Mark Stoops gives BBN boosters green light in request for NIL funds

Dr. Michael Huang | KSRIt has been just over a year since the NCAA gave student-athletes the opportunity to earn money by using their name, image and likeness. A gray area of uncertainty, Mark Stoops cleared up some misconceptions about NIL, put out a call to action and shared the current state of the Kentucky football program’s NIL efforts.

“Blaming nobody, are we where we need to be? No. Simple answer: No.”

That’s the simplest answer to a complex question.

NIL Semantics Problem

NIL collectives have become the go-to descriptor when pointing pay-for-play in the NIL game, particularly in college football. As Stoops noted in a conversation with KSR’s Matt Jones, it is technically illegal to…