NIL rules as of midnight are officially in effect for college athletes, and Six Star Pro Nutrition will be at the front of the line in announcing its deals with three athletes -- Fresno State women’s basketball players and sisters, Haley and Hanna Cavinder, and Illinois men’s basketball player Edgar Padilla Jr. The Cavinder sisters bring with them a massive following on social media. Haley, the Mountain West player of the year, has 255,000 followers on Instagram, while Hanna, a Mountain West all-conference pick, has 251,000 followers on the platform. Their deal with Six Star, a producer of premium supplements, was facilitated by Florida-based sports and entertainment attorney Darren Heitner.
Padilla’s arrangement was cut by Toronto-based The Influence Agency, a firm that specializes in leveraging online personalities. Padilla’s father, Edgar Sr., and his uncle, Giddel, were players on the 1996 Final Four team at UMass. Padilla Jr. joined the Illini as a walk-on last year and previously played for the Puerto Rico Junior National Team. The Cavinder sisters and Padilla Jr., were all scheduled to sign their contracts shortly after midnight and notify their schools’ compliances offices. Compensation was not released by Six Star.
Padilla’s arrangement was cut by Toronto-based The Influence Agency, a firm that specializes in leveraging online personalities. Padilla’s father, Edgar Sr., and his uncle, Giddel, were players on the 1996 Final Four team at UMass. Padilla Jr. joined the Illini as a walk-on last year and previously played for the Puerto Rico Junior National Team. The Cavinder sisters and Padilla Jr., were all scheduled to sign their contracts shortly after midnight and notify their schools’ compliances offices. Compensation was not released by Six Star.
