SportsEpreneur

01/06/2026

This is the page we send when someone asks “what’s actually going on with NIL right now?”

The SportsE NIL Hub covers Name, Image & Likeness: articles, podcasts, and resources for athletes, parents, brands, and universities.

12/31/2025

NIL gets talked about a lot.

This page keeps the signal in one place if you want to understand where things really stand.

The SportsE NIL Hub covers Name, Image & Likeness: articles, podcasts, and resources for athletes, parents, brands, and universities.

10/20/2025

Texas NIL 2026: What Every Athlete, Parent, and Coach Should Know

🛢️ Texas colleges can now pay athletes directly — up to about $20.5 million per school per year.

🎓 High school seniors (17+) can sign NIL deals but can’t receive payment until they enroll in college.

💸 A new “fair market value” system means the NCAA and Deloitte are monitoring every deal.

📊 Texas programs like UT, Texas A&M, Baylor, and TCU are using NIL as a recruiting advantage heading into 2026.

Full article here:

Texas NIL laws in 2026 let colleges pay athletes directly—up to $20.5 million per school—and allow 17-year-olds to sign NIL deals with deferred pay. Learn what athletes, parents, and coaches need to know about recruiting, compliance, and the new NCAA rules shaping Texas sports.

09/11/2025

NIL was supposed to empower athletes. Instead, it’s turned into a booster-funded arms race that’s breaking college sports.

NIL is bad for college sports, creating chaos with competitive gaps and student-athlete exploitation. The current system threatens collegiate sports' integrity and demands immediate reform.

09/09/2025

The new reality of NBA fandom.

You’re not just a viewer anymore.

You’re a part-time IT specialist, a reluctant accountant, and occasionally a detective trying to figure out what app is hiding tonight’s game.

Full breakdown below.

09/08/2025

Sunday night in Buffalo delivered one of the most stunning psychological collapses in recent NFL memory.

The Baltimore Ravens didn’t just lose a game they were dominating—they experienced a complete mental breakdown that turned a 99.1% win probability into one of the most devastating defeats you’ll ever witness.

The Ravens had a 99.1% win probability vs the Bills. They were celebrating. Then it all changed. Inside the psychological collapse that turned a sure win into devastation.

08/30/2025

ESPN Hires Katie Feeney—and People Are Mad. Here’s What They’re Missing.

Reddit threads say ESPN has hit rock bottom. Others swear they’re never watching again.

People aren’t wrong to feel upset. But if you think this means ESPN is “done”? That’s flat-out wrong.

https://sportsepreneur.com/espn-katie-feeney-hire-people-mad-theyre-wrong/

08/25/2025

📊 ESPN Bet’s push into sports betting is reshaping the game.

- a 3% market share vs. FanDuel & DraftKings’ dominance

- ESPN BET Live averaging 126K viewers

- Penn’s Interactive division: $316M revenue, $62M loss (Q2 2025)

- Year-3 opt-out in 2026 could change everything

But the bigger question → Can ESPN be both a trusted news source and a sportsbook partner?

Read the full breakdown here 👇
👉 https://sportsepreneur.com/espn-bet-sports-betting/

Discover the ESPN BET entry into sports betting, covering strategy, content, tech, market impact, and ethics. See how it's reshaping sports media.

08/24/2025

⚽🌍 Soccer: The World’s Most Popular Sport (and Rising in the U.S.)

With 3.5 billion fans worldwide, $570B in global betting, and record revenues at the club level, soccer isn’t just the world’s most popular sport — it’s widening the gap.

And in the U.S., momentum is building:
✅ Record MLS attendance (the Messi effect)
✅ Copa América 2024 & Club World Cup 2025 hosted here
✅ The 2026 FIFA World Cup — the biggest tournament ever — just around the corner

We updated our deep dive with the 2025–26 outlook: audience, revenue, women’s soccer, and U.S. growth.

Read it here 👇
🔗

While here in the U.S., we might debate the world's most popular sport, the rest of the world has made up its mind – soccer rules.

08/23/2025

🌱 The NFL’s turf problem just won’t go away.

For years, players have said turf is dangerous — causing more knee, ankle, and Achilles injuries than grass. MetLife Stadium has been the poster child for those concerns…

And yet in 2025, MetLife ripped out the turf and installed grass for the FIFA Club World Cup. 🤔 If grass is good enough for international soccer stars, why not for NFL players? Are they not as valuable?

We just updated our NFL Turf Battle deep dive with this 2025 twist — including injury data, global comparisons, and why 92% of NFL players want grass fields.

👉 Read the full story (with TL;DR + FAQ):

While turf has made many improvements, we are still seeing an alarming rate of injuries on turf. This is 3K+ words on the NFL turf battle.

08/23/2025

🚨 The Luka Dončić trade still doesn’t make sense.

Dallas sent away a 25-year-old superstar for an aging Anthony Davis… and then somehow won the lottery with just a 1.8% chance, drafting Cooper Flagg. 🤯

Fans are still chanting “Fire Nico!” and the conspiracy theories haven’t slowed down. Was this about gambling politics in Texas? The Lakers’ endless superstar pipeline? The NBA’s ratings crisis?

We just updated our deep dive with a 2025 offseason refresh — including the latest theories, fan reactions, and why the official explanation still doesn’t add up.

👉 Read the full story (with TL;DR + FAQ):

The Luka trade is the most inexplicable trade in NBA history. And it is about everything except basketball. Conspiracy Theory? Probably.

07/11/2025

🔥 BREAKING: ESPN's Paul Finebaum just GUARANTEED that Arch Manning and Texas will beat Ohio State on August 30th.

OSU fans: Your defending champs are favored at home
Texas fans: Manning's got that championship DNA

Who's right? The stats will shock you 👀

Paul Finebaum guarantees Texas beats Ohio State on August 30th with Arch Manning at QB. Why does this bold prediction from the ESPN analyst divide college football fans, and what do the advanced stats reveal about this epic matchup?