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This year’s NCAA Tournament offered a glimpse at the future of name, image and likeness (NIL) deals in college sports.
Though Kansas won the tournament, Saint Peter’s guard Doug Edert, who had 20 points off the bench in the tournament darling’s upset of Kentucky, ended up with a shining NIL moment. Thanks to his performance—and a mustache that would make Tom Selleck blush—Edert’s profile instantly rose on social media, and he secured NIL deals with Buffalo Wild Wings and Barstool Sports.
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