Local college athletes sign NIL deals
FORT MYERS, Fla.– Former Bishop Verot lineman, Peter Simmons III, has now signed two letters of intent in the last five months. The first was to declare his commitment to play football at the University of Michigan and the second, more recently, was to be a spokesperson for the Estero-based company My Shower Door. “This is new to all of us so why not get in on it?” said Simmons. On July 1st, the NCAA reversed its decades-old practice of banning student-athletes from making a profit off of their name, image, and likeness. “Being a college athlete I don’t...
