Dick Vitale falls for viral Braylon Mullins NIL auction post duping UConn fans

Dick Vitale falls for viral Braylon Mullins NIL auction post duping UConn fans originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Braylon Mullins likely could make a lot of NIL money this offseason if he wanted to be a high-profile college basketball transfer.

After all, he was an NCAA Tournament hero for the UConn Huskies . Of course, Mullins might rather go to the NBA or stay in Storrs than transfer anywhere else. That hasn't stopped fake posts from going viral on social media.

And one prominent fake poster duped ESPN's Dick Vitale. Here's the whole interaction on X, with the key point being that the original post isn't real information: This is college - sickening @NCAA must do something about the CHAOS GOING ON - how in the world can they write all about student - athletes in their NCAA manual - that is JOKE - put some rules together to end this wild Wild West — Dick Vitale (@DickieV) April 13, 2026 That original account, Shane Tuttle, has a bio that includes "Everything I do is satire" in it. Vitale clearly didn't look at the bio.

It's a tough reality of social media in 2026. People want clout. Sometimes they make stuff up.