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Why I'm publishing an NIL landscape update every three days, and the honest way for a family to use it before their kid signs anything.
NIL landscape updates, deal breakdowns, and family stories from the room where every contract is read before the pen moves.
Why I'm publishing an NIL landscape update every three days, and the honest way for a family to use it before their kid signs anything.
A Tenth Circuit ruling moved eligibility for athletes who had done nothing wrong. NIL Go checks a deal against clearinghouse rules; it does not tell you what happens to that deal if your kid stops being eligible. That question belongs in the document.
S.4668 would cap agent fees and register agents federally. Neither of those things reads column four of a revenue-share agreement, and that's where the terms that follow your kid actually live.
Uniform sponsor patches went live August 1. The College Sports Commission is rejecting deals for lacking commercial purpose, and some agents are routing payments through consulting agreements. Your kid may be handed paperwork no family in your circle has seen.
The Protect College Sports Act failed its Senate vote before the August recess and the House pulled its own bill. Meanwhile NIL Go has rejected close to $90 million in deals. Here's what that means if a contract is in front of your family this fall.
The FTC opened an investigation into college sports agents in January. Investigations move in years; your kid's signing window moves in days. Here's what to check before September.
Duke, Georgia, and Washington all took their own players to court this year over NIL and revenue-share deals. The lesson for your family: whether a contract can be used against your kid comes down to how it was drafted.
On July 1, Louisiana became the first state to make athlete agents register, clear a background check, and train before they can represent a kid. Even if you're nowhere near Louisiana, it hands your family a question you should be able to answer.
The Protect College Sports Act targets the agent. It doesn't touch the contract sitting in front of your family. Before your kid signs anything this month, here's what changed and what didn't.
The College Sports Commission quietly changed its review method this month. Most deals under fifteen thousand dollars now clear without a second look. If your family was counting on that layer of protection, you should know it's thinner than it was.
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