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Ever since the NCAA began allowing college athletes to earn money from their names, images

and likenesses, some athletes have been caching in.

Sedona's social media skills have propelled her to lead quite frankly of her own as an

influencer slash equity holder.

The most valuable college football NIL deal goes to none other than Alabama's Bryce

Young. Sources now report that young has already signed contracts totaling more than

$800,000 and he's been offered deals worth more than a million dollars.

But in the wild, wild west that is the world of NIL deals, it's sometimes hard to know

who or what to believe. Today, the Athletic Stuart Mandel tells us the story of Jaden

Rashada, a top high school quarterback from California, who saw his NIL dream and what

he thought was millions of dollars, go up and smoke.

The kind of a sad story. I mean, here's a kid who you can say he was naive and he should

never have believed that $13 million existed in the first place, but he did. And you go

from thinking you're about to be super rich to nothing.

From Wondering, I'm Anders Keltel. It's Wednesday, February 15th, and this is The Lead.

Stuart Mandel, welcome back to The Lead. Thanks, thanks for having me.

So Stuart, today we are diving into the very bizarre story of Jaden Rashada, who you and

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