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Syracuse Orange athletics director John Wildhack has said he supports name, image and likeness options. Other athletics directors should, too.
Last year, Syracuse Orange athletics director John Wildhack went on the record in saying that he supports name, image and likeness (“NIL”) rights for student-athletes.
I applaud Wildhack for this. While the NIL issue is a complex one, student-athletes absolutely, positively must have the ability to earn endorsement income from their own name, image or likeness. They should have possessed this option a long, long time ago.