NCAA enters into first NIL licensing deal allowing use of March Madness logo on Topps cards

The NCAA entered into its first NIL licensing deal allowing the use of the March Madness logo to Topps trading cards featuring basketball stars Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Zach Edey and Tristen Newton. Since NIL was deregulated in 2021, the NCAA has taken a conservative approach in finding deals, turning down a handful of companies. The eight-card packs that went on sale Monday have six base cards, one guaranteed autograph and one guaranteed parallel card. A few lucky fans could get a rare dual autograph card that might have Clark and Edey or the Iowa star and Reese. Those are in one of every 10 packs.