NIL

Financial Literacy

Sep 21, 2026

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3 min read

Issue #16 | Irregular income needs a different kind of budget

Why budgeting off your lowest month can backfire — and the system that actually holds up when income arrives late, low, or not at all.

Linas Juknevicius

Financial Literacy

Sep 14, 2026

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4 min read

Issue #15 | The number in your contract is not the number you can safely spend

The number in your contract, the money that lands in your account, and the amount you can safely spend on lifestyle are three different figures — most athletes only ever see the first one.

Linas Juknevicius

Financial Literacy

Aug 24, 2026

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3 min read

Issue #12 | An injury is two separate problems. Most insurance only answers one of them.

A health question and a money question aren't the same question — and most athletes have only ever had one of them answered.

Linas Juknevicius

Financial Literacy

Aug 17, 2026

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5 min read

Issue #11 | Your name travels farther than you think. Your image doesn't — automatically.

Two different assets, two completely different rules — and most athletes have the assumption backwards.

Linas Juknevicius

Financial Literacy

Aug 10, 2026

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3 min read

Issue #10 | The fastest-growing corner of NIL — and the least prepared for it

Female athlete NIL deals grew 123% this year — the systems to support that growth didn't move nearly as fast.

Linas Juknevicius

Financial Literacy

Aug 3, 2026

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4 min read

Issue #9 | What the data already shows us about the NIL cliff — signals nobody's connected yet

Three people who work with athletes every day left comments on a 200,000-view post — and none of them were talking to each other.

Linas Juknevicius

College athletes

Jul 20, 2026

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4 min read

Issue #7 | The NIL cliff — when your biggest contract comes before your career starts

A LinkedIn post about this reached 100,000+ people in four days. Here's the full story — and what to do about it.

Linas Juknevicius

NIL

Issue #16 | Irregular income needs a different kind of budget

Issue #15 | The number in your contract is not the number you can safely spend

Issue #12 | An injury is two separate problems. Most insurance only answers one of them.

Issue #11 | Your name travels farther than you think. Your image doesn't — automatically.

Issue #10 | The fastest-growing corner of NIL — and the least prepared for it

Issue #9 | What the data already shows us about the NIL cliff — signals nobody's connected yet

Issue #7 | The NIL cliff — when your biggest contract comes before your career starts

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