A former CU Buffs football coach approached Saudi Arabian officials to secure money for the school’s 5430 NIL collective, according to a Sports Illustrated report.
Trevor Reilly, who resigned as special teams coordinator on Aug. 1, told SI that he traveled to the Middle East over the holidays as a CU football representative to lobby the country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) for Name, Image, and Likeness funding. According to the SI report, the gambit was ultimately unsuccessful.
CU athletics released a statement Thursday afternoon addressing the report that read, “According to Trevor…

