Troy Aikman says he's done contributing to NIL after a UCLA player took his money and left

Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman went from UCLA to the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, and after all the success he’s had, he wanted to give back to the UCLA football program by contributing to a player getting money from the name, image and likeness fund. He now thinks that was a mistake.

Aikman told Richard Deitsch of TheAthletic.com that he donated once to get one player at UCLA, and that one player proceeded to transfer to another program. That led Aikman to decide he’s done with such donations.

“ I gave money to a kid . I won’t mention who,” Aikman said. “I’ve done it one time at UCLA. Never met the young man. He was there a year, he left after the year. I wrote a sizable check, and he went to another school. I didn’t even get so much as a thank you note. It’s one of those deal