UNLV QB leaves program, mean NIL conflict
Sep 25, 2024, 03:19 AM ET
UNLV beginning quarterback Matthew Sluka stated he will not play anymore games this season for the unbeaten Rebels, pointing out “certain representations” that were not maintained by the program.Sluka revealed his
choice in a social networks post late Tuesday night and added that he will utilize his redshirt this year. “I dedicated to UNLV based upon particular representations that were made to me, which were not maintained after I registered,”Sluka published on X. “Regardless of conversations, it ended up being clear that these commitments would not be fulfilled in the future. I wish my colleagues the best of luck this season and hope for the ongoing success of the program.”pic.twitter.com/oK5BDRpoxK!.?.!— Matthew Sluka( @MatthewSluka )September 25, 2024 Sluka did not information the
reasons behind his choice, however college professional athletes are now regularly being paid for their name, image and likeness by business or third-party companies called collectives, which serve a specific school’s athletes.NCAA redshirt guidelines permit players to maintain a year of eligibility if they play four or fewer games in a season. Sluka, who played 4 seasons(2020-23)at Holy Cross before transferring to UNLV this past offseason, still has one more year of eligibility that he might use at another school next season.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated NCAA guidelines do not permit players to play for 2 schools within the very same season.UNLV is 3-0 for the first time given that 1984 and received 53 total points in the most recent Associated Press survey, simply 16 points behind No. 25 Boise State
. The Rebels, who
disturbed Kansas on
the road in Week 3, likewise began the season with a triumph against Houston, making them 2-0 against Big 12 groups and raising hopes they could compete for an area in the newly expanded 12-team College Football Playoff.Sluka has actually completed 21 of 48 passes for 318 yards and six goals with one interception this season, his very first with the Rebels. The senior transfer likewise has rushed 39 times for 286 yards and a score.Sluka spent the first 4 years of his college profession at FCS program Holy Cross, where he is first in career pass performance (147.4), 2nd in career hurrying lawns (3,583), second in profession hurrying touchdowns (38 ), 5th in career passing backyards(5,916 )and 5th in profession passing goals(59 ). He rushed for an NCAA Department I quarterback record 330 yards in a loss to Lafayette in 2023. Holy Cross reached the FCS playoffs in 2021 and 2022 with Sluka as the starter. After a coaching modification at Holy Cross– head coach Bob Chesney delegated take control of at James Madison– Sluka likewise moved on.In UNLV’s 23-20 upset victory at Kansas on Sept. 13, Sluka led the Rebels on an 18-play, 75-yard drive that ended with Kylin James scoring on fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line with 1:51 left. Sluka hurried for 113 yards in the game.With Sluka now out of the image, UNLV figures to turn to either senior transfer Hajj-Malik Williams or senior Cameron Friel as its beginning quarterback.
The Rebels, who had a bye last weekend, host Fresno State in their Mountain West Conference opener Saturday.UNLV went 9-5 last season and bet the Mountain West Conference championship, however the quarterback who led that group to the program’s finest season in
almost 40 years, Jayden Maiava, moved to USC.The Associated Press contributed to this report.