Source: Washington Post
by George F Will
“As the college football season begins, a word to the wise: If you spot your university’s quarterback cruising around campus in a Lamborghini, don’t go all Woodward and Bernstein, thinking you have spotted a Pulitzer-worthy scandal (‘Lamborghini-gate’). The quarterback might be looking for the molecular biology lab (or not). His vehicle is his legal, rule-abiding reward for pleasing well-heeled alumni by bringing his talented passing arm to their alma mater before he graduates to the NFL. There, he might even take a pay cut. Welcome to the world of NIL, where athletes are paid for the use of their name, image and likeness. What has been said of Washington (the shocking thing is not what’s done there that is illegal, but what is legal) can now be said of the college athletics industry.” (09/04/24)