New. Intriguing. Lawless? The Surprisingly deep legal side of collegiate NIL agreements

For years, compensation of collegiate student-athletes was exclusively the realm of sports opinion shows, student advocates, and the occasional FBI investigation. Compensation of student-athletes, either directly or in exchange for the use of a student-athlete’s publicity rights, was verboten. But on June 21, 2021, the United States Supreme Court redefined the debate over how student athletes could be compensated, if at all.