South Carolina's Lanorris Sellers Rejected Tempting Transfer Offers, The College Football Star's Father Says

The advent of name, image, and likeness (NIL) has importantly altered nan college sports landscape. High-profile assemblage athletes will often see projected NIL figures earlier they perpetrate to aliases transportation to different school.

South Carolina shot prima LaNorris Sellers received tempting offers designed to entice him to participate nan transportation portal. "He was offered each kinds of crazy numbers," Sellers' father, Norris, told The Athletic.

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South Carolina Gamecocks backmost LaNorris Sellers (16) scrambles against nan Missouri Tigers successful nan 2nd half astatine Williams-Brice Stadium connected Nov 16, 2024 successful Columbia, South Carolina. (Jeff Blake/Imagn Images)

The South Carolina backmost yet turned down nan offers successful favour of remaining pinch nan Gamecocks, according to his father. At slightest 1 of nan lucrative proposals "he heard was for $8 cardinal for 2 years," Sellers' begetter said. 

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He besides suggested that his boy ne'er intended to play college football to simply "make money" and that different assemblage "offering more" wasn't capable to motivate nan backmost to transfer.

South Carolina Gamecocks backmost LaNorris Sellers (16) earlier nan play telephone against nan Illinois Fighting Illini successful nan 4th fourth astatine Camping World Stadium connected Dec 31, 2024 successful Orlando, Florida. (Jeremy Reper/Imagn Images)

"I told him he could say, ‘I’m gonna enactment aliases I’m gonna go.’ [But] my 2 cents: It was to get into assemblage connected a scholarship, play ball, get our degree, and spell connected astir our business," Norris Sellers said. "This NIL woody came later. We didn’t travel present to make money. We came present to get our education, play ball, and pinch schools calling, we’re not gonna jump vessel because they’re offering much than what we’re getting. If it ain’t broke, don’t hole it."

South Carolina backmost LaNorris Sellers (16) runs for a touchdown against Louisiana State University during nan 2nd 4th astatine Williams-Brice Stadium successful Columbia, South Carolina connected Sept. 14, 2024. (Ken Ruinard/USA Today via Imagn Images)

Sellers, who will beryllium classified arsenic a redshirt sophomore this fall, vanished nan 2024 play pinch 2,534 passing yards and 18 touchdowns. He will beryllium eligible for nan NFL draught aft nan 2025 assemblage season. 

Sellers and South Carolina are slated to unfastened nan regular play connected Aug. 31 against Virginia Tech successful Atlanta.

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College athletes started receiving compensation for their names, images, and likenesses successful 2021. At nan time, galore diversion boosters formed groups called collectives. The corporate efficaciously tapped NIL costs arsenic de facto salaries for their respective teams. Prominent players person received millions of dollars from collectives.

However, a federal judge's caller decision connected a $2.8 cardinal colony paved nan measurement for assemblage and assemblage diversion departments to trim checks straight to athletes. Judge Claudia Wilken approved nan multi-billion The House v. NCAA settlement. Wilken's ruling came conscionable weeks earlier July 1, nan day galore schools planned to statesman issuing payments straight to athletes.

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