NIL has shaken up the college sports world, and now it will be shaking up the high school sports world in North Carolina (NCHSAA), becoming one of 27 states to approve the ability for high school athletes to profit off their Name, Image and Likeness.
This will officially take place beginning July 1.
In order for a student athlete to begin this process, they will have to take a course on NIL, and their parents, coaches and athletic director will as well. Schools and coaches will not be able to represent the student in NIL Deals, and they will also not be allowed to use NIL as a way to draw athletes to their school.
There are restrictions on what student athletes can profit off of though.
The NCHSAA will prohibit student-athletes from entering into NIL deals with products around adult entertainment, alcohol, cannabis, controlled substances, firearms and ammunition, gambling, prescription drugs, as well as tobacco, vaping, and other Nicotine-related products. Athletes cannot affiliate themselves with a specific school, conference, school district, the NCHSAA, or the NFHS through a NIL deal.
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What are your thoughts?
Another kid that has gone to private school, probably since he learned to dribble, that is now going to prep school for pros. Soon we will have two year technical schools teaching rebounding and crossover dribbles instead of dental hygiene and plumbing. Why even pretend that a college education will help him get a better job than playing basketball? The question yet to be answered is what is the “lifespan” of the earning career for someone who never makes the NBA. When you get replaced in 3 or 4 years by the next great thing, then what do you do?… Read more »
KK has an eye for talent. Now he just needs to figure out how to keep a few.