Honestly, I am so confused with how NIL payments work. Is there any clarity or guidelines at all, or is just every school does their own thing? For instance, do the players receive NIL payments with no contract, no "quid pro quo", where a player has too actually do something besides just playing the sport and allowing someone to use their name, image, or likeness? Is there, or can there be, some requirement that the player must stay at the school to get the money, or performance based (better stats more money)? I am OK (took a long time to get there though) with players getting compensated for their name, image, or likeness, but it shouldn't be a one-sided agreement in my opinion. The player should be required to have some skin in the game, meaning they should at least have to agree to stay a certain amount of time at the school to receive the full amount of NIL. Otherwise, it's just a "hired gun" pay to play to the highest bidder type of thing. Maybe that is what it is, if so, it stinks in my view. The player needs some protection to, are these NIL deals in writing and guaranteed? What if the player gets hurt, or doesn't perform well, can the NIL agreement be terminated without due process or any legal problems? I guess I am just vented a little here, but I sure would like some clarity on this if anyone knows how this NIL thing works for both the player, the school, and whoever is giving the NIL money. Thanks.
