Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Adobe Stock NIL Regulation: Can the NCAA Recover and Advance Its Own Fumble?
With a view toward injecting some modicum of clarity into the volatile arena of NIL, a plethora of legislation has been enacted at the state level and proposed at the federal level.
May 31, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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What You Need to Know
- The convergence of myriad factors have dramatically transformed the landscape of collegiate sports.
- No other development has engendered as much confusion and angst as the rapid evolution of name, image and likeness (NIL).
- In the wake of all this turbulence, the NCAA had been for the most part a spectator in the bleachers, but in the past few months it appears the NCAA may have begun to buckle its chinstrap.
The convergence of myriad factors, including conference realignment, a seamless transfer portal and rule changes permitting athletes to profit from usage of their name, image and likeness (NIL) have dramatically transformed the landscape of collegiate sports. However, as tectonic as the ructions resulting from conference realignment and the transfer portal have been, no other development has engendered as much confusion and angst as the rapid evolution of NIL.
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