Bruce Marshall is a handicapper for CBS Sportsline. He provides the Review-Journal with college football notes and trends.
UNLV
UNLV will remain in the Mountain West after weighing an offer from the reconstructed Pac-12, sources confirmed.
The departure of UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka is the latest example that this is no longer about education or representing a university and your fellow students.
Here’s what players, national media and college football observers are saying about former UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka leaving the program in an NIL dispute.
The UNLV football team’s fourth-leading rusher is departing the program and plans to transfer, but he said it has nothing to do with “NIL agreements.”
Sixth-year transfer Hajj-Malik Williams lost the UNLV starting quarterback battle, but he probably will take over for Matthew Sluka, who left the team Tuesday.
UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka’s decision to step away from the program over an NIL dispute appears to be unprecedented in college football.
Matthew Sluka left the UNLV football team because the university failed to make good on a promised payment of $100,000, according to his father and agent. UNLV strongly disputed their version of events.
The line on UNLV’s game against Fresno State on Saturday dropped after Rebels quarterback Matthew Sluka announced his departure Tuesday night on social media.
Matthew Sluka, a senior transfer from Holy Cross, had led the UNLV football team to a 3-0 start this season.
The Pac-12 filed a lawsuit against the Mountain West in federal court in California amid a flurry of realignment activity.
A photo from the celebration shows Bryson Stott wearing a UNLV football helmet while pouring champagne on teammate and fellow Las Vegan Bryce Harper as he lets out a victory yell.
Whether it’s the Mountain West or Pac-12, UNLV, suddenly in a position of power, should make the best deal possible to set the school up for a run at the Big 12.
UNLV appeared ready to commit to the Mountain West on Monday after a brief flirtation with the rebuilding Pac-12, but another defection has created uncertainty for both leagues.
The college football world is still reeling from the announcement that four Mountain West schools are leaving to join the Pac-12. Here is where things stand.
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