The NCAA is Knoxville’s most public nemesis now that it has opened a second probe into the Vols. This time, the dispute is on the name, image, and likeness rules, which UT found to be, at best, ambiguous. However, players in college football are increasingly considering unionization and becoming employees. There are hints that the SEC and the Big Ten may leave the NCAA to form a super conference modeled after the NFL. Additionally, terms like revenue sharing and collective bargaining are starting to appear in college football slang. The sport requires improvement. It’s going to be free reign in collegiate athletics if a federal judge in Tennessee’s complaint against the NCAA grants a preliminary injunction on NIL rules during the hearing on February 13th in Greeneville.
According to Knox News, everything that is currently done in secret in NIL will be in the open, and university athletes will still be considered amateurs by law, so the landscape will look familiar. Negotiations with NIL collectives associated with teams will be allowed for high school players and transfers, who will then select a school according on what that collective is willing to pay. Although the player won’t always go to the highest bidder, he will know exactly how much he will be paid before enrolling in a school.
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