According to On3, NCAA president Charlie Baker announced yesterday that all investigations regarding athletes’ name, image and likeness (NIL) deals have been halted. This is a temporary victory for the University of Tennessee, who had been accused of over 200 NIL violations. With mounting pressure from the attorney generals of both Tennessee and Virginia, the NCAA was forced to take a step back. Both states sued the organization over its NIL rules, claiming they were harmful to student-athletes. All restrictions will be frozen until the court case is over, which will probably take months. Now, over 523,000 athletes will be…
Author: Joshua Valdez
Joshua Valdez
Joshua Valdez graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Media Studies. He currently lives in Los Angeles, where he's pursuing his interest in screenwriting.
It’s been nothing but chaos for the Washington Huskies ever since the National Championship loss to Michigan in January. Following head coach Kalen DeBoer’s departure to Alabama, Washington’s roster went through a level of transformation that had never been seen in the program’s 70-year history. Over 65 players either left or came into the program. Center Parker Brailsford, wide receiver Germie Bernard and quarterback Austin Mack followed DeBoer to Tuscaloosa, all four-star players according to 24/7 Sports. Fellow four-stars Taeshuan Lyons (wide receiver) and Jabbar Muhammad (cornerback) jumped ship to Utah and Oregon, respectively. Of course, the program will also…
Michigan didn’t waste much time turning the page on the Jim Harbaugh era. Just two days after Harbaugh signed a deal with the Los Angeles Chargers, the Wolverines promoted their former offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore to head coach. Rather than lead an extensive search for an established head coach, the Wolverine brass had no issue promoting the 37-year-old from within. It begs the question: what qualifies Moore to suddenly man the ship of a championship-level program? Moore has slowly built a top-notch resume Moore’s ascension through the coaching ranks has been far from an overnight development. The Kansas native started…
With the 2023 college football season in the rearview mirror, Big Ten football programs are looking toward the 2024 season and beyond. Going forward, the already-prominent conference will be even more competitive than before, with USC, Oregon, UCLA and Washington all joining from the Pac-12. The Big Ten now expands to a total of 18 schools. Here are recruiting summaries for five of those programs, all of which had winning seasons in 2023: 1. Ohio State Unsurprisingly, Ohio State leads the conference in recruiting points, according to 24/7 Sports’ composite scoring system. The system combines player ratings from 24/7, Rivals.com,…
