What happens to NIL money for the best players should they become injured and can’t play?
It must kill them to watch their teams leave campus for road games or playoff/bowl games.
And if it’s a career-ending injury, boy how the mighty must fall. Kamala and them fighting for whatever employment their other skills will command.
One thing I was thinking about weeks ago, at least now with NIL the players are making money BEFORE they get injured. So if some have a career ending injury that prevents them from making it to the NFL, at least those players got payed something instead of nothing like they did before NIL became a thing.
Good question and I do not know the answer. Ohio State does provide legal counselling to athletes about their NIL contracts, and I am sure most colleges do also.
This also points to the need to classify players as employees so collective bargaining agreements can be arrived at to protect the contract rights of all parties. I know FR is anti union, but that direction will be needed to have any chance of having s level playing field.