It’s a big day for college athletes as the NCAA is now allowing them to receive compensation off of their name, image, and likeness and still retain their college eligibility. Charles Hanagriff with Match Point, a firm that will connect college athletes with businesses, expects some athletes will strike six-figure deals, but most of the sponsorship agreements will be for a few hundred bucks…
Cut 10 (09) “…grassroots deals.”
LSU football players Myles Brennan, Derek Stingley Junior and Kayshon Boutte have announced paid partnerships with Smoothie King and Walk-ons and other businesses. Cajuns Quarterback Levi Lewis is now a spokesman for EatLafayette.

Industry analysts say LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne could bring in more cash than any other college-athlete because she has five million followers between Instagram and Tik Tok.

The Saints have made All-Pro Ryan Ramczyk the NFL’s highest-paid right tackle. Ramczyk who was entering the final year of his rookie contract has agreed to a five-year, 96-million dollar deal that includes 60-million dollars in guaranteed money. Not bad for the former first-round pick who quit playing football for a year after high school
Cut 16 (25) “…back at it”
The 27-year-old has allowed just three sacks in the last two seasons.

It took him 16 seasons, but former New Orleans Hornet Chris Paul is finally heading to the NBA Finals after his Suns eliminated the Clippers last night.

And Mississippi State won its first NCAA championship in any sport as the Bulldogs baseball bashed Vanderbilt nine to nothing in the final game of the College World Series.