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The advent of the name, image and image (NIL) has significantly altered the university sports scene. High profile university athletes will often consider null figures projected before committing or transferring to another school.
The South Carolina soccer star, Lanorris Sellers received tempting offers designed to attract him to enter the transfer portal. “All kinds of crazy numbers were offered,” said the father of the vendors, Norris, to Atletic.
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The South Carolina Gamecocks Campo Mariscal, Lanorris Sellers (16) is stirred against the Missouri Tigers in the second half at the Williams-Brice stadium on November 16, 2024 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Jeff Blake/Imagn images)
The South Carolina Campo Marshal finally rejected the offers in favor of staying with the Gamecocks, according to his father. At least one of the lucrative proposals “he heard was for $ 8 million for two years,” said Sellers’ father.
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He also suggested that his son never intended to play university football to simply “make money” and that another university “offered more” was not enough to motivate quartback to the transfer.
The South Carolina Campo Marshal, the Lanorris Sellers Campo Marshal (16) before the play, the call against the Illinois Fighting Illini in the fourth quarter at the World Stadium campsite on December 31, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. (Jeremy reper/Imagn images)
“I told him that I could say: ‘I’m going to stay or I’m going.’ [But] My two cent: was to enter the university with a scholarship, play ball, get our title and continue our business, “said Norris Sellers.” This null agreement came later. We didn’t come here to earn money. We came here to get our education, play ball and with schools calling, we are not going to jump the ship because they are offering more than we are getting. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. “
The South Carolina Campo Marshal, Lanorris Sellers (16) is executed for a touchdown against the Louisian State University during the second quarter at the Williams-Brice stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, on September 14, 2024. (Ken Ruinard/USA Today through IMAGN images)
The vendors, who will be classified as a second year student of this autumn, ended the 2024 season with 2,534 air yards and 18 touchdowns. It will be eligible for the NFL draft after the university season 2025.
South Sellers and Carolina are scheduled to open the regular season on August 31 against Virginia Tech in Atlanta.
University athletes began to receive compensation for their names, images and similarities in 2021. At that time, many athletic reinforcements formed groups called collective. The group effectively took advantage of null funds as de facto salaries for their respective teams. Prominent players have received millions of dollars of groups.
However, a federal judge’s recent decision on an agreement of $ 2.8 billion raided the way for university and university athletics departments to reduce checks directly to athletes. Judge Claudia Wilken approved the multimillons of the camera v. NCAA settlement. Wilken’s ruling occurred only weeks before July 1, the date on which many schools planned to start issuing payments directly to athletes.
