All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Even Division II colleges like West Virginia Wesleyan dealing with transfers and NIL deals

Division II colleges like West Virginia Wesleyan are adapting to growing NIL deals, expanding agency involvement and a volatile transfer portal that complicate recruiting, roster stability and compliance as Division I trends trickle down.

BUCKHANNON – The college athletic landscape certainly has changed in the last five years or so.   Due to factors like NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) financial compensation, the expansion of the transfer portal, eligibility rules and recruiting practices, this isn’t […]

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