Jay Williams: ‘We All Participated’ in Cash Payments Before NIL
Williams said the payments came in “duffle bags” during the playful exchange.
Before the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) era became formalized in 2021, a less official period existed in college athletics, with cash payments being made in black duffle bags, according to former All-Americans Jay Williams (Duke men's basketball) and Ndamukong Suh (Nebraska football). At Front Office Sports' Asset Class event, Williams humorously acknowledged this by saying, "Just in black duffle bags."
Suh responded, "Sorry, we all participated." He jokingly claimed, "I never participated," while asserting, "Don't bring that over here to Nebraska."
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