A Better Man Book 4
Copyright© 2026 by G Younger
Chapter 35
Young Adult Sex Story: Chapter 35 - A Better Man follows the talented David Dawson, who is brimming with charm, a messed-up love life, and many lessons that go far beyond the playbook. He’s setting the stage for winning the ultimate prize: a national championship. David is pulling out all the stops in his campaign, working his network to build a juggernaut while dealing with business calamities, completing his education, and navigating minefields in his love life.
Caution: This Young Adult Sex Story contains strong sexual content, including Ma/Fa Romantic Humor School Group Sex Cream Pie Oral Sex Safe Sex Slow
David woke up with a smile. The Alpha Mu formal would be held that night, and he was looking forward to having a magical time with Tori, hopefully in all the ways that it implied. A formal was like a prom, right? And what always happened after prom?
His phone rang, and he saw it was Caryn.
“Morning,” David said cheerfully.
“The NCAA made an announcement: NIL will begin on July first.”
That was cutting it short. He’d been hoping for mid-August, when fall practice began.
“How many schools do we currently have signed?” David asked.
“Thirty-two, with another forty-plus in the pipeline,” Caryn said. “Those videos we sent out have worked well.”
David did some quick math and realized that with only the schools’ contribution, they would handle around one and a half billion dollars in NIL funds. That didn’t include booster money, only the universities’. Two percent of that was a significant number, and it didn’t account for the expected boost to their wealth management business.
It crossed his mind that Rain had made an enormous mistake by taking the cash up front. He might have to fix that because she’d been invaluable in getting this endeavor off the ground. Several people were about to become set for life, including his older brother and Professor Dugan.
“Will we make it?”
Caryn chuckled.
“I’m sure each one will be its own unique challenge; you know how they are. But I’m confident we can do it. Grace assures me that they could add more colleges if we can get in the door this coming week.”
“Does that mean what I think it does?” David asked.
“Yep. It’s time you called your contacts to help us get the word out.”
Suddenly, thoughts of the formal left his mind. He had a mini press tour to do.
It also brought back a random thought. When he was a senior in high school, David had met a guy helping Dare with his drones, Hunter something. The guy was a bit of a mystery because he wouldn’t tell David what he really did. The best David could guess was that it had to do with the government in some clandestine capacity—not spycraft, something more research-related.
He’d told David something at the time that had stuck with him.
“One last thing,” Hunter had said, and David remembered that the man had suddenly gotten serious. “Your greatest strength is as a facilitator, someone who can step back, see the big picture, and direct others. If you can’t solve something, you’re probably too close to it. Pull back, and you’ll see how everything should fit together and what needs to be done. Trust yourself.”
That was why he entrusted people like Greg, Rain, Caryn, and Grace to get this off the ground. They only needed his vision and an occasional hand with what he was uniquely qualified to do, like being a mouthpiece or the idea guy.
“If I haven’t said it in a while, I appreciate everything you do,” David said.
“Save the praise and the huge bonus for after I pull this off,” Caryn said.
“Will do,” David said and hung up.
David reserved the studio where he worked on the Trojan Inquirer for his interviews. He called Tracy to ask her to help him organize the people who usually handled the behind-the-scenes tasks and promised her that, between interviews, they could do a special podcast.
Then he called Chip Wagner, the local sports reporter who covered USC athletics. He still wasn’t sure that he trusted Chip, but the man had the potential to elevate this interview to a national audience. David would need to be careful.
“I was just thinking about you,” Chip said when he answered.
“I take it you heard about the NIL stuff.”
“Yes, I did, but I also wanted to get some ‘on record’ comments about conference realignment.”
“How about we do a sit-down interview? How soon could you get to campus?” David asked.
He then explained that they would do it where he recorded his podcast, so Chip wouldn’t have to organize a film crew.
“I might bring one anyway,” Chip said.
That told him that Chip didn’t trust David yet, either. This interview would go a long way toward determining their future status.
Two hours later, David was in the dressing room, getting ready with Greg and Professor Dugan looking on. Both looked stressed.
“If they ask...” Professor Dugan began.
David held up his hand.
“You’re both worse than my publicist,” he said, and then remembered he had one of those, one who had a Rolodex full of contacts.
“Call Frank Ingram and tell him what we’re doing. See if he can get us some coverage or possibly people to come in and do a quick interview to help get the word out,” David said to Greg.
“On it.”
“I remember meeting Frank, but I don’t remember what he does for you,” Professor Dugan said as Greg went to make his call.
“He’s my publicist.”
“For acting?”
“For everything. Mainly, he’s around to protect and promote my brand and image,” David said.
“How does that relate to business?” Professor Dugan asked.
David blinked as he tried to wrap his mind around the question. To him, it was obvious.
“He can get people with a national reach. It won’t be a reporter from the Wall Street Journal, but it’ll be reporters who can get me on the evening news.”
