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Will NIL Deals Be Better Regulated in the Future?
“At the end of the day, we’re all looking for a competitive advantage."
Steve Ulrich
May 29, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutes
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🗓️ What’s Happening This Week. The NCAA Regional Rules Seminar begins its two-day run in Indianapolis today. Here is the daily schedule. The DIII softball World Series begins today in Bloomington, Ill., while the rowing and baseball championships get underway on Friday.
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1. Will NIL Deals Be Better Regulated in the Future?
by Ross Dellenger, Yahoo! Sports
“Along a carpeted hallway within the Sandestin Hilton, Brian Kelly is mid-conversation when a man interjects. “Hey,” the man said toward the LSU football coach, “you asked great questions today during our presentation!”
The man continued onward, leading a team of about a half-dozen people through the lobby of this place. They are members of the Deloitte leadership and implementation team operating college sports’ new NIL clearinghouse dubbed “NIL Go.”
Presenting in front of SEC coaches here on Tuesday — a question-and-answer session too — Deloitte representatives walked them through the intricacies and concepts of the much-ballyhooed clearinghouse, the industry’s new, somewhat controversial method to prohibit booster payments to athletes.”
» Driving the News. “There’s so much uncertainty, says Georgia coach Kirby Smart, that some schools are promising high school recruits and transferring players third-party NIL deals as part of their compensation package despite an important fact: None of those deals can be approved by a clearinghouse that hasn’t fully launched.”
» What’s Next. “Three days after the settlement is approved — if it is approved — the “NIL Go” clearinghouse is expected to begin processing athlete NIL contracts. Athletes must submit to the clearinghouse all deals valued at more than $600. Deloitte is using a fair market value algorithm to create a “compensation range” for NIL deals to assure they are not the fabricated contracts that boosters have struck with athletes now for years.”
» What They’re Saying. “Everybody is trying to figure out fair market value NIL,” Texas A&M athletic director Trev Alberts said. “At the end of the day, we’re all looking for a competitive advantage. What is real is you have rev-share amount and scholarship amount, but what is undefined is how much fair market value deals can you get through NIL Go.”
SOFTBALL
2. Championship Preview
Pool play in the DIII Softball Championship begins today in Bloomington, Ill.
Virginia Wesleyan (46-3-1) vs. Randolph-Macon (39-12), 11 a.m.
Scoring Offense: Virginia Wesleyan 7.86, Randolph-Macon 5.06
Team ERA: Virginia Wesleyan 1.45, Randolph-Macon 1.28
Hitting Leaders: (V) Morgan Tucker (392-3-69), Laci Campbell (392-2-33), Mackenzie Myers (392-2-46). (R) Amanda Lanyon (343-3-27), Reagan Hill (335-2-25), Tori Powell (331-6-34)
Pitching Leaders: (V) Hannah Hearl (13-2, 1.37, 106K), Lauren Bible (25-1, 1.58, 77K). (R) Gracie Ellis (26-4, 0.75, 262K), Courtney Guthrie (11-6, 1.29, 27K)
Team Stats | Virginia Wesleyan | Randolph-Macon
Linfield (43-5) vs. Saint Mary’s, Minn. (44-5), 1:30 p.m.
Scoring Offense: Linfield 9.17, Saint Mary’s 7.10
Team ERA: Linfield 2.70, Saint Mary’s 1.83
Hitting Leaders: (L) Claire Seats (469-20-77), Meara Sain (444-5-33), Jacey Leyvas (424-15-55). (S) Makayla Steffes (425-9-45), Megan McGinnis (396-1-30), Abbie Stigler (390-3-24).
Pitching Leaders: (L) Tyler McNeley (30-2, 2.23, 179K), Tyler Warden (11-3, 3.14, 31K). (S) Kenzie Gatz (18-1, 1.39, 84K), Steffes (21-4, 1.75, 139K)
Team Stats | Linfield | Saint Mary’s
Rowan (48-2) vs. Texas Lutheran (44-3), 4 p.m.
