Currently there are 39 states that allow high school student to participate (and profit) in the NIL landscape without forfeiting their high school eligibility. Among the states that don't allow (public) high school students to participate are Alabama, Indiana, Ohio, Texas, and North Carolina. I'm sure they all have their eyes on this case that was filed in NC recently...
"The State Board of Education was asked to create rules allowing public high school athletes to use their NIL -- it was not empowered to ban it," Charlotte-based attorney Mike Ingersoll said in a statement to The Charlotte Observer. "We look forward to correcting the State Board's error and to help our client benefit from the incredible value and opportunities his hard work and commitment have created for his name, image, and likeness."
There's probably enough momentum there to change the rules. The private schoolers can participate since they fall outside the purview of the NCISAA (independent School) not the NCHSAA (High School) after an update beginning for the 2024-25 season moving forward. The state legislature shut it down for the public schools in 2023 and stripped some powers away from the NCHSAA.
Makes you wonder if it were a basketball player pushing the envelope in NC would this have been turned already. Or is the simple "work around" just send the kid to private school where it is allowed? Same thought in Indiana. Ohio and Alabama seem to be the head scratchers here since there are 39 states that have gotten on board with it. Texas, well, they can't all agree. Too many D1 schools pulling in all sorts of directions, and I'm sure those big boy recruits in Lone Star state are already being taken care of quite well.
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