Brett Yormark emailed Texas’s president and AD after the video below:

“I can not take back my tongue in cheek comment back from yesterday. However, officiating this season will be fair and of the highest integrity. Nothing else will be tolerated……..”

The Horseshoe Collective was the first NIL collective to announce a licensed beer.

It gets $0.10/pint.

Here’s an update from Boise State:

- It sold 1,983 cans at its football home opener.

- The golden ale replaced Miller Lite, which averaged 426 cans sold per game in 2022.

New pod: Talking about the newly proposed FOX Sports college basketball tournament (and the load of ramifications that come with it). Featuring Andy Wittry and his expertise! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cri…

Thinking about Michael Penix Jr. and Kalen DeBoer returning to East Lansing this weekend

Mike Evans and a few future first-round tackles in Untold: Johnny Football

The Grove Collective raised $1.7M in a day as it tries to reach $3M in a week.

Will the Ole Miss collective reach its goal? Where does it rank nationally?

Zach Berry and I discussed that and more on the “Talk of Champions” podcast:

on3.com/teams/ole-miss…

The Grove Collective that supports Ole Miss hopes to raise $3 million this week in cash and pledges to be fulfilled by year end.

It raised $1.7 million yesterday.

The collective said last November it raised $10M and it expects “a five or 10% increase.”

on3.com/nil/news/ole-m…

Eight female athletes at Florida partnered with a telehealth dermatology platform called Honeydew.

They get free access to the platform, plus they were offered multiple compensation options.

They could choose guaranteed cash or higher commissions.

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This might be the last high school season in Georgia to start without players being able to monetize their NIL rights.

GHSA Executive Director Dr. Robin Hines told me last month: “The thing about it is if we don’t do it, could it stand a challenge? Would it pass legal muster?”

what does this store know about realignment that we don’t??

I need to know if the news reporter eating it around the corner was scripted or if he just played through the whistle

Many collectives have wanted a meeting of the minds to share best practices. I think there's value in that.

I'm interested in the mechanics of a proposed rev-share model because if/when schools pay directly, is a middleman needed?

From @Pete_Nakos96:

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Sportico and The Harris Poll found 25% of U.S. adults say NIL rights have affected their enjoyment of college sports for better or worse.

60% of respondents in Nov. 2020 believed it would.

The latest poll was a nationally representative sample of 2,018.
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Collectives that support the remaining Pac-12 schools say there has been increased support in recent weeks.

“I believe we can support a high-quality, consistently competitive and winning Power 2 or 3 program with our NIL program.”

Story from Andy Wittry: on3.com/nil/news/pac-1…

What has conference realignment been like for the collectives at the remaining Pac-12 schools?

Cougar Collective says it added 50 new members since the Big Ten announced the additions of Oregon and Washington.

A look at where they stand and what's next:
on3.com/nil/news/pac-1…

North Texas is hosting free concerts before home football games.

AD Jared Mosley: “The easiest fans to recruit are the students that come here as freshmen.'

Plus, “We can try something and if it fails, we can scrap it and try something new next week.'

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Reigning Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams will be featured tonight in a bobblehead giveaway at the Los Angeles Dodgers game.

More from Andy Wittry: on3.com/nil/news/caleb…

Also charged today were 2022 starters Isaiah Lee (defensive tackle), DeShawn Hanika (tight end) and Jake Resmburg (offensive line). Lee is accused of betting the moneyline on Texas against Iowa State in 2021 in a game in which he played (and ISU won 30-7)

desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/c…

We Will Collective has licensed:

- Lager
- Cold brew
- Vodka (with Iowa State)

I’ve joked it needs to just vertically integrate fans’ food and beverage consumption from Friday afternoon through Sunday morning.

Bagels, bacon, Liquid IV, the whole deal.

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We Will Collective announced Ames Lager, then We Will Cold Brew.

The collective will receive roughly $0.50 per can sold to fundraise for NIL deals for Iowa State athletes.

“Man, that’ll add up if you can go across the nation.”

Story from Andy Wittry: on3.com/nil/news/iowa-…