it. Its an argument along the lines of why are players limited to four years of eligibility. Its also an interesting question for the future of how long the standard will hold that the players are still be expected to be students who meet some academic requirements.

For today, NIL has to come from a source outside of the school. That could change quickly with the news of settlement that will allow schools directly to pay players. But that still has uncertainty for a lot of details about how that will be implemented.