Although the NCAA can’t get Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) approved just yet, that hasn’t stopped schools from getting their players a head start on the process of financial gain from NIL. The Notre Dame football staff is getting the incoming freshman a head start.
Lifestyle photo shoot ✅
Jersey photo shoot ✅Our mid-year enrollees are getting a head start on building their brands. #GoIrish. pic.twitter.com/o3MPv3GdrP
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) February 10, 2021
Once the NCAA approves NIL, players will start to get compensated for their work off the field. The photo shoot is giving the newest Irish footballers an opportunity to get ahead of the game. They’ll have these photos to use for whatever purpose they would like.
Looking forward to when the NCAA finally goes push NIL through, it is going to be a huge selling point for incoming recruits. Multiple schools across the country are thinking like the Irish and have begun the process to prepare their student-athletes for this transition.
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For example if NIL was present for this past season, don’t you think players like Ian Book and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah would have had multiple business contacting them for business opportunities? The all-time winningest Notre Dame quarterback surely would have been a big draw. How about the Butkus Award winner, most likely the same scenario.
Having a school that backs their student-athletes going forward is going to be extremely important. It looks like the Irish are in good hands in that department.