Analysis: What does NCAA's forward movement with NIL rules mean for Wyoming?

Wyoming's football players take the field for the Cowboys' game against Washington State on Sept. 1, 2018 at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.LARAMIE -- After years of resistance to the idea of student-athletes receiving any sort of compensation other than a scholarship, the NCAA is starting to change its tune.

On Wednesday, the NCAA’s Board of Governors -- the top level of the organization’s governing hierarchy -- took a major step toward allowing student-athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL) when it announced support for changes to bylaws that currently make it a violation. The announcement came after a working group recommended the changes during a meeting earlier in…