With a campaign that has been years in the making, collegiate athletes are finally beginning to see traction on the stance of being allowed to profit off of their name, image and likenesses (NIL).
Back on April 29, the NCAA Board of Governors supported rule changes that would help athletes receive compensation for third-party endorsements related to and separate from athletics.
Although it was a step in the right direction, the members of the Autonomy Five (A5) conferences which include the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12, The Big Ten, the Pac-12 Conference and the South Eastern Conference, all conjoined to pen a letter to the United States Congress in hopes to create a national policy on NIL.