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I spent six months trying to pay a college hockey player $600 through an NCAA NIL deal. What seemed like a simple transaction turned into an investigation involving lawyers, compliance officers, an international border, and more than a century of college sports history.
To understand why paying a college athlete could be so complicated, I traced the history of the NCAA, the origins of the term “student-athlete,” landmark Supreme Court cases, and the billions of dollars now flowing through college athletics.
Along the way, I explored how NIL deals actually work, why the NCAA’s new rules are transforming Canadian junior hockey and the CHL, and how immigration laws complicate things for international athletes.
For some athletes, significant earnings can arrive at a young age, but the window to earn that money can be relatively short. That’s why financial planning is so important, both during their playing careers and long after.
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