can someone explain to me how those "NIL" things work?
after looking it up i thought the athlete is the one who decides what deal he makes/accept
i mean its private sponsorship , no?
here at the game its accomplished facts for him - no say in it at all
In June, 2021, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in
NCAA v. Alston that the NCAA was not legally allowed to limit any education-related payments to students. From there, the NCAA deferred to states, who created their own NIL rules. Where a state didn't pass a law, schools changed their own rules. Two things remain disallowed by NCAA rules: 1) you can't pay a player, and, 2) no quid pro quo.
Players aren't supposed to get any compensation tied for performance, and recruits cannot sign any NIL deal contingent on going to any particular school.
NIL means "name, image, and likeness," and refers to college athletes' ability to profit off themselves. NIL gives players the right to publicity that ordinary citizens already have, but that the NCAA previously didn't allow. Players can accept money from businesses in exchange for using them in products or advertisements, and can also promote themselves or other companies in public appearances.
College football players, like all other student-athletes, previously could not sell their likeness while being on scholarship. The new NIL rule changes overturn that precedent completely.
In the story he is being "guided" by the School Representative but is not obligated to sign the contracts; though he would be a fool not to.