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NiJaree Canady Signs Second Seven-Figure NIL Deal with Texas Tech

The “Million Dollar Arm” may need a new nickname. After signing a historic million-dollar contract last year, Nijaree Canady has inked another seven-figure NIL deal with Texas Tech. Canady is partnering with Texas Tech’s NIL collective, The Matador Club, and will make $1.2 million in the new deal. The Red Raider ace has been stellar […]

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The “Million Dollar Arm” may need a new nickname. After signing a historic million-dollar contract last year, Nijaree Canady has inked another seven-figure NIL deal with Texas Tech.

Canady is partnering with Texas Tech’s NIL collective, The Matador Club, and will make $1.2 million in the new deal.

The Red Raider ace has been stellar in the circle this season. She has a nation leading 0.97 ERA and has recorded 317 strikeouts.

Canady’s thrown every pitch during her team’s run in the WCWS.

In game one of the championship series she held Texas to just two earned runs and four hits and seven strkeouts in the 2-1 loss. Canady bounced back in game two only allowing two earned runs on six hits en route to a 4-3 win.

In 2024, she was named USA Softball’s player of the year and was a top three finalist again this season. She spent two seasons at Stanford before transferring to Texas Tech.

Canady has been dominating the headlines, weather it be her performance in the circle or a certain number that’s been repeatedly spoken on the broadcasts. Either way, this is great for women’s sports. It’s bringing attention and ESPN analyst Jessica Mendoza is thrilled.

“You can have all kinds of theories about what it’s going to take to bring people to our sport, what will get them excited, get their attention,” Mendoza said. Right now, I’m watching all these men’s sports shows, and they’re talking about softball. This is exactly what we’ve wanted. I’ve been waiting for this.”

Canady and the Red Raiders look to take home their first WCWS title in school history. The winner-take-all game three against Texas is set for Friday night at 7:00pm CT.

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Gavin McKenna’s PSU NIL Contract Reportedly Around $700K Ahead of 2026 NHL Draft

Penn State reportedly offered Gavin McKenna the most lucrative NIL deal in college hockey history to bring the prospective top pick of the 2026 NHL draft to Pennsylvania. McKenna announced his commitment to the Nittany Lions on July 8 after visiting both Penn State and Michigan State the weekend prior. ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski reported on […]

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Penn State reportedly offered Gavin McKenna the most lucrative NIL deal in college hockey history to bring the prospective top pick of the 2026 NHL draft to Pennsylvania.

McKenna announced his commitment to the Nittany Lions on July 8 after visiting both Penn State and Michigan State the weekend prior.

ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski reported on Thursday that a source put the NIL offer McKenna received from Penn State “in the ballpark” of $700,000.

Wyshynski’s story matches previous reports from The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler and College Hockey Insider’s Mike McMahon.

McMahon also reported on July 7 that McKenna had received an offer from Michigan State in the range of $200,000 to $300,000.

Wheeler noted that McKenna’s offer wasn’t only the largest NIL deal ever received by a college hockey player but a mark of a shifting trend in college hockey.

“Not that long ago, top NHL prospects were telling me they were getting branded sweaters and free meals at local restaurants as their NIL packages,” Wheeler wrote.

That is set to continue changing now that the CHL decided to allow former QMJHL, OHL and WHL players to compete in college hockey starting with the 2025-26 season.

That new rule, in addition to revenue-sharing and NIL changes in the NCAA, will make it a lucrative option for top prospects to compete in college before making the jump to the NHL.

It could also set the stage for Penn State, which is coming off of its first Frozen Four appearance in program history, to join longer-established hockey programs in Boston and Denver as perennial title favorites.

The Nittany Lions reported offered Philadelphia Flyers prospect and first-round 2025 draft pick Porter Martone more than $250,000 to join the program next season, Will James of Philly Hockey Now reported in May.

Martone is still considering whether to transfer to college hockey or push for an NHL roster spot next season, according to a recent report from PhiladelphiaFlyers.com’s Bill Meltzer.

Regardless of Martone’s decision, Penn State’s reported ability to offer almost $1 million in NIL deals to bring two top NHL prospects into the program is a sign that the Nittany Lions could potentially become a college hockey powerhouse in the near future.



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What Donald Trump’s NIL executive order aims to achieve: Draft hints at future plans for college sports

Getty Images CBS News reported Wednesday that President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order establishing national standards for name, image and likeness initiatives. What that order would entail, and what Trump’s vision for college athletics looks like, have been a relative mystery.  Until now. Trump’s administration constructed a seven-page draft of the executive […]

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CBS News reported Wednesday that President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order establishing national standards for name, image and likeness initiatives. What that order would entail, and what Trump’s vision for college athletics looks like, have been a relative mystery. 

Until now. Trump’s administration constructed a seven-page draft of the executive order, titled “SAVING COLLEGE SPORTS,” according to a copy obtained by Yahoo Sports.

