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6.10: Former Maryland men’s basketball guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie plans to take Maryland’s partnered NIL collective to court

Former Maryland men’s basketball guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie has plans to take Blueprint Sports — the company that manages Maryland’s NIL contracts — to mediation court, as reported on Monday by Taylor Lyons and Sam Jane of the Baltimore Sun.

Ja’Kobi Gillespie, a former Terps men’s basketball standout guard who transferred to Tennessee in April, is taking Blueprint Sports, a name, image and likeness collective that the University of Maryland partners with, to mediation court this month over an unpaid contract,… pic.twitter.com/NCvMvzRDJG

— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) June 9, 2025

Gillespie transferred to Tennessee after the 2024-25 season when former head coach Kevin Willard left Maryland for Villanova.