Collective Unnecessary!  A Scenario to Pay College Athletes Directly for NIL

By Scott Hirko, Assistant Professor, Sport Administration and Management, Wayne State University; Scholar-in-Residence, Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University In June, I received a notification that I may be interested in a new potential college athlete compensation product from myNILpay.com.  On LinkedIn, it posts its platform is a “First-of-its-kind payment gateway platform that allows fans to direct-pay college student-athletes.” [1]  In return, contrib