NOVEMBER 15, 2024 | written by STEVE ULRICH

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1. We're About to See How Messy College Sports Is Going to Get

by Ross Dellenger, Yahoo! Sports

“In a way, college athletics this week enters the next phase of its evolution into a more professionalized entity: signing athletes not to national letters of intent but to name, image and likeness agreements that guarantee compensation directly from school to player. The agreements, such as the seven-page NIL contracts from Arizona to its prospects, are contingent on the House settlement’s final approval in April and its full implementation at the start of the 2025-26 academic year on July 1.

Despite the caveats, these contracts are historic in nature. They kick off what is expected to be a messy transition period that will dramatically change how athletes are paid: from boosters and booster collective groups to the schools themselves.

However, uncertainty looms.”

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