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NCAA looking into NIL regulations because of ‘recruiting violation’ concerns

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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The NCAA has announced it will be taking a closer look into name, image and likeness regulations in college athletics. The organization released a statement on Friday evening.

Per the release, the Division I Board of Directors has put the Division I Council in charge of discovering how new name, image and likeness opportunities are impacting student-athletes. Some areas the council will look at include school choice, mental health, transfer opportunities and academics.

When the NCAA approved student-athletes to take advantage of the opportunity to profit from name image, and likeness, very few (if any) parameters were set. Now, the organization is worried about the potential impact NIL has on recruiting.

From the NCAA’s release:

“We are concerned that some activity in the name, image and likeness space may not only be violating NCAA recruiting rules, particularly those prohibiting booster involvement, but also may be impacting the student-athlete experience negatively in some ways,” said board chair Jere Morehead, president at the University of Georgia. “We want to preserve the positive aspects of the new policy while reviewing whether anything can be done to mitigate the negative ones.”

A preliminary report is expected to be turned in by April and a final report done by June. The final report could lead to some potential changes in how NIL is utilized.

Below is the full release from the NCAA:

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB