UNLV quarterback leaves school, saying promised $100,000 NIL payment wasn’t made. Here’s how it could have been avoided.
Matthew Sluka was UNLV’s starting quarterback and has led the team to a 3-0 record so far this season. He won’t play in another game for the school.
Former Badgers football player, now an agent, at center of UNLV controversy over NIL payment
Marcus Cromartie, ex-cornerback for the Wisconsin Badgers, is the agent advising Matthew Sluka, who just walked away from UNLV over an NIL payment.
UNLV QB to sit out season over NIL payment
The convoluted way college athletes are paid for the use of their name, image and likeness and a dispute between players and coaches over money appears to have cost an undefeated team its quarterback three games into the season.
UNLV quarterback leaves program amid dispute over NIL payments
Matthew Sluka announced on X that he would use a redshirt year after “certain representations ... were not upheld.”
UNLV quarterback’s abrupt exit points out big problem with how NIL is being handled
The time stamp reads: 9:36 p.m., Sept. 24, 2024. It is the moment that this name, image and likeness business in college athletics took another turn to the absurd. UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka tweeted on Tuesday night that he was redshirting and would not play another game this season.
Undefeated at 3-0, UNLV QB to redshirt following NIL dispute
Rebels QB Matthew Sluka is redshirting the remainder of the season following an NIL dispute, despite UNLV being undefeated with a potential shot at the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff
UNLV quarterback makes shocking announcement
UNLV Runnin' Rebels quarterback Matthew Sluka announced Tuesday that he wouldn't play another game for UNLV this season. Sluka, a transfer from Holy Cross, hinted at issues with his NIL deal as the reason he'll be redshirting this year in a post to his social media.
Breaking down the fallout of UNLV quarterback Sluka leaving program
The UNLV football team was rocked this week when starting quarterback Matthew Sluka announced he would end his season after just three games.News 3's Jesse Merr
UNLV’s starting quarterback walks away from program
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QB Matthew Sluka Leaves UNLV Over NIL Dispute
Sluka’s agent, Marcus Cromartie, told ESPN that the player was verbally promised a “minimum of $100,000” to join UNLV by ...
Matthew Sluka's NIL fallout with UNLV raises questions about agent's unregistered status in Nevada
Agent Marcus Cromartie is one of the key players at the center of Matthew Sluka's contentious midseason exit from UNLV ...