Every NCAA athlete in the country was given the opportunity to start making money off their name, image and likeness starting July 1.
It was a step closer toward players having all the rights they deserve, but it's certainly not a replacement for compensation from either schools and conferences in sharing revenue.
Still, the athletes' ability to have side hustles and make some extra money isn't nothing, and that has proven to be the case since they were given NIL rights at the beginning of the month.
Here are some of my favorites (not a complete list of deals) a couple of weeks into the NIL era.