The draft, which is by no means a final version and only suggests what the actual order may look like, aims to “preserve” college sports from “unprecedented threat” by introducing sweeping policies addressing many hot-button issues, including athlete compensation, employment and the preservation of Olympic sports. 

The draft also takes aim at the recent House v. NCAA settlement, which it argues will be “upended soon” by further litigation. 

Based on the draft Trump’s executive order would direct the attorney general and the Federal Trade Commission to address a few key areas: 

  • Protect college leaders from antitrust laws around the “long-term availability” of scholarships and opportunities for athletes. 
  • Prevent “unqualified and unscrupulous agents” from representing athletes in financial dealings. 
  • Create uniformity in NIL legislature, which could mean preempting the patchwork state laws. 
  • Work with the U.S. Olympic team to “provide safeguards” for NCAA Olympic sports, and utilize secretary of education and National Labor Relations Board to “clarify the status” for those athletes. 

Trump has shown a keen interest in college athletics in the early months of his second term. In May, reports emerged that he intended to create a college sports commission, headed by prominent Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell and legendary former coach Nick Saban, that would investigate pressing issues such as NIL reform; however, the White House put those plans on hiatus. A completely unrelated College Sports Commission (CSC) was created in the wake of the House v. NCAA settlement, which opened the door for athletes to profit off of revenue sharing. 

The CSC, in partnership with consulting firm Deloitte, launched an online portal called “NIL Go,” where athletes can report third-party NIL deals to ensure that they match “fair market value” and include a valid business purpose based on an actual endorsement.





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Arkansas coach Sam Pittman says House settlement provides level NIL playing field in …

ATLANTA (AP) — Sam Pittman says a $2.8 billion antitrust settlement that went into effect this month levels the college football playing field in a good way for his Arkansas team. Pittman said Arkansas now has a chance to compete on more even terms with other Southeastern Conference powers like Georgia, Alabama and Texas. Pittman […]

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ATLANTA (AP) — Sam Pittman says a $2.8 billion antitrust settlement that went into effect this month levels the college football playing field in a good way for his Arkansas team.

Pittman said Arkansas now has a chance to compete on more even terms with other Southeastern Conference powers like Georgia, Alabama and Texas. Pittman said Thursday at SEC media days his program previously dealt with a financial disadvantage against the schools with more established name, image and likeness collectives since NIL payments began in 2022.

According to the terms of the House settlement, each school now can share up to about $20.5 million with their athletes.

“Financially with revenue sharing I think we are finally back on even keel with everybody, which we weren’t,” said Pittman, whose team finished 7-6 in 2024. “If I was going to make an excuse, it would be financially is why we haven’t done quite as well. … But I think now with it being even, look out, the Razorbacks are coming.”

Pittman and most other coaches brought seniors and graduate players to represent their teams at SEC media days, which concluded on Thursday. Pittman brought two 2021 recruits and a transfer, but Arkansas could have difficulty finding seniors next year from his original 2022 signing class because many members of that class have transferred.

Pittman, whose Razorbacks have earned bowl bids in four of his five seasons, said players have different reasons for transferring but many were lured away from Arkansas by more attractive NIL packages at other schools. When asked about the 2022 class, Pittman said, “Here’s what it’s not because of: the way they’re treated, because of the way they’re developed, because of the way they’re taught.”

“That’s not the reason. It could be playing time. It could be finances. Probably the majority of it is finances.”

The House settlement era began on July 1.

The enforcement of the House settlement is still being worked out as the new College Sports Commission has informed athletic directors in letters last week it was rejecting payments to players from collectives created only to pay players instead of as payment for name, likeness and image.

Some seniors at SEC media days said NIL payments and the transfer portal have contributed to their decisions to complete their eligibility instead of leaving school early to pursue opportunities in the NFL.

“I would most definitely say so,” Missouri offensive lineman Connor Tollison said. “Obviously, you know, you have a chance to make some money these days. … With the transfer portal, if you don’t have a necessarily a good opportunity at this place you’re at, you have the chance to go somewhere else and get a fresh start. It wasn’t necessarily something I experienced to my college career, but I’ve seen it. You know, it works for plenty of players. So yeah, I think it’s good for the players.”

When asked if NIL makes it easier for players to complete their eligibility, Kentucky coach Mark Stoops, coming off a 4-8 season, said, “Listen, we all love our players, whether they’re one year in our program, six months, or four years.”

Linebacker Alex Afari, defensive back Jordan Lovett and tight end Josh Kattus were the seniors who accompanied Stoops to Atlanta.

“Of course I love making money from name, image and likeness,” Lovett said. “But I love football first. You know, football was my first love. So I play for the game, not for money.”

Lovett added his primary motivation for returning was to earn his first win over Georgia.

