In this week's Akem's Analysis, Samuel Akem talked about Thomas Ford Jr. and his thoughts on how he think his first season in Moscow will go. Fran Brown is talking about some of the NIL initiatives he is implementing at Syracuse and he is doing amazing things that other schools could imitate. The NCAA is making a change to how high school athletes negotiate NIL in the process of choosing a school. Sammy discusses all this and more in this week's episode.

0:00 - Intro 
1:53 - Tournament Reaction For Montana MBB & MSU WBB 
10:57 - Are Cinderella Teams Gone Forever? 
17:14 - Coach Thomas Ford Jr. At Idaho 
25:35 - NCAA To Allow Athletes To Sign Contracts Before Commitment 
30:19 - Justin Lamson Joins MSU Bobcats Football Team 
36:10 - EA CFB 26 Will Pay Athletes $1,500 For Opting In 
39:19 - Coach Fran Brown Is Doing NIL Right 
45:27 - Sac State Plans To Make Announcement Soon 
47:20 - Hot Takes or Real Talk? 
54:44 - Final Thoughts 
56:47 - End