Im in favor. I also think it will help certain colleges in recruiting because of their expertise in marketing.
College athletes will now be able to make money from endorsements and sponsorships while retaining eligibility. The Division I Board of Directors approved an interim name, image and likeness (NIL) policy at its Wednesday meeting, paving the way for athlete NIL compensation starting Thursday. https://theathletic.com/news/ncaa-approves-interim-nil-policy-for-college-athletes/HSSJIy9wkRMg
Im hoping it will help young athletes to be careful and protective of their image so they can profit form it. What a super incentive!
I think the athletes should have to choose between NIL and a scholarship. They want to bet on marketing themselves they should pay to play, they want a free education room and board and the school gets to market them.
Thats great as it would open up scholarships to more marginal players. Great players might end up staying in college longer also if they dont need that NBA money.
Strongly disagree. School is still making more off of these kids than they're going to make marketing themselves. Let them get that $$.
Pay two Portland State players, one woman and one man, $500 each to wear a t-shirt with this site’s name and URL, along with talk about this amazing Blazers fan site to classmates on those days and hand out flyers, twice a week in their classes for a month this fall. mid-October to Thanksgiving Break would be ideal. I’ll chip in if whoever runs this place thinks it’s a good idea. Would be a fun experiment at minimum to see if it attracts new users.
I think any athlete getting a full ride should be required to stay in school until they get a 2 year degree minimum...one and done is unfair in my view compared with academic scholarships and the requirements to keep them ....my son got an academic scholarship to OSU and still had to get a part time job to pay rent, eat and buy books...we helped with the rent. He worked his ass off to get that scholarship
