LSU star Flau'Jae Johnson says Unrivaled league 'changing the game' as she joins in NIL partnership

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The groundbreaking Unrivaled basketball league isn’t just helping women in the WNBA. College basketball stars are getting a piece of the action as well. 

LSU star Flau’Jae Johnson, who is one of the most recognizable women’s basketball players in college right now, is joining Unrivaled with an NIL partnership. She joins UConn Huskies star Paige Bueckers as the league’s first NIL athletes.

The player-owned 3-on-3 league, which was co-founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, is truly investing in women’s basketball players, with participating players getting equity opportunities as well as the highest average salaries in professional women’s sports history for a vested interest in the league’s success. 

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Flau'jae Johnson, #4 of the LSU Tigers, before a game against the Northwestern State Demons at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on November 9, 2024, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Kristen Young/LSU/Getty Images)

Johnson, though still playing for the Tigers and not yet allowed to enter the WNBA, will also be getting equity in the league as she collaborates with Unrivaled to develop content throughout its inaugural season, which tips off in January 2025. 

"I think the equity is the most important part, just being able to be invested in something like that," Johnson told Fox News Digital. "And for me, being able to leverage my brand and to create business opportunities. That’s really what this NIL space is all about. When you’re in NIL, you literally have this short window where everybody wants to have you a part [of something], so to really leverage that into something