![Mandarin wide receiver Jaime Ffrench, shown making a one-handed touchdown catch against Bolles, in a spring football game, reportedly became one of the first Florida high school athletes to sign an NIL deal, shortly after the FHSAA approved its NIL policy on Tuesday. The tweet announcing the deal, however, has been removed as players cannot officially pursue NIL deals until the Florida Department of Education ratifies the state’s new FHSAA policy. (Photo by Corey Perrine/Florida Times) Mandarin wide receiver Jaime Ffrench, shown making a one-handed touchdown catch against Bolles, in a spring football game, reportedly became one of the first Florida high school athletes to sign an NIL deal, shortly after the FHSAA approved its NIL policy on Tuesday. The tweet announcing the deal, however, has been removed as players cannot officially pursue NIL deals until the Florida Department of Education ratifies the state’s new FHSAA policy. (Photo by Corey Perrine/Florida Times)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_1080,h_607,x_0,y_0/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/voltaxMediaLibrary/mmsport/high_school/01j0kw161vexhmesathn.webp)
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Gary Adornato
Joined: Apr 17, 2022
Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.
![Mandarin wide receiver Jaime Ffrench, shown making a one-handed touchdown catch against Bolles, in a spring football game, reportedly became one of the first Florida high school athletes to sign an NIL deal, shortly after the FHSAA approved its NIL policy on Tuesday. The tweet announcing the deal, however, has been removed as players cannot officially pursue NIL deals until the Florida Department of Education ratifies the state’s new FHSAA policy. (Photo by Corey Perrine/Florida Times) Mandarin wide receiver Jaime Ffrench, shown making a one-handed touchdown catch against Bolles, in a spring football game, reportedly became one of the first Florida high school athletes to sign an NIL deal, shortly after the FHSAA approved its NIL policy on Tuesday. The tweet announcing the deal, however, has been removed as players cannot officially pursue NIL deals until the Florida Department of Education ratifies the state’s new FHSAA policy. (Photo by Corey Perrine/Florida Times)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_1080,h_607,x_0,y_0/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/voltaxMediaLibrary/mmsport/high_school/01j0kw161vexhmesathn.webp)