Scribbled notes on a cocktail napkin, Part XV

Making sense of NIL by remembering life before it was legal ... links to stories that moved me ... shedding tears of joy and sadness ... and how Gen Z History Lessons went viral

"Scribbled notes on a cocktail napkin" is my weekly Sunday feature that's a tribute to the sports columnists I grew up reading who penned Herb Caen-inspired three dot columns. It's an excuse to shamelessly plug my other side projects, post my favorite Immaculate Grid from the week with a story about one of the players, link to stories I found interestin…