“Sorry, I should’ve put that together.”
Tracy stuck her head in the door and asked, “You ready?”
“Let’s do this,” David answered.
David held back a chuckle because Chip was wearing too much makeup. He decided to be a friend and took a picture.
“What was that for?” Chip asked.
David showed him.
“Thanks. I would never have heard the end of it back in the newsroom.”
“Who did your makeup?”
“Some young girl.”
“Here’s a tip: they’re all college students learning their craft. Be a sport and let me make this a teaching moment for her,” David said.
The girl who’d done his makeup came out, looking sheepish. David put her at ease, then gave her some tips and explained why this was too much. It would be fine for stage work, but on HDTV, it needed a light touch.
While Chip went back to get ‘fixed,’ David did his own checking to make sure the cameras were all working, and the sound was right. Tracy made some tweaks, and when Chip returned, they were ready to go.
Chip: “Today, I’m with David Dawson, the starting quarterback for USC and a businessman. I want to get his take on changes in the Pac-12 and college sports as a whole.
“Thanks for sitting down with me.”
David: “Glad to be here, especially with the big announcement from the NCAA.”
Chip: “It’s official, the NCAA is going to allow colleges to begin to pay their student athletes starting July first.”
David: “It’s part of a settlement in the House vs. NCAA suit. In essence, schools will be given a budget of about $20.5 million this year, which is estimated to grow to $33 million over the next decade.”
Chip: “How do you expect the funds to be distributed? Will they be split equally between men’s and women’s sports?”
David: “Each school will have its own discretion as to how it will spend the money. My best guess is that it will follow revenue. That means football will get about seventy to seventy-five percent and basketball ten, with the remainder divided between the rest of the programs.”
Chip: “Will the remainder be divided equally?”
David: “That’s totally up to the school. For example, Kentucky and UConn may allocate half of their budgets to basketball. The SEC is known for baseball, so I would bet those squads would get the lion’s share of the money left over after football and basketball.”
Chip: “Does that mean the other non-revenue sports will get slighted?”
David chuckled.
David: “Far from it. It’s more likely that those sports will be able to offer full scholarships instead of partial ones. They’ll also be able to give out scholarships to fund a full team.”
Chip: “What about boosters and the like?”
David: “That will be done through a separate collective. The collective serves as the intermediary between the student-athlete and the donor.”
Chip: “How will that work?”
David: “Let’s use basketball as an example, since it has smaller numbers. If we use ten percent, that means they’ll have roughly two million available to pay their athletes. To get top players, boosters will have to step in and make up the difference.”
Chip: “Do the athletes get all the money when they sign their NIL deal?”
David: “Good question because there are glaring flaws in the existing way college sports are set up. Unlike professional sports, where contracts are enforceable, college players can enter the transfer portal and leave. The question is, do you work out a payment for each game with something up front, or is there an alternative? That’s just one of the many issues that athletic departments and collectives are struggling with right now.”
Chip: “I understand that you might have a solution for that.”
Maybe David could trust Chip because he’d just set him up nicely.
David: “I helped start a company that puts in place all the infrastructure to do NIL for both the collective and the university. Everything is covered, from ensuring that the athlete receives the promised payment to protecting the donor if an athlete quits the team or transfers. This includes all the legal documents and integrates with the university’s systems. It takes a huge load off a university to make sure they’re meeting everyone’s needs.”
Chip: “I’d heard that you were circulating a video promoting this. Do you currently have schools signed up?”
David: “We have thirty-two schools under contract, with a lot more working through the process to get access to our valuable system.”
Chip: “Is USC one of them?”
David smiled.
David: “I’ll leave any announcements to the schools.”
It was Chip’s turn to chuckle.
Chip: “I had to try.” Then he changed the topic. “What’s your take on USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Washington deciding to leave the Pac-12? There are rumors that other conference schools are moving as well.”
David: “I’ll make your day and give you a quote. The four schools’ defection to the Big Ten signals the end of the Pac-12 as a viable conference. If you plan to fully fund your school’s NIL budget, you need TV money, and the Pac-12 doesn’t have a competitive contract. It won’t get one either if those schools leave. They will lose huge TV markets.”
Chip: “You’re saying that those schools left for money?”
David: “That’s part of it. A big part, if I’m being honest. If you look up the numbers of what they’ll make in comparison to their current deal with the Pac-12, it becomes a no-brainer.”
Chip: “You said part of the reason. What is the other part?”
David: “For football, it has to do with the playoffs. I know the format is evolving to a twelve-team championship playoff. I would guess that the Big Ten and SEC will both garner four spots, while only conference champions are guaranteed a spot in the other conferences.”
Chip: “One last topic. I understand that you’re filming a TV show this summer. How does your team feel about you not being around for summer workouts?”
David: “Technically, there are no official workouts during the summer. But I’m not running away to film overseas or something. I’ll be in the area and work out with the team when I can.”