Tag: NCAA

FGCU becoming transfer destination for basketball

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on July 8, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

FORT MYERS, Fla.– This last year, recruiting for college coaches was a bit of a challenge due to the pandemic. FGCU head men’s basketball coach Michael Fly put his recruiting class hopes into transfer students rather than incoming college freshmen. “I think that’s just the nature of where we are in college basketball right now,” Fly explained. It’s a vision that Fly put together and was excited to see pan out. “I did think this is a place we can attract transfers because we have had a lot of success with transfers over the years,” says Fly. ...

NCAA allows college athletes to profit off their name, image in policy shift

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on July 1, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

Starting Thursday, college athletes will have the opportunity to make money from their name, image and likeness (NIL) after the NCAA Board of Governors approved an interim policy that gives student-athletes in all three divisions the ability to profit from sponsorship opportunities for the first time. “This is an important day for college athletes since they all are now able to take advantage of name, image and likeness opportunities,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said in a news release. The policy remains under interim status while the NCAA works with Congress and states to come...