GOING THE DISTANCE allow these athletes to realize those missed opportunities . This rule , still being new , is definitely hitting roadblocks along the way to full implementation . One of the biggest concerns is that some payments may be violating long-standing recruitment policies . For example , enticements cannot be used , such as promise of certain NIL payments , in order to recruit players to a team or entice players to transfer to another institution . 3
( continued from page 9 ) which centered around whether the NCAA could limit education-related payments to student-athletes . 2 Boosters , also called “ NIL Collectives ” have been formed at many institutions , which establish opportunities by which student-athletes might receive such payments for use of their name , image or likeness . The argument stands that the time a collegiate athlete spends on their sport could have been spent working — and in a minimum wage job , they would be making at least $ 1,000 per month . 2 At the very least , NIL would
I continue to have mixed feelings about this policy . In addition to the potential violations of policy , I also ask myself what student-athletes are in this for — a payout or the provision of a college education in exchange for doing what they love to do ? I played softball my whole life and devoted so much time to it because it was a passion . My heart and soul did not have a price tag . Would I really have needed to get reimbursed for this beyond the scholarship I believed I had earned ( that was about $ 120,000 worth of tuition , room , board , books in 1996-2000 dollars )? Are the friendships I made and the memories I have of my student-athlete experience for sale with this policy , or is it simply making a fair day ’ s work worth a fair day ’ s pay for student athletes everywhere ?
References
1
https :// sports . cbsimg . net / images / Pac-12-Student-Athlete-Time-Demands-Obtained-by-CBS-Sports . pdf
2
Next College Student Athlete . NCAA Name , Image , Likeness Rule . Accessed 6 / 1 / 2022 from https :// www . ncsasports . org / name-image-likeness
3
Dodd , Dennis . NCAA to soon pass name , image , and likeness rules targeting boosters offering inducements to athletes . Accessed 6 / 26 / 2022 . https :// www . cbssports . com / college-football / news / 2022-pac-12-win-totalsodds-picks-predictions-for-each-team-as-oregon-usc- aim-to-hit-the-over-on-big-lines /
Dr . Caloia is a reviewing medical director for Humana Healthy Horizons of Kentucky . Instead of softball , she now devotes her athletic efforts to running and trying to keep up with her son , Jacob , on the tennis court !