In college, student-athletes have long been prohibited from making deals to profit from their fame, so they forfeited their NIL rights by signing on with college sports teams.

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This murky, three-plus year period of college athletics — the “NIL Era,” as it’s known — comes to an end, fittingly, with some of the sport’s most valuable programs battling for the ...

The introduction of NIL has also highlighted disparities within college sports. Athletes at larger schools or in high-profile programs often land more lucrative deals, leaving others in the ...

Nick Saban left college football in large part because of the changing rules surrounding NIL. The legendary Alabama coach said as much March 12 at a congressional roundtable hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz.

NIL money is also not the only way college athletes are likely to be paid in the future. The NCAA and its member institutions are staring profit sharing in the face.

College athletics is entering into a new era — the NIL era. There is no uniformity, but perhaps more importantly for the first time, student-athletes can legally make money off their names.