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Episode: NEW NIL Laws In Virginia Will Change The Game, Biggest Storylines For FSU & UL Spring Games
Description: NIL has now gotten another step closer to becoming “pay for play” and student athletes becoming university employees. The Commonwealth of Virginia passed a new State law on Thursday morning that allows universities within VA to directly pay players through NIL. This takes third parties out of the equation and allows their universities to directly cut checks to their student athletes in exchange for marketing campaigns. While the law explicitly states that athletes are not to be considered university employees, we have certainly taken a big step closer to that eventuality. NCAA rules do not allow players to be paid...