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 the week.
In a statement, the NCAA said the board’s recommendations will now go to each of the organization’s three divisions to consider appropriate rules changes in each tier.