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By Ethan Simmons, The News Gazette. Photo by: Robin Scholz/The News-GazetteThe last year has proved a few of NIL’s possibilities. It’s grown and started businesses, been the basis of college-level courses, and as many argue, become a necessary recruitment...
The marketplace for college athletes to engage in Name/Image/Likeness (NIL) deals was created last year after the NCAA v. Alston case and now it seems like every college is ready to start spreading the wealth. There are already more than 100 “collectives” either in...
After the Covid-19 crisis left 1 in 5 Illinois children suffering from food insecurity, a group of nine University of Illinois football linemen have decided to use their celebrity to “Help Tackle Hunger” across the state. The “Help Tackle Hunger” program was the...
August 26, 2022 Open Letter from Josh Whitman Introducing NIL Impact To Fighting Illini everywhere, In just one year’s time, the name, image and likeness phenomenon (NIL) has transformed high-major collegiate athletics. The newly created opportunity for...
IlliniGuardiansPRDownload Champaign, IL – Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Last summer, the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act allowed Illinois college athletes to monetize their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) — and college sports were suddenly changed...
By Sean McDevitt, FightingIllini.com, July 21, 2022 Change has been the only constant during the last few years in college athletics. From the COVID-19 pandemic to Name, Image, and Likeness to the transfer portal to conference realignments, the changing landscape of...
