Kristi Dosh, an attorney and reporter who has covered the business of college sports as well or better than anyone during the turbulence of NIL and the transfer portal era, last week said a leading immigration attorney told her that foreign athletes continue to be ineligible to get NIL money. I listened to her interview on Sirius XM Channel 84, a college sports channel.
How can that be? That would mean former Arizona basketball player Henri Veesaar, who transferred to North Carolina, will not receive any money from the Tar Heels. I can’t believe he transferred from Arizona to North Carolina so quickly after the season without a pile of money as incentive.
If what Dosh says is true, that means Arizona foreign basketball players Mo Krivas, Dwayne Aristode and Anthony Dell’Orso, among others, are playing strictly for scholarship money and cannot be part of the estimated $3 million Tommy Lloyd will get from the new revenue-sharing plan for his athletes. Not a chance.
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Baylor guard Robert Wright III drives to the basket against Arizona guard Anthony Dell’Orso during the first half Feb. 17, 2025, in Waco, Texas.
If you wish to become educated on the implementation of the House settlement for college athletics, the NCAA has made a 35-page document available at .
I read it. It took more than an hour and I still wasn’t certain what is legal and what isn’t. Good luck.
