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The brave new world

RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 101,687
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https://si.com/college/2021/08/26/ncaa-recruiting-name-image-likeness-daily-cover


In Baton Rouge, inside the club level of LSU’s colossal football stadium, coach Ed Orgeron delivered a message in late July to hundreds of influential businesspeople gathered to hear him discuss the 2021 Tigers.

His message was something no coach would have uttered publicly six months ago. “We’re paying players now: name, image and likeness,” he said. “So if you guys wanna start paying our players, you can go ahead!”


And in Miami, a Hurricanes supporter promised each scholarship football player a monthly check of $500 if they endorsed his business, a chain of mixed martial arts gyms.

“It [will be] a $1 billion–a-year industry, at least,” says Blake Lawrence, the CEO and founder of Opendorse, a sports tech company that helps match players with name, image and likeness (NIL) opportunities. “It’s coming and it’s going to be huge.”

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