EXCLUSIVE: Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., plan to go to bat for college athletes to help secure their futures by investing their name, image and likeness (NIL) earnings.

“There are a lot of older gentlemen with beards playing basketball in college right now,” Calipari said. “The one that’s crazy, the guy comes in, and he’s waving to his kids up in the seats. And ...

John Calipari has been a vocal opponent of some of the bizarre NIL scenarios we are witnessing today. He recently criticized NCAA men’s basketball rosters for having noticeably older players.

The No. 4 Texas Tech Red Raiders (11-1) are some of the biggest NIL spenders in college football, and it has paid off in a trip to the Big 12 Championship Game at AT&T Stadium against the No. 11 BYU ...