“It’s the big part of college football now because some dudes just make decisions off, you know, the financial stuff,” Lovett said. “I love football. … I still haven’t, you know, beat Georgia yet. You know, Georgia’s one of my goals.”


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Top recruit makes college football decision between Georgia, Alabama

Some of the top college football programs in the country were in the hunt for four-star linebacker Nick Abrams II before the highly-coveted recruit announced his decision on Wednesday. Abrams (6-foot-2, 220 pounds) plays for McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Maryland, where he ranks as the No. 14 linebacker and the No. 6 player in […]

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Some of the top college football programs in the country were in the hunt for four-star linebacker Nick Abrams II before the highly-coveted recruit announced his decision on Wednesday.

Abrams (6-foot-2, 220 pounds) plays for McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Maryland, where he ranks as the No. 14 linebacker and the No. 6 player in the state in the class of 2026, per 247Sports composite.

Abrams totaled a career highs in tackles (77), tackles for loss (9) and sacks (4) in 12 games as a junior. The versatile contributor also added a receiving touchdown and made all three of his point-after attempts.

There was no shortage of options for Abrams, who holds 30 scholarship offers. He was down to Georgia, Alabama, Michigan and Oregon, having officially visited all four of those major programs over the spring and summer.

In the end, though, it was Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs that beat out other suitors, most notably SEC foe Alabama, to land Abrams’ services.

Georgia holds one of the most valuable backings from an Name, Image and Likeness perspective. According to NCAA estimates, the Bulldogs’ Classic City collective ranks fourth nationally with over $18 million projected to be shared with athletes in 2025.

Abram’s commitment is a welcoming one for Smart and Co., who missed out on five-star in-state linebacker Tyler Atkinson while losing four-star defensive lineman commit James Johnson to Texas on Tuesday.

As it stands, the Bulldogs hold the No. 2 class in the 2026 cycle after finishing in the same spot in 2025. Georgia hasn’t finished outside the top five nationally in nine years and will likely sign another star-studded class this winter.





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More Proof That The Transfer Portal Is A Bad Idea

What up TOC Nation? We are just a couple of weeks from August and the beginning of our 2025 Football Preview Series. In the meantime, we are still doing our best to drum up articles. We have noticed the recent uptick in comments and I want to say we appreciate it, even if some of […]

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More Proof That The Transfer Portal Is A Bad Idea

What up TOC Nation? We are just a couple of weeks from August and the beginning of our 2025 Football Preview Series. In the meantime, we are still doing our best to drum up articles. We have noticed the recent uptick in comments and I want to say we appreciate it, even if some of those comments are just to comment that there has been an uptick in comments.

Anyway, I am going to stir the pot a bit more on a topic that I am already tired of, but yet it is still in need of discussions. There was a quote from Tom Izzo a couple years ago with his criticisms of the transfer portal. His concerns were about the unintended effects that it would have for the student-athletes. Izzo worried that graduation rates would be diminished, that some players would not find new homes in the portal and then be left without a school, and, perhaps most importantly, that it simply is teaching the wrong lessons to these kids as they are getting ready for the adult world. He worried that the transfer portal was giving the player an easy way out, rather than having them work harder to earn playing time, if they are not getting the minutes they desire.

Let me tell you something: This transfer portal is not going to be the best thing for the kids…

You know what, what’s wrong with being unhappy? I’m unhappy most of my life. Unhappy drives you. Unhappy pushes you. Unhappy makes people realize, ‘You know what? I’m not good enough. I’ve got to get better.’

That quote was from back in 2023, but now there is another coach who is taking it even a step further and issuing college athletes a warning about why they should not transfer. Detroit Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell was recently the guest on a podcast and had this to say about how the Lions scouting department functions. [Editor’s note: you have to try hearing this in Dan Campbell’s voice and patterns of speech.]

This doesn’t look like it’s going my way. And I don’t think I’m gonna start. I’m just leaving, and then you go to the next place, and it just looks like it may not be going where you want to Okay, well then I’m going to leave that school too, or I’m leaving this spring to go somewhere else. Well, we don’t want those guys. I mean, you’re looking at guys that transfer two or three times. Like, to me, you’re scared of competition. So we just, I don’t want to say with every one of them, but we just get them off the board. It’s not worth it.

Coach Campbell did say that this is not a 100% rule and there are times when they do find it acceptable for a college athlete to transfer. He also did say that it gives their scouting team more work to do, so that could also be some of the motivation behind this quote. Regardless, this should come as a warning to college players that their decisions to switch schools when they are 20 years old could have an impact on their professional prospects a couple years later.

As for me, I am 100% behind this quote from Dan Campbell and I wish that more professional coaches, and executives, would come out and say this. What about you? If you were a professional coach or general manager, would you avoid players who had transferred back in college? What if you were a college coach? Would you feel apprehension toward taking a potential transferee because they did not want to try to fight for playing time at their first school? Comments section, go!

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