UNLV and its NIL collective responded Wednesday to the departure of former Rebels starting quarterback Matthew Sluka. Sluka, a senior transfer from Holy Cross, announced late Tuesday night that he would be utilizing his redshirt year and leaving the program because of “representations which were not upheld.

The convoluted way college athletes are paid for the use of their name, image and likeness and a dispute between players and coaches over money appears to have cost an undefeated team its quarterback three games into the season.