Players Era Festival could set tournament precedent in NIL era
Events like the Players Era Festival -- a “first-of-its-kind, NIL-driven” basketball tournament featuring some of the top programs in the nation -- could “just be the beginning” for collegiate basketball programs looking for ways to earn money to fund NIL.
Players Era Festival Poses Huge NIL Opportunity for College Basketball
This Thanksgiving season, tournament-style basketball is taking a new form for Alabama basketball. Part of the elite "Feast Week," a new tournament will make it
Players Era Festival organizers betting big NIL is the future of college basketball tournaments
Players Era Festival organizers have done what so many other have tried. They bet their fortunes in Las Vegas that a big payoff is coming.
Players Era Festival 2024: Bracket, teams, schedule for college basketball tournament
The first ever Players Era Festival college basketball event has arrived. Here's what to know, including the bracket, scores, how to watch and more:
What to know about Alabama basketball in Players Era Festival: Vegas, NIL millions and more
The holiday season is here, but the blue collar boys of Alabama basketball are still clocking in for work at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas, NV.
New-look Players Era Festival — and its $1M prize for NIL — joins the Thanksgiving Week basketball tournament lineup
Eight of the nation’s premier basketball programs are descending on Las Vegas during the traditional Thanksgiving tournament week for a unique event where real money for their school’s NIL
Thanksgiving Week college hoops week brings new-look Players Era Festival to tournament lineup
Eight of the nation's premier basketball programs are descending on Las Vegas during the traditional Thanksgiving tournament week for a unique event where real money for their school's name, image and likeness collectives is riding on the outcome.
Players Era Festival organizers betting big NIL is future of college tourneys
Players Era Festival organizers have done what so many other have tried — bet their fortunes in this city that a big payoff is coming.
Alabama basketball and Oregon to duel for $500,000 in Players Era Festival title game
The No. 9 Crimson Tide will face coach Dana Altman and undefeated Oregon in the final game of the inaugural Players Era ...
3 thoughts from the Players Era Festival: coming home, rooting for Creighton and swatting shots
In their own beds. The other seven teams in Las Vegas finished their games Wednesday, walked out double doors at the back of ...
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Rutgers Basketball to play in first-ever NIL tournament in Las Vegas
Each participating team's NIL collective is set to receive a ... the Cayman Islands Classic before getting a spot in the Players Era Festival, but later pulled out of the event due to a ...
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Alabama basketball vs. Notre Dame in Players Era event is off: Here's why
One of them is set to come from the Players Era Festival. In order to have a winner ... players and programs more than $59 million in NIL funding had to make some changes to its schedule on ...
Aztecs fall to Oregon at Players Era Festival, await Saturday opponent
The Aztecs got 18 points from BJ Davis before he fouled out (two coming on Oregon 3-point attempts late in the shot clock ...
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Iowa State playing in 2025 Players Era Festival
Iowa State has agreed to play in the Players Era Festival, a Las Vegas-based tournament is promising millions in NIL to participating schools over the next five years. The Players Era ...