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Kansas Jayhawk News
Kansas Athletics Mourns the Loss of Jayhawk Great Nolen Ellison – University of Kansas
Kansas men’s basketball great Nolen Ellison died on June 12, Kansas Athletics has learned from the Ellison family. Ellison was 83 years old.
Ex-Kansas Basketball Standout Scores First Playoff Points in NBA Finals
In Monday’s NBA Finals game, former Jayhawk guard Johnny Furphy scored the first playoff points of his young career.
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What is NIL Go, and why is it the latest subject of debate among college sports leaders? – Yahoo Sports
Though it remains unsaid by those in power, the goal of NIL Go is quite clear: prevent booster payments to athletes that, for four years now, have been masquerading as commercial and endorsement deals.
Congresswoman Fedorchak advocates for NIL protection for smaller D1 schools
Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) brought up the need to have a standardized national policy for NIL agreements. Her focus was on making sure that smaller D1 schools like those in North Dakota aren’t dwarfed by schools in big football conferences.
The congresswoman highlighted in the disparity in budgets and resources in the Division One institution spectrum. The school budgets range from $10 million to $300 million. Fedorchak was asking how national polices could be designed to avoid disproportionately benefiting larger schools.
Reese Atwood, ex-coach deny report connecting them to Texas Tech, NIL
The report alleges that Nelson and the Matador Club have acted as a third parties to help Tech coach Gerry Glasco circumvent rules prohibiting contact with players at other schools. The article was based on conversations with six different softball programs and 10 sources, SI reports. But Nelson said most of the time he and his alumnae — including Atwood, who played four seasons for Nelson — would speak, they were discussing technique or tips, not transfers.
LaNorris Sellers turned down $8 million NIL offer elsewhere to remain at South Carolina, father says – CBSSports.com
Sellers became just the third freshman in FBS history to throw for 2,500 yards and rush for 500 yards, joining Johnny Manziel and Jalen Hurts. Naturally, he caught the attention of the college football world, and the interest of other programs as well. In fact, Sellers’ father told The Athletic that his son fetched an NIL offer from an interested team worth $8 million for two years.
Diego Pavia trashes Big Ten, reveals big NIL offer from SEC rival
Diego Pavia made it clear he wanted to play at Vanderbilt, especially after winning another year of eligibility from a judge’s order, but the quarterback revealed he had some big offers from other schools, including one in the SEC.
“It was less reaching out to me. It was more reaching out to, like, my brothers and my family and stuff,” Pavia told Bussin’ with the Boys.
Female Athletes Appeal House v. NCAA Settlement Approval
A group of eight women filed an appeal of the House v. NCAA settlement approval on Wednesday, arguing that it violates the Title IX gender equity statute, Front Office Sports has learned. The appeal only challenged the back damages portion of the settlement.
House v. NCAA settlement reshapes college sports, raises legal questions, experts say
Masters, an expert on athlete representation and a University of Oklahoma graduate, offered perspective on how the legal groundwork for these changes was laid decades ago, starting with a landmark 1983 lawsuit filed by OU’s Board of Regents that challenged NCAA broadcast restrictions and opened the door to today’s multibillion-dollar college sports media market.
Final Approval for House v. NCAA Settlement Brings New Era, More Litigation | WilmerHale – JDSupra
Although the full impact of this settlement is uncertain, at least one appeal has already been filed, and additional litigation appears inevitable. On June 11, 2025, eight female athletes filed an appeal arguing that the distribution of approximately $2.8 billion violates Title IX because female athletes will receive less money than men’s basketball and football players.
And one more that I thought was a good read
Happy 2013, Democrats – by Danielle Kurtzleben
I’ve been talking to voters long enough to know this: Voters are sometimes bad at knowing what they want. They’re often bad at articulating what they want. And they’re very bad at knowing OR articulating what they’ll want in a year or three.
And a corollary: Parties try to guess what voters want – sometimes they even listen to voters – and in turn they are often phenomenally bad at knowing what a winning candidate looks like.
QOTD: Summer is here, so I’m curious what occupies everyone’s time the most during summer?