Here’s The First College Athlete To Sign An Endorsement Deal

On Wednesday, the NCAA announced that college athletes around the country would be able to sign deals to profit off of their own name, image and likeness starting on July 1. Well, it took less than a day before we saw an athlete sign an endorsement deal. Antwan Owens, a Jackson State defensive end became the nation’s first athlete to sign an NIL deal under the NCAA’s new policy...

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“For us, HBCUs are very important,” Eric Nwankwo, one of three brothers who run 3 Kings Grooming, told SI. “The main colleges get the credit and no one really pays attention to the HBCUs. What Deion is trying to do to get these athletes paid and recognized, that’s why this was our first choice.”

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(The Spun)