The world of Name, Image and Likeness lawsuits has reached college baseball, as Tennessee two-way standout Blaine Brown is reportedly in a legal dispute with the NIL collective that supports Rice.
D1Baseball.com reported that Brown, who currently ranks as the No. 5 college prospect for the 2027 MLB Draft, signed an agreement with South Main Collective during his freshman year in 2025. That agreement, which was through August 2027, called for Brown to receive $20,000 his freshman year with the ability to make upwards of $256,000 during his remaining two seasons with the Owls.
BREAKING: @Vol_Baseball star two-way player Blaine Brown is the latest college athlete to be involved in an NIL legal dispute — this time with the South Main Collective, which supports #Rice student-athletes, I'm told. Details on the legal dispute: t.co/4VsDbggOvi pic.twitter.com/rJ4kH8xEFN
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) March 4, 2026Brown entered the transfer portal after his freshman season in June 2025 and enrolled at Tennessee to play the 2026 season with the Vols. The contention, however, is that Brown’s NIL deal with Rice was not contingent on on-field performance or enrollment at Rice – that Brown was no longer the sole owner of his publicity rights but instead that South Main Collective owned those rights until the end of the agreement.
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Brown, a 6-foot-5 sophomore outfielder/pitcher, is hitting .313 with four home runs and a team-high 13 RBIs and has a 4.50 ERA in two innings on the mound with five strikeouts for the 9-3 Volunteers.
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