August 1 marked a seismic shift in college football. For the first time, schools could officially offer written revenue-sharing contracts to recruits. Signatures must wait till the official signing date though. Auburn, eager to embrace the post-House settlement era, jumped headfirst into this new NIL landscape. But the Tigers’ approach involving Jackson Arnold is already raising eyebrows among experts. How far can a school push the boundaries without tripping over the rules?
Here’s the thing that’s catching NIL experts’ attention. In a post on X on August 22, Mit Winter highlighted a growing trend . “ Instead of using third party NIL $ that in-house agencies/MMR partners bring to athletes as a way to add $ on top of rev-share payments, schools are using third party $ as a way t