And we are back, folks, here on the Michigan Insider, on the Big 1050, WTCA, online at the big 1050.com.

Sam Webb, Mr. Ira, Wynne Tribe on the other side.

And so, Ira, college football seems like, of course, we are monitoring what's going on in practice.

But it seems like on the daily, we are seeing stories around college football that affect the landscape.

So you were telling me one, telling me about one on the NIL side that I think affects the landscape.

I mentioned on the eligibility side that I think affects the landscape.

We'll start with one on the NAL side that I think I can virtually guarantee is going to be copied.

Like I think Michigan is going to do this.

Even if they haven't seen this story when they hear about it, Ira, I think Michigan is going to do this.

This story out of Tennessee.

And why am I not surprised that Tennessee, who has like been at the forefront of, hey, what do nil wise to kind of you know take the next

step when it comes to getting athletes paid right why am I not surprised that they have uh kind of

taken a step in that in that you know in this, in this NIL, on this NIL frontier.

This is when I think you're going to see a lot of schools, Michigan included, take this step in the very near future.

Yeah, so Tennessee is the first, but let's see.

These schools are coming up really soon for apparel contracts, LSU, Penn State, and USC in particular for big names.

But this is a great, this is something you and I've talked about for a long time when we were talking about, contracts, LSU, Penn State, and USC in particular for big names.

But this is a great, this is something you and I've talked about for a long time when we were talking about when athletes are going to finally start getting paid.

There are a lot of ways to put money in their pockets.

And one of them is with the apparel company that they wear on a daily basis.

These guys here in football and basketball and the ladies in basketball wearing

Jordan brand and the other athletes were wearing Nike.

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