{
  "id": 7810799,
  "title": "Jay Williams: ‘We All Participated’ in Cash Payments Before NIL",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/jay-williams-we-all-participated-in-cash-payments-before-nil",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T14:51:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Front Office Sports",
    "slug": "front-office-sports",
    "url": "https://frontofficesports.com/article/jay-williams-cash-payments-pre-nil/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\"",
  "summary": "Williams said the payments came in “duffle bags” during the playful exchange.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}