In late 2025, the College Sports Commission (CSC) announced it was investigating a few schools for potentially violating NIL rules set forth by the commission using powers given to it by the House vs NCAA settlement. On Monday, it was divulged that Nebraska is one of the two confirmed schools investigated.
Front Office Sports broke the news that the Huskers had two players (their names were redacted) who the CSC believed didn't follow the policy laid out by the commission when reporting NIL deals.
In mid-January, the CSC informed Nebraska that it had launched an inquiry into Huskers athletes, specifically regarding whether they had failed to report NIL (name, image, and likeness) deals into the NIL Go system, according to an email thread between CSC and athletic department officials obtained by FOS.
What the College Sports Commission is investigating at Nebraska
“The College Sports Commission is investigating whether members of one of your institution's sports teams failed to report one or more third-party Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals in accordance with applicable rules." The email sent on January 15 was written. They then requested that Dannen and a member of his compliance team schedule a brief phone call with members of the CSC.
Two weeks later, Nebraska wrote back to the CSC that "there was confusion by both student-athletes about the exact timing of certain deals and/or payments received for those deals and whether they triggered post-House settlement disclosure requirements." This return email added that an athlete was "working on submitting one more deal as soon as [redacted] can track down the contract."
At this point, it's not clear if the CSC has resolved the issues it believes it found with Nebraska or whether the university might come under further scrutiny. However, the commission believes confusion is at the heart of the issue rather than an attempt to hide things.
Nebraska is the second school that has been confirmed as being under investigation for potential NIL filing issues. LSU was the first program to be confirmed, and like the Huskers, it seemingly sent info saying the issue was more about confusion than something sinister.