Dioubate paused for a moment of reflection.

“I was there by myself, and I was thinking, ‘Damn, I’m really here. It really happened.’” He added, “It still feels like a dream sometimes.”

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Colorado College's Kris Mayotte discusses disappointment of losing players to transfer …

This article is part of a series of stories stemming from a lengthy interview with Colorado College coach Kris Mayotte in mid-June. Colorado College hockey coach Kris Mayotte is excited about the future, calling the incoming class of Tigers a “top-10 class in the country.” However, it’s difficult to ignore the talent that walked out […]

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Colorado College's Kris Mayotte discusses disappointment of losing players to transfer ...

This article is part of a series of stories stemming from a lengthy interview with Colorado College coach Kris Mayotte in mid-June.

Colorado College hockey coach Kris Mayotte is excited about the future, calling the incoming class of Tigers a “top-10 class in the country.”

However, it’s difficult to ignore the talent that walked out of the CC locker room this offseason through one path or another.

CC lost 14 members of its 27-man roster from the 2024-2025 season.

From forwards such as Noah Laba, Zaccharya Wisdom and Gleb Veremyev to defenseman Ethan Straky, like Laba an assistant captain, the Tigers lost players who accounted for significant ice time last season. They’re players who learned valuable lessons from a tough season and whose knowledge the Tigers won’t be able to draw from moving forward.

However, Mayotte believes the experience has brought those who remain closer.

“You don’t want to just dismiss it and say, ‘Oh that’s just what college athletics is these days’ and it certainly is disappointing. We always recruit players with a long-term vision in mind and a belief in what they can become in mind,” Mayotte said of losing players to the transfer portal. “To lose guys that we relied on in those moments, it’s really disappointing.

“But again, you really work to keep them here. You work to make the experience what they want it to be and what it should be. And what I think we’ve learned though is when players leave, it’s not an indictment on a program. It’s kind of a landscape.

“Specifically, the guys who have stayed, every single one of them was presented with an opportunity to go somewhere else through some avenue or another. So the guys that stayed, they’re here for a reason and a lot of it is because of each other, like their care for each other and their belief in one another. I think even though we lost some guys, the group that is still here is probably closer than they would have been had all those guys stayed. So I think it’s still going to end up being a benefit for us and something we can lean on.”

To recap, the Tigers graduated captain Stanley Cooley, wingers Tyler Coffey, Tommy Middleton and Chase McLane as well as defenseman Ty Gallagher and goaltender Henry Wilder.

Laba, a junior who was the team’s top-line center, signed a pro contract with the New York Rangers shortly after the season. New York selected Laba in the fourth round of the 2022 NHL Draft.

Veremyev signed with the New York Islanders, and Gallagher signed with the Providence Bruins.

The Tigers also lost six players to the transfer portal, most notably Wisdom, who was a rising junior and a top-line winger drafted by the Seattle Kraken in the seventh round in 2023. Other outgoing transfers included rising junior defenseman Brady Cleveland (Detroit Red Wings), rising sophomore goaltender Carsen Musser (Utah Mammoth), rising senior winger Ryan Beck, and rising junior defenseman Tyler Dunbar.

But it’s the transfer of Straky to Ohio State that may raise some eyebrows. The rising senior was the only remaining skater who wore a letter for CC last season after the departures of Cooley and Laba. An assistant captain last season, he would have been the presumptive favorite to wear the “C” this year. However, instead of coming back to Robson Arena for his final season, Straky will skate for the Buckeyes this fall.

“He was one of the first guys we recruited. We recruited him in the summer after we got the job here. And he’s a worker, he’s competitive. We obviously leaned on him in those roles, but these guys have a lot of external influences,” Mayotte said. “It’s not just their experience here. It’s people’s perception of their experience here on the outside sometimes.”

The Tigers will select new captains this season and when asked who would likely step up to fill leadership roles, Mayotte said it’s up to the players to decide.

