ESPN College GameDay host Rece Davis has been openly critical of former UNLV quarterback Matt Sluka amid his NIL dispute with the program that was made public this week.

Sluka, who is no longer a member of UNLV’s football team, announced his intention to redshirt and transfer after not being paid on an NIL deal he believed owed him out of the program. Sluka cited “certain representations” that UNLV did not meet that were part of its decision to commit to the school as a graduate transfer over the summer from Holy Cross.

“Matthew Sluka came from Holy Cross, where he was a great player there, but he arrived at UNLV in July. There was no deep-seated tie,” Davis began. “Probably the ‘Occam’s Razor’ philosophy, the most likely, is probably true. It’s probably true that he was promised something, probably, and it wasn’t kept. That’s probably true. It’s obviously true that he didn’t did. get it written down. When you make a stupid mistake in life – when I do that, when Matthew Sluka does that, or whoever, sometimes you have to bear that, man without writing, they don’t give it to you, you can’t just abandon the team,” Davis added.

Sluka won the starting quarterback job out of fall camp and helped UNLV to its first 3-0 start in 40 years. Although he completed fewer than half of his passes in three games with the Rebels, he played a key role in the run offense for UNLV and announced his decision to redshirt and transfer, leading to a crucial Saturday Mountain West- tilt against Fresno State.

The CEO of Circa Sports in Las Vegas contacted UNLV and said he would be willing to pay Sluka a NIL deal to resolve the dispute, but UNLV representatives said the program would not be canceled at any time in the future would do business with Sluka.