
Here are some of the ways NCAA athletes are embracing the new world of the 'NIL' deal
CNN
This week saw the beginning of the NIL-era of college athletics.
Suddenly allowed to profit from their name, image and likeness (or NIL), college athletes are unleashing a barrage of endorsement deal announcements. Potentially 460,000 NCAA student-athletes can now sign sponsorship deals. And the profit-making has already begun as college athletes are taking to social media to announce the different types of deals they had signed.
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