While college athletes across the country with now be able to make money off their name, image, and likeness, college golfers are in a holding pattern.
NCAA boards from all three divisions voted Wednesday to suspend most of their amateur rules and enact a temporary policy that will allow student-athletes to benefit monetarily from their name, image and likeness starting Thursday, when many state laws regarding NIL went into effect. The NCAA's interim guidelines, which defer rule-making to the states and individual universities, will remain until official NCAA and/or federal legislation is passed.
However, college golfers must still abide by the Rules of Amateur Status set by golf's governing bodies.