NIL Coverage

The NCAA changed its rules on name, image and likeness in the summer of 2021, allowing college athletes to profit from autograph signings, marketing deals, social media posts and sports camp appearances. The NCAA offered little guidance to its member schools, deferring to state laws. NIL quickly became shorthand for not only market-based deals, but payments for players to attend or remain at schools, which is technically prohibited by the NCAA. The advent of NIL combined with loosened rules around transfers in football and basketball have changed how rosters are put together and how they remain together. Find WRAL and national coverage of the deals, their ramifications, the legal dealings and the future of college sports here.