Local brands hope to score big wins in signing college athletes

NCAA rule change opens floodgates for businesses — but vague and varying details of the regulations could pose issues.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 10:00 a.m. August 5, 2021
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Driving from Tampa to Miami on the last day of June, entrepreneur Omar Soliman had lines from the 1996 comedy Happy Gilmore swirling in his head. Like the one where the star golfer, Happy, played by Adam Sandler, demands his ‘big’ check at the end of a golf tournament he didn’t win.

Courtesy. Signing day with Peter Simmons III and Bill and Keith Daubmann of MY Shower Door
Courtesy. Signing day with Peter Simmons III and Bill and Keith Daubmann of MY Shower Door

 

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