Scoring Offense: Rowan 7.04, Texas Lutheran 6.77
Team ERA: Rowan 1.00, Texas Lutheran 1.10
Hitting Leaders: (R) Payton MacNair (441-0-41), McKenzie Melvin (437-2-34), Liz McCaffery (414-3-23). (T) Annie Kay (473-0-38), Caelee Clark (389-1-20), Serena Gonzalez (382-14-61).
Pitching Leaders: (R) Emily McCutcheon (21-1, 0.86, 73K), Rylee Lutz (21-1, 0.87, 108K). (T) Amanda White (23-1, 0.87, 105K), Katelyn Howard (10-0, 1.39, 39K)
Team Stats | Rowan | Texas Lutheran
Scoring Offense: Trine 7.89, Redlands 7.15
Team ERA: Trine 2.05, Redlands 2.76
Hitting Leaders: (T) Tyra Marcum (420-17-52), Debbie Hill (393-19-62), Macy Riocha (381-7-40). (R) Janay Scott (467-0-10), Kassidy Long (407-0-34), Paige Messeniehner (388-4-36)
Pitching Leaders: (T) Alexis Michon (22-1, 0.79, 184K), Hill (12-2, 3.73, 90K). (R) Katlyn Gandara (14-3, 1.85, 49K), Paige Ellinger (11-1, 2.02, 45K).
BASEBALL
3. Eldred, Gilman Highlight All-America Team
“The 18th annual D3baseball.com All-America team is as strong the previous All-American teams. Here are our top award-getters, plus the full All-America team.
Zach Eldred, a utility player on Brockport's baseball squad, was named the D3baseball.com Player of the Year following a record-breaking fifth season at Brockport.
The 2024 D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year is Jason Gilman. Gilman finished the season tops in wins and strikeouts appearing among the top pitchers in the other inportsnt pitching stats..
Haverford's freshman shortstop, Jackson Sgro, quickly became one of the Centennial's most feared hitters in his first year, leading the league in batting average.”
First Team | First Team |
Player of the Year: Zach Eldred, Brockport, Sr., UTL
Pitcher of the Year: Jason Gilman, Kean, Sr., LHP
Rookie of the Year: Jackson Sgro, Haverford, Fr., SS
NEWS YOU CAN USE
4. Lightning Round ⚡️
» Finances. Anticipating a deficit of $15.5 and $17.5 million this fiscal year, Buffalo State will deactivate 19 programs and reduce staffing by as many as 63 positions.
» Lacrosse (W). The IWLCA named Middlebury’s Hope Shue as the DIII Player of the Year, as well as Attacker of the Year. Other award recipients include Tufts’ Madeline Delaney as Midfielder of the Year, Colby’s Kat Munter as the Defender of the Year, as York’s Bella Garabo as Goalkeeper of the Year.
TRANSACTIONS
5. Comings and Goings
ALMA - Katlyn Monroe resigned as head women’s wrestling coach
CARNEGIE MELLON - Justin Simon named head men’s basketball coach
COLBY - Sean Elvert named head men’s soccer coach
EASTERN CONNECTICUT - Mandy King named head women’s basketball coach
EMORY - Gregory Fenves will transition from president to chancellor. Leah Ward Sears named interim president
GOUCHER - Stephanie Johnson named director of athletics. Erick Camodeca stepped down as head cross country/track and field coach to take position as director of athletic philathropy. JT Klopcic named head coach
GRINNELL - Malcolm J. Gibson named football offensive coordinator
GUILFORD - Jesse DeLoof named head men’s basketball coach
HILBERT - Laura Edholm resigned as associate athletic director
MIT - Larry Anderson announced his retirement as head men’s basketball coach
MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME - Cary Clark resigned as head volleyball coach
MIDWEST CONFERENCE - Brock Reisler named assistant executive director
NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE - Travis Manick named director of wrestling
SAINT MARY’S (Minn.) - Nick Bobb named head men’s basketball coach
WILKES - Curtis Jaques has departed as head men’s lacrosse coach
WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE - Jack Wagner named assistant wrestling coach
WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR - Allison DeGroot resigned as head women’s soccer coach
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