Ex-Georgia QB Carson Beck’s Massive NIL Deal With Miami Revealed originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

In the NIL era of college football, quarterbacks don’t have to make the NFL to become millionaires. Signal-callers are reaching paydays in the multi-millions per season at the college level.

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There’s few better examples of that than former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck.

On3’s Pete Nakos reported Sunday that Beck will make in excess of $4 million to play for the Miami Hurricanes this fall.

“One thing is clear: The price of an elite quarterback is not dropping,” Nakos wrote. “In this year’s college football transfer portal, jaw-dropping quarterback numbers included a $3 million offer from Duke for Darian Mensah.

“Georgia’s Carson Beck transferred to Miami and stands to make more than $4 million. Missouri agreed to terms on a $1.5 million deal with Penn State transfer Beau Pribula in December, too.”

The Bobby Carpenter Show host Anthony Schlegel said during the first week of June that Beck was going to make $4.3 million with his NIL deal in 2025.

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Schlegel said that is ranked second-highest in college football behind only Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning.

Beck announced his decision to transfer from Georgia to Miami on January 10, which was just a little more than a week after the Bulldogs suffered their playoff defeat to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Beck didn’t play in that game because of an elbow injury, which he sustained in the SEC Championship Game versus Texas.

During his final season with the Bulldogs, Beck completed 64.7% of his passes for 3,485 passing yards with 28 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. The quarterback posted significantly better statistics during 2023.

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In Miami, Beck will replace quarterback Cam Ward, who became the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 9, 2025, where it first appeared.

Gamecocks Athletic Director Hesitates to Reveal NIL Budget for Football vs Basketball, Others originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

South Carolina’s Director of Athletics, Jeremiah Donati, gave a cryptic answer when a reporter asked how the NIL salary budget is going to be split among different sports teams like football and basketball. The response comes months after women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley mentioned that new players shouldn’t join her team if they wanted to make a lot of NIL money.

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Following a federal judge’s approval of the landmark House vs. NCAA settlement, universities will be able to distribute up to $20.5 million directly to student athletes this year. In a letter posted online, Donati said they planned to give the maximum to students this year.

But when The State previously asked Donati how the Gamecocks will be splitting the budget up among different sports teams, like football or basketball, he wouldn’t give specifics, citing competition.

“Well, one, (the settlement) needs to be approved, but we know what those budgets will be and we’ve already communicated that with coaches,” Donati said in late May, before the judge’s final approval. “All those budgets are set (but) that’s not something we’ll reveal publicly, just for competitive purposes. It’s proprietary, but all that stuff has been baked.”

The response came after Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks had initially said that 75% of their money would go to football players, 15% to men’s basketball, 5% to women’s basketball, and 5% to other teams. Brooks later walked back those comments and said distributions were evolving, The State reported.

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In late March during a postgame press conference, when talking about how upcoming NIL shifts might impact recruiting, Staley said she wasn’t sure that NIL payments were fair.

“I don’t think we’re paying the most in the NIL space,” she said. “But I don’t even know if it’s fair, to be quite honest. It’s what it is.”

Staley added that players shouldn’t join her team if they wanted to make a lot of money.

“You either have it or you don’t in the NIL space, and then you just have to communicate that to agents, to parents and give them a choice…” she said. “You got non-negotiables, you got priorities. What are your priorities? Is it NIL? If it’s NIL, I’m quick to say, ‘Go get the money. Put it away.’ … If you want something different, a different experience, then we’ve been the five straight final fours. We know what that looks like and feels like and sounds like and what goes into that. We’re gonna give you a different experience, you know, that’s gonna cost you a few dollars.”

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 9, 2025, where it first appeared.

Paul Finebaum gave a stern warning about the implications that the recently approved House vs. NCAA settlement will have on college athletics. It is set to bring a wave of changes to the sport, most notably allowing universities to directly pay athletes for the first time ever.

But according to Finebaum, it might not have the desired impact save for the two most powerful conferences in the sport already, the SEC and Big Ten. He believes those schools will see bigger benefits as well as bigger pay days as a result of the new changes while the remaining conferences will be left picking up the scraps. He also worried how it might affect sports outside of football and men’s basketball.

“It means very little, really,” Finebaum said on the Dan Patrick Show. “This is all very complicated. A lot of legal mumbo jumbo. What I think it will really mean, though, if you’re a fan of a Group of 5 school, if you’re a fan of a school somewhere in the middle, get ready for hard times.

“This is only going to help the rich. The big leagues, the Big Ten, the SEC will more than likely profit because they have so much money. Women’s sports, in my opinion, will be hurt. Olympic sports will be crushed. Football wins. Basketball, other than maybe the Big East, takes a slight backseat.”

Direct payments to players isn’t the only change coming as a result of the new settlement. There will also be set roster limits for each sport as well as an NIL clearinghouse for deals greater than $600.

Ultimately, Paul Finebaum sees this possibly being the final nail in the coffin for the NCAA. The organization has already been losing power due to all the recent changes and Sankey revealed at the SEC Spring Meetings that people within the SEC have brought up the possibility of separating from the NCAA entirely.

This settlement only makes that an even stronger possibility. However, as Finebaum mentioned, one has to wonder what that could mean for a vast majority of other schools left in the wake.

“The NCAA is essentially dead and I know a lot of people are celebrating,” he said. “But the damage that has been done by this organization is incalculable and it’s really about time. What did we grow up thinking about when we thought of the NCAA? The enforcement part of it. The big, bad NCAA is coming to your town. They don’t even have any jurisdiction for that any more.

“By the way, not that they have in about the last five years. They’ve been completely ineffective. So if you’re the NCAA president, who happens to be Charlie Baker, you get to fly around on a luxury plane, you’re welcomed at Taj Mahal, you stay at five-star resorts. But essentially, you have absolutely nothing to do but try to look busy.”

MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — Charlotte Softball third baseman, Jenna Lord, named to Softball America Postseason Top 100 Player Rankings list at No. 70 after historic 2025 season. 

Lord, who was named American Conference Player of the Year, clocked in at number 70 in the nation on Softball America’s postseason top 100 players list after one of the greatest single seasons in Charlotte Softball history. 

Lord’s 2025 season included batting .410 in 178 at-bats, a slugging percentage of .865%, 21 home runs, and 65 RBI. Lord is now the single-season record holder in Charlotte Softball history for both RBI and Slugging Percentage. Her 2025 season also ranks in the top three in Charlotte history in homers, batting average, total bases, hits, and runs. 

Not only did Lord make a splash in the Charlotte record books, but she also led the American Conference in nearly every batting stat, including slugging, home runs, hits, OPS, runs scored, and RBI, earning her title of 2025 American Conference Player of the Year. 

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