So the Adam Fox Norris win got me thinking about the recent change the NCAA made finally starting to allow student athletes to get their piece of the multi billion dollar pie.
I was wondering what you guys thought the impact would be as we have already seen the NCAA route create friction with drafting and players waiting out their college career and bypassing their drafted team.
Certainly basketball and football players would have the most to gain from their very high profiles in North America, but could this trickle down to give hockey players more of an incentive to go the NCAA route? Would more top tier NCAA players cause instances like Fox, Vesey, etc to occur? If it becomes more problematic will the NHL have to change its rules?
Just wanted to get your guys thoughts on the matter. Here is a link in case you haven't heard the news:
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/28/10101...les-to-keep-up
Quote:
Following Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's executive order allowing college athletes to be compensated for the use of their name, image and likeness — known by its abbreviation "NIL" — at least seven states will put into effect NIL laws, on Thursday. The laws allow athletes to make money for things like endorsement deals, signing autographs and social media content.
That's been prohibited under NCAA rules, but now, the organization is in the process of reforming those rules. Especially after the recent Supreme Court decision weakened the NCAA's long held, but increasingly outdated, notion of amateurism in college sports.
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