Miamis offseason issues with player deals are thing of past

HOUSTON — Miami was supposed to be the poster child for how Name, Image and Likeness can go wrong. An example of the problems it can present. Last April, Miami booster John Ruiz announced that his company, LifeWallet, had signed Kansas State transfer Nijel Pack to a two-year, $800,000 deal that included a free car, and Packer was committing to the Hurricanes. Less than a week later, leading returning scorer Isaiah Wong’s agent, Adam Papas of Next Sports Agency, said his client would be entering the transfer portal if his NIL deal, significantly less than Pack’s, wasn’t increased. Instead of…