UNLV quarterback leaves school, saying $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.
UNLV QB leaves team; agent says school did not meet $100,000 NIL commitment
UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka has decided to sit out the rest of the season over a $100,000 NIL payment that was promised but never paid after he agreed to transfer to the Rebels from Holy Cross, Sluka’s agent told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “I think there was some kind of breakdown in communication,” Bob Sluka, Matthew’s father, told AP.
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Mike Palm, the VP of Operations for Circa, the D, and Golden Gate Casinos in Downtown Las Vegas, offered $100,000 in NIL money to keep Sluka on the team after the quarterback quit this week in the wake of not receiving the $100,000 he said had been promised by a UNLV assistant coach. Brett McMurphy of The Action Network first reported the news.
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