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Oklahoma Sooners: NCAA student-athletes getting closer to cashing in

But continued health and safety precautions as we begin to rebound from stay-in-place restrictions won’t be the only changes we will soon see in the college sports landscape.

The NCAA this past week moved a step closer to allowing student-athletes to cash in on their name, image or likeness (NIL) and receive compensation from sponsorships and individual endorsement deals with third parties and businesses.

The NCAA Board of Governors voiced its support for rules recommendations proposed by an association working group that will allow college athletes to receive compensation for their name, image and/or likeness in certain instances, but not in all.