re: UNLV (3-0) starting QB leaves program immediately over NIL

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His dad said he received more than 25 NIL offers , including Big 10 and SEC teams that were “four, five times the amount they were willing to take from UNLV.” Yea, ok buddy. Right there just shows you how inept Sluka’s advisors are.

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After Sluka alleged UNLV did not hold its end up of a six-figure payday, the Rebels’ athletic program and Name Image Likeness (NIL) collective are claiming Sluka’s actions were instead an attempt to cash in on a hot start and receive more money than had previously been negotiated.

The quarterback officially announced his departure late Tuesday night in one of the crazier NIL stories in this new era of college athletics.

Sluka’s camp alleged to ESPN that he did not receive any of the $100,000 negotiated with an assistant after he agreed to transfer from Holy Cross and he had only received $3,000 for a moving stipend.

The quarterback’s side alleges UNLV instead countered with an offer of $3,000 over four months, which would have been $88,000 short of the supposed initial proposal.

They insisted that all they asked for was the amount that had been discussed.

UNLV, though, is painting Sluka’s actions as a money grab and said it honored its “previously agreed-upon scholarships.”

“Football player Matthew Sluka’s representative made financial demands upon the University and its NIL collective in order to continue playing,” UNLV’s athletic department said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. “UNLV Athletics interpreted these demands as a violation of the NCAA pay-for-play rules, as well as Nevada state law. UNLV does not engage in such activity, nor does it respond to implied threats. UNLV has honored all previously agreed-upon scholarships for Matthew Sluka.

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This crap would never happen in the SEC. SEC has always paid their players accordingly.

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