“Unfortunately, I think (the NCAA) opened up Pandora’s box and didn’t have a whole lot of rules and regulations in place,” NIU head coach Thomas Hammock said.
Coming off a shortened 0-6 season, NIU was projected to finish last in the MAC West in a preseason media poll taken Tuesday at MAC Media Day in Detroit.
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The undefeated DeKalb County United women's U23 soccer team played the Rockford Raptors in a State Cup semifinal on Thursday at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
“The Supreme Court basically set the tempo, and NIL and other types of things will be the norm in making sure the student-athlete voice and that equity reigns supreme."
College athletes in Illinois would be able to independently profit from their image or likeness under a bill passed by the Illinois House Saturday.
MAC games will be on ESPN networks later in the year, but the Huskies will play on other networks as well, including Toledo at 11 a.m. on Oct. 9 on CBSSN.
The class also brings two Bloom players back to Illinois.
Boone Thorgesen, an All-State quarterback at Kaneland who played collegiately at Northern Illinois, has been named the new head coach at Geneva. Thorgesen, previously the Vikings' sophomore coach for five seasons, succeeds retiring head coach Rob Wicinski.