UNLV and its NIL collective responded Wednesday to the departure of former Rebels starting quarterback Matthew Sluka. Sluka, a senior transfer from Holy Cross, announced late Tuesday night that he would be utilizing his redshirt year and leaving the program because of “representations which were not upheld.

The convoluted way college athletes are paid for the use of their name, image and likeness and a dispute between players and coaches over money appears to have cost an undefeated team its quarterback three games into the season.

UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka has decided to sit out the rest of the season over a $100,000 NIL payment that was promised but never paid after he agreed to transfer to the Rebels from Holy Cross, Sluka’s agent told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “I think there was some kind of breakdown in communication,” Bob Sluka, Matthew’s father, told AP.