NIL has arrived at the high school level in neighboring Florida, allowing high school athletes to profit on their Name, Image, and Likeness.<\/p>\n
Florida is the 36th state in the country to ratify high school NIL after the FHSAA voted unanimously in favor of the proposal.<\/p>\n
We have long said that NIL at the high school level is coming to Alabama eventually, but having a bordering state especially one where the Mobile area is so close to makes it hit more at home for us.<\/p>\n
Of Southern states, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana and North Carolina are among those who were before Florida in bringing NIL to high school.<\/p>\n
Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas are among those who have held strong against it.<\/p>\n
Among the bylaws of the Florida law are deals being negotiated completely separately from the school as well as banning use of NIL as a tool to lure transfers and preventing deals from being given when an athlete transfers midseason.<\/p>\n
Of course, the fear even with the bylaws are similar as they were with college, but NIL has become a complete circus at the college level.<\/p>\n
Similar legislation in Alabama as Florida just passed failed to get through the House last month.<\/p>\n
But if one thing seems certain, NIL is probably coming to Alabama sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"