The danger of NIL is in bad contract terms, not money

Gator Country  |  Mar 25, 2022

Stewart Mandel of The Athletic shook the college sports world last Friday when he published an article about an unnamed football recruit’s deal with an NIL collective. The 2023 recruit, who by rule and definition hasn’t signed with a school, gets $350,000 up front. That’s a lot of money, but it wasn’t the thing that made everyone take notice.