Miami Booster Calls Out Saban Over NIL Concerns John Ruiz believes the Alabama coach was way off base with his comments. Sports Illustrated · May 21, 2022
Miami NIL king John Ruiz said Nick Saban comments ‘felt like a little teenager whining’ MIAMI — Commentary about Miami billionaire and Hurricanes fan John Ruiz’s ambitious ongoing strategy to capitalize on the NCAA’s name, image and likeness rules and — in the process — help boost the UM sports program had largely been limited to media and fans. Miami Herald · May 20, 2022
Task Force to Big-Money Boosters: NIL Sanctions Could Be Coming College administrators are finalizing guidelines expected to clarify that boosters and booster-led collectives are prohibited from involvement in recruiting, sources tell SI. Sports Illustrated · May 3, 2022
NIL, ‘Booster Banks’ and Recruiting Wars: For Some, It Doesn’t Add Up Less than a year into the NIL Era, officials say the college sports landscape is dramatically shifting back into the booster-driven world that plagued it decades ago. Sports Illustrated · May 2, 2022
Miami’s Isaiah Wong Says He Won’t Transfer Over NIL The guard’s agent said on Friday that he would leave the Hurricanes program if he didn’t see his NIL compensation increase. Sports Illustrated · Apr 30, 2022
Wong backs off threat, won’t enter portal; Miami AD Radakovich addresses NIL situation MIAMI — Miami Hurricanes guard Isaiah Wong said he will not enter the transfer portal, a day after his representative threatened that he would do so if he didn’t snag a more lucrative NIL deal. Miami Herald · Apr 29, 2022
Miami’s Isaiah Wong Threatens Transfer Over NIL Compensation The guard declared for the NBA draft earlier this week, and he must enter the transfer portal by Sunday’s deadline if he wants to play for another college program. Sports Illustrated · Apr 29, 2022
Michelle Kaufman: Like it or not, lucrative NIL deals a slam dunk for UM’s Cavinder twins, Pack, Omier In the span of six days, the University of Miami became the hottest destination in men’s and women’s college basketball. Miami Herald · Apr 28, 2022
Kansas State guard Nijel Pack announces transfer to Miami With several players from last season’s team departing, Miami coach Jim Larrañaga is working the transfer portal to fill out the Hurricanes’ roster. Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022
Dave Hyde: John Ruiz is the face (and deep wallet) of a new world for Miami Hurricanes Brash? Tribune News Service · Jan 23, 2022