The Star's longtime columnist Greg Hansen checks in with college football's recent surge in Name, Image and Likeness deals and how Arizona football must navigate it. Plus notes on Sam Thomas making the Phoenix Mercury roster.
Greg Hansen The Star's longtime columnist Greg Hansen checks in with college football's recent surge in Name, Image and Likeness deals and how Arizona football must navigate it. Plus, a documentary on Annika Sorenstam debuts and former UA star Sam Thomas making the Phoenix Mercury's opening day roster.
People are also reading… A college sports website On3.com, estimates that Robinson is being paid $350,000 via Names, Image and Likeness ventures. So far, Robinson has signed six endorsement deals, the latest with an Austin Lamborghini dealership. That follows Robinson’s previous deals with Raising Canes; C4 Energy; DAZN, a sports streaming operation; Centre, an athletic apparel company based in Dallas; and Cameo, a celebrity video message group.
Chris Singleton, 1989: A linebacker from New Jersey, Singleton and his twin brother, Kevin, committed to Arizona in a package deal, eschewing offers from Notre Dame a few years after Arizona beat the undefeated Fighting Irish, and had been ranked No. 3 nationally. Good timing. Antoine Cason, 2008: A three-star cornerback at Los Alamitos High in SoCal, Cason was a legacy recruit at Oregon, where his father, NFL cornerback Wendell Cason, had built himself into an NFL player. But the Ducks passed on Cason, who chose to sign with a 2-10 Arizona team transitioning from John Mackovic to Mike Stoops. Cason’s other offers were Washington State and Cal.
Wednesday night at Gentle Ben’s on the UA campus, Salpointe Catholic’s first-year coach, Eric Castillo, will be presented with the McConnell Coach of the Year Award. Castillo’s Lancers went 26-3, finishing No. 2 in Class 4A. The USGA backed the project because it wanted to invest in telling stories about women’s golf. As fate would have it, Sorenstam came out of a 13-year retirement last year to win the U.S. Senior Women’s Open. That gave her an exemption into the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open, which will be held early next month.
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