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NIL Edge #26 - Inside Diadora’s NIL Strategy | Ryan Eckel

Ryan Eckel, Diadora’s U.S. chief marketing officer, joins Sterling Randle to explain how the company builds its NIL partnerships.
October 6, 2026

Prediction Markets Are Giving Sports Betting Veterans Deja Vu. Here Is Where the Story Splits.

As it relates to the “cousin-like” relationship between the sports betting market rise from 2018 to 2023, and the rocket ship that prediction markets are currently on, you could say we may be living in a parallel universe.
September 30, 2026

NIL Edge #25 - What “True NIL” Really Means with San Diego State’s Brenden Hill

Brenden Hill, assistant athletic director of student-athlete development and NIL at San Diego State, joins Sterling Randle to explain how the Aztecs approach athlete education, brand development and commercial opportunities.
September 18, 2026

NIL Edge #24 - What Brands Still Get Wrong About NIL | Allison Iverson, Postgame

Allison Iverson, campaign manager at Postgame, joins Sterling Randle to discuss the misconceptions that can keep brands from entering the NIL space and what it takes to build an effective athlete marketing campaign.
September 4, 2026

NIL Edge #23 - The Campus NIL Opportunity Schools May Be Overlooking | Matthew Stern & John Longo

In this episode of NIL Edge, Sterling Randle speaks with Matthew Stern, Vice Chancellor for Business Services at the University of Pittsburgh, and John Longo, Vice President of Operations for Pitt Eats, powered by Chartwells Higher Education.
August 21, 2026

Your College Football Sponsorship made National Headlines... So what?

Jackson Gaskins, Director of Communications at Digital Sport by HPL, explores why the biggest media hit isn’t always the most valuable one, and how brands can build media strategies around the audiences that matter most.
August 20, 2026

How Sports Creators Are Reshaping the Football Conversation

Lawton Granger, Communications Associate at Hot Paper Lantern, explores how creators are changing the way fans experience football and why brands need to rethink how they reach and engage football audiences.
August 11, 2026

NIL Edge #22 - What Brands Look for Before Signing an NIL Athlete | Lauren Campbell - Firefly Recovery

Lauren Campbell, chief marketing officer and partner at Firefly Recovery, joins Sterling Randle to discuss what makes NIL content perform, why audience connection matters more than follower count and how athletes can build brand relationships that last beyond college.
August 7, 2026

NIL Edge #21 - Grant House Explains the House Settlement and the Future of NIL

In this episode of The NIL Edge, Grant House’ joins Sterling Randle to discuss his journey from representing fellow student-athletes on campus to becoming the named plaintiff in House v. NCAA.
July 28, 2026