“One thing about leadership is if I say, ‘Oh, they do everything right from my eyes,’ that’s one thing, but if the guys aren’t willing to follow that person, then they’re not a leader,” he said. “To be the captain of a program, you have to be able to see the big picture … we can all see the points and the goals and that. But there’s so much more that goes into being a captain of a college program.”

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Cam Skattebo Named Finalist for NIL Award

The rapid ascent of the Arizona State football program over the last two-plus years under head coach Kenny Dillingham has been nothing short of incredible. If it hasn’t been hammered out enough – Dillingham took over a program facing severe NCAA sanctions as a result of recruiting violations, an Athletic Director that was unwilling to […]

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The rapid ascent of the Arizona State football program over the last two-plus years under head coach Kenny Dillingham has been nothing short of incredible.

If it hasn’t been hammered out enough – Dillingham took over a program facing severe NCAA sanctions as a result of recruiting violations, an Athletic Director that was unwilling to adapt to a newly realized NIL world, and a fanbase that had generally had enough of what had happened over the last several seasons.

Dillingham responded by working tirelessly to shift the narrative from day one on the job – including building a roster that is both talented and connected.

Among the players brought in from the outside that contributed to an 11-3 2024 season that saw the program win a Big 12 title is none other than current New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo.

The former Sacramento State running back transferred to play in Tempe ahead of the 2023 season – no one could have guessed that the under-the-radar back would be one of the most significant players and earners in the new landscape of college football.

This has resulted in Skattebo being a finalist for ‘Top Earning Male Athlete’ at the ‘NIL Store Awards’ – joining some impressive competition for the honor.

The other finalists:

While Skattebo is unlikely to ultimately win the award, he becomes the clearest example of NIL efforts not being as much of a detriment to the Arizona State program as some may be inclined to believe.

While there are certain aspects of the NIL sphere that the program needs to catch up on, Athletic Director Graham Rossini and Dillingham have continued to find unique and innovative ways to get the players on the roster paid the value that they are worth.

That along with the premise of joining a program that is fully committed to player development could be the driving force behind a consistent, sustainable model that has been built in Tempe.

Read more on the argument on why Arizona State is best positioned to be the prevailing power in the Big 12 conference moving forward here, and on Arizona State being well represented in the most anticipated Big 12 conference games in 2025 here.

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Cooper Flagg, Ace Bailey Among ESPN’s NBA Draft Top Prospects on 2025 Big Board

With the NBA Draft coming in less than a week, ESPN has released a fresh big board. Jonathan Givony of ESPN released his latest top 100 prospects for the 2025 NBA Draft. Duke forward Cooper Flagg topped the list, with Rutgers guards Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey rounding out the top three. Kon Kneuppel and […]

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With the NBA Draft coming in less than a week, ESPN has released a fresh big board.

Jonathan Givony of ESPN released his latest top 100 prospects for the 2025 NBA Draft. Duke forward Cooper Flagg topped the list, with Rutgers guards Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey rounding out the top three.

Kon Kneuppel and Khaman Maluach join Flagg as former Blue Devils in the top 10 while France’s Noa Essengue was the only non-college player in the top 10.

An international player has been selected with the top pick in each of the last two NBA Drafts. However, it looks like Flagg will end that trend.

He averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 37 games for the Blue Devils in 2024-25. He was named the AP Player of the Year and was a consensus All-American while leading Duke to the No. 1 overall seed and a Final Four appearance.

He spent the season as the projected top player, and it looks like that will come to fruition with the Dallas Mavericks. Bailey, on the other hand, has fluctuated a bit.

He averaged 17.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 30 games for the Scarlet Knights. He was named All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Freshman for his efforts.

However, Rutgers struggled to a 15-17 record, despite strong play from Bailey and Harper. While they will likely hear their names called early at the Draft, it also could be an extended night if team’s look for a better fit.

The 2025 NBA Draft is set for June 25-26 in Brooklyn.

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