Agents, NIL Money, and the Portal

Eli Ellis sits down with his dad, Jeremy “Big Germ” Ellis, for an honest conversation about growing up in basketball, being coached by your father, handling criticism, navigating NIL money, and what the transfer portal is really doing to college sports.Jeremy opens up about raising Eli and Isaac Ellis, the biggest misconceptions about their family, the lessons behind becoming “warriors on the court and gentlemen off of it,” and why NIL can change lives when athletes have the right people around them.They also talk about Eli’s freshman year, the pressure of college basketball, bad agents, NIL taxes, real estate investing, the portal, Lavar Ball, Ed Mylett, parenting young athletes, and the advice every sports parent needs to hear.Chapters:0:00 Welcome to House Money3:39 The Hardest Part About Coaching Your Son5:20 Learning From Lavar Ball and Julian Newman’s Dad7:46 Ed Mylett Story10:19 Steph Curry Story10:43 Biggest Misconceptions About the Ellis Family12:25 Why Jeremy Ellis Buys Strangers’ Groceries14:51 What Jeremy Is Most Proud of as a Dad20:39 How the Transfer Portal Has Changed Everything24:17 Athletes Blowing NIL Money26:22 What Eli Should Look for in His Next School28:44 How NIL Contracts and Deliverables Could Change30:45 The Problem With Bad Agents37:01 Advice for Parents Navigating Recruiting and NIL44:24 ClosingFOLLOW THE COLLEGE SPORTS COMPANY HERE:► TWITTER | https://twitter.com/CollegeSportsCo► TIKTOK | https://www.tiktok.com/@collegesportsco► INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/thecollegesportsco/► YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDAU4iOmRgJHkm3qwapnh9Q► SPOTIFY | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1ygy4RARkgBafyY8QT4sEq?si=e56fe525531447b1► FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/CollegeSportsCo/#nba #collegebasketball #nil #portal