PHOENIX – When the panel shifted discussion to the chaos of Name, Image and Likeness and its ripple effect on the transfer portal in college sports, NFL senior vice president of football operations Arthur McAfee III lit up.

He applauded college football’s new “free agency” era for generating NFL-level buzz, even pointing to how the Washington Commanders were thrilled to draft Jayden Daniels after his stop at ASU.

Before he could finish, former ASU athletic director Ray Anderson, speaking at an ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law symposium Wednesday, jumped in: “To LSU, from ASU,” he corrected sharply, shaking his head at his longtime friend as the moderator teased, “Ray remembers that very well.” The room cracked up.

It wasn’t always funny. When Daniels bolted ASU for LSU, most